Afghanistan - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Afghanistan was 91.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 98.80 in 2001, while its lowest value was 91.80 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 98.55
1992 98.55
1993 98.59
1994 98.64
1995 98.65
1996 98.67
1997 98.69
1998 98.71
1999 98.73
2000 98.76
2001 98.80
2002 98.72
2003 98.64
2004 98.60
2005 98.53
2006 98.47
2007 98.37
2008 98.30
2009 97.95
2010 97.55
2011 97.13
2012 96.58
2013 95.91
2014 95.20
2015 94.43
2016 93.53
2017 92.45
2018 92.13
2019 91.80

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Afghanistan was 79.67 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 92.86 in 2001, while its lowest value was 79.67 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 89.54
1992 89.73
1993 90.33
1994 90.99
1995 90.73
1996 91.03
1997 91.32
1998 91.58
1999 91.90
2000 92.33
2001 92.86
2002 91.92
2003 91.52
2004 91.45
2005 91.00
2006 90.76
2007 90.12
2008 89.82
2009 88.44
2010 87.01
2011 86.24
2012 84.81
2013 83.65
2014 82.73
2015 81.95
2016 81.13
2017 79.92
2018 79.81
2019 79.67

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Afghanistan was 82.19 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.72 in 2001, while its lowest value was 82.19 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 90.90
1992 91.05
1993 91.56
1994 92.12
1995 91.90
1996 92.16
1997 92.39
1998 92.62
1999 92.89
2000 93.26
2001 93.72
2002 92.91
2003 92.58
2004 92.52
2005 92.14
2006 91.92
2007 91.35
2008 91.08
2009 89.85
2010 88.57
2011 87.89
2012 86.64
2013 85.66
2014 84.88
2015 84.21
2016 83.50
2017 82.45
2018 82.34
2019 82.19

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity