Congo - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Congo was 91.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 94.64 in 1991, while its lowest value was 90.11 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 94.64
1992 94.63
1993 94.59
1994 94.38
1995 94.41
1996 94.18
1997 93.92
1998 94.18
1999 93.55
2000 92.76
2001 93.01
2002 92.93
2003 92.90
2004 92.46
2005 91.82
2006 91.35
2007 91.63
2008 91.09
2009 91.76
2010 90.54
2011 90.27
2012 90.11
2013 90.41
2014 90.47
2015 91.06
2016 91.37
2017 91.45
2018 91.50
2019 91.20

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Congo was 66.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.94 in 1993, while its lowest value was 60.97 in 2011.

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 72.73
1992 72.81
1993 72.94
1994 72.37
1995 72.46
1996 71.47
1997 71.16
1998 72.51
1999 70.27
2000 67.18
2001 68.43
2002 68.54
2003 68.87
2004 67.48
2005 65.20
2006 63.77
2007 65.51
2008 63.63
2009 65.49
2010 61.55
2011 60.97
2012 60.98
2013 61.85
2014 61.88
2015 64.08
2016 65.70
2017 66.20
2018 66.49
2019 66.22

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Congo was 78.36 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.60 in 1993, while its lowest value was 75.16 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 83.47
1992 83.52
1993 83.60
1994 83.26
1995 83.28
1996 82.66
1997 82.39
1998 83.18
1999 81.76
2000 79.75
2001 80.51
2002 80.50
2003 80.66
2004 79.70
2005 78.18
2006 77.17
2007 78.20
2008 76.88
2009 78.10
2010 75.55
2011 75.20
2012 75.16
2013 75.74
2014 75.76
2015 77.19
2016 78.19
2017 78.48
2018 78.65
2019 78.36

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity