Burundi - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burundi was 90.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 90.43 in 2019, while its lowest value was 78.75 in 1991.

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 78.75
1992 79.22
1993 79.70
1994 79.86
1995 81.13
1996 82.61
1997 82.80
1998 82.98
1999 83.37
2000 83.49
2001 83.91
2002 84.14
2003 84.52
2004 86.11
2005 85.62
2006 86.20
2007 86.32
2008 86.94
2009 86.69
2010 87.34
2011 87.66
2012 87.57
2013 87.76
2014 87.97
2015 88.50
2016 88.75
2017 89.46
2018 89.96
2019 90.43

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burundi was 80.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.16 in 1996, while its lowest value was 80.77 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 84.81
1992 84.53
1993 84.50
1994 84.52
1995 84.80
1996 85.16
1997 85.13
1998 84.95
1999 84.66
2000 84.64
2001 84.36
2002 84.25
2003 83.59
2004 83.95
2005 83.81
2006 83.69
2007 82.91
2008 82.82
2009 82.36
2010 82.20
2011 81.96
2012 81.55
2013 81.24
2014 80.98
2015 81.33
2016 80.96
2017 80.95
2018 80.88
2019 80.77

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Burundi was 85.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.80 in 2019, while its lowest value was 81.63 in 1991.

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 81.63
1992 81.73
1993 81.96
1994 82.05
1995 82.85
1996 83.81
1997 83.90
1998 83.91
1999 83.98
2000 84.04
2001 84.12
2002 84.19
2003 84.08
2004 85.08
2005 84.76
2006 85.01
2007 84.70
2008 84.98
2009 84.63
2010 84.89
2011 84.95
2012 84.70
2013 84.65
2014 84.64
2015 85.08
2016 85.03
2017 85.39
2018 85.61
2019 85.80

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity