Belize - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belize was 33.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.95 in 2016, while its lowest value was 24.71 in 1997.

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.

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Year Value
1991 24.73
1992 25.01
1993 25.05
1994 25.13
1995 25.01
1996 24.72
1997 24.71
1998 24.77
1999 25.00
2000 25.18
2001 25.33
2002 25.56
2003 25.83
2004 25.82
2005 25.92
2006 25.98
2007 26.21
2008 26.44
2009 26.77
2010 27.10
2011 27.39
2012 27.90
2013 28.33
2014 28.75
2015 31.70
2016 34.95
2017 32.39
2018 32.96
2019 33.47

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belize was 34.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.87 in 1996, while its lowest value was 31.84 in 2014.

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 33.79
1992 33.51
1993 33.52
1994 33.92
1995 34.22
1996 37.87
1997 37.52
1998 37.35
1999 36.75
2000 35.65
2001 35.27
2002 34.86
2003 34.00
2004 33.49
2005 32.95
2006 32.60
2007 32.78
2008 32.73
2009 33.11
2010 33.26
2011 33.56
2012 33.96
2013 34.35
2014 31.84
2015 32.21
2016 32.64
2017 33.72
2018 33.97
2019 34.47

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Belize was 34.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.09 in 2019, while its lowest value was 30.37 in 2006.

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 31.23
1992 31.07
1993 31.07
1994 31.39
1995 31.60
1996 34.09
1997 33.91
1998 33.72
1999 33.30
2000 32.49
2001 32.19
2002 31.88
2003 31.35
2004 30.97
2005 30.61
2006 30.37
2007 30.53
2008 30.56
2009 30.91
2010 31.11
2011 31.39
2012 31.81
2013 32.20
2014 30.75
2015 32.02
2016 33.50
2017 33.22
2018 33.59
2019 34.09

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity