Benin - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 93.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 96.81 in 1991, while its lowest value was 93.85 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 96.81
1992 96.78
1993 96.75
1994 96.08
1995 96.09
1996 96.03
1997 95.96
1998 96.01
1999 95.76
2000 95.70
2001 95.52
2002 95.44
2003 95.39
2004 95.44
2005 95.37
2006 95.40
2007 95.40
2008 95.51
2009 95.46
2010 95.37
2011 95.42
2012 95.42
2013 95.24
2014 94.99
2015 94.79
2016 94.85
2017 94.52
2018 94.32
2019 93.85

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 82.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.34 in 1991, while its lowest value was 82.53 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 88.34
1992 88.27
1993 88.18
1994 86.37
1995 86.43
1996 86.29
1997 86.07
1998 86.11
1999 85.92
2000 85.74
2001 85.30
2002 85.12
2003 84.90
2004 85.00
2005 84.84
2006 84.84
2007 84.86
2008 85.01
2009 84.83
2010 84.68
2011 84.85
2012 84.87
2013 84.56
2014 84.24
2015 83.80
2016 84.06
2017 83.51
2018 83.22
2019 82.53

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 88.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.90 in 1991, while its lowest value was 88.10 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 91.90
1992 91.84
1993 91.82
1994 90.53
1995 90.62
1996 90.56
1997 90.46
1998 90.56
1999 90.39
2000 90.33
2001 90.06
2002 89.99
2003 89.89
2004 90.00
2005 89.91
2006 89.96
2007 90.01
2008 90.18
2009 90.09
2010 90.00
2011 90.02
2012 90.03
2013 89.79
2014 89.51
2015 89.19
2016 89.35
2017 88.91
2018 88.67
2019 88.10

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity