Brazil - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 27.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.71 in 2002, while its lowest value was 24.20 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 34.16
1992 34.27
1993 34.12
1994 34.15
1995 34.24
1996 31.76
1997 32.41
1998 32.37
1999 32.80
2000 33.39
2001 34.08
2002 34.71
2003 34.37
2004 33.93
2005 34.69
2006 33.49
2007 32.25
2008 31.40
2009 30.30
2010 28.72
2011 27.39
2012 24.50
2013 24.62
2014 24.20
2015 25.08
2016 25.40
2017 26.41
2018 27.04
2019 27.46

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 37.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 40.45 in 1999, while its lowest value was 33.68 in 2012.

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 39.24
1992 39.75
1993 39.69
1994 39.48
1995 39.28
1996 38.49
1997 39.34
1998 39.62
1999 40.45
2000 39.44
2001 38.58
2002 38.44
2003 38.78
2004 38.15
2005 37.81
2006 37.32
2007 36.20
2008 35.06
2009 35.00
2010 34.53
2011 34.32
2012 33.68
2013 34.04
2014 34.17
2015 35.81
2016 36.35
2017 36.65
2018 37.00
2019 37.24

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 33.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.86 in 1992, while its lowest value was 29.88 in 2012.

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 37.53
1992 37.86
1993 37.71
1994 37.55
1995 37.42
1996 36.02
1997 36.78
1998 36.92
1999 37.55
2000 37.10
2001 36.80
2002 36.94
2003 37.00
2004 36.44
2005 36.53
2006 35.74
2007 34.58
2008 33.55
2009 33.05
2010 32.14
2011 31.49
2012 29.88
2013 30.13
2014 30.01
2015 31.30
2016 31.75
2017 32.30
2018 32.75
2019 33.08

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity