Costa Rica - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 23.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 29.85 in 2002, while its lowest value was 18.08 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 25.11
1992 21.36
1993 23.83
1994 23.76
1995 24.31
1996 22.33
1997 25.71
1998 24.26
1999 25.34
2000 23.42
2001 28.67
2002 29.85
2003 28.92
2004 29.36
2005 26.86
2006 26.24
2007 23.85
2008 24.58
2009 25.20
2010 20.91
2011 18.08
2012 19.50
2013 21.39
2014 20.91
2015 21.02
2016 19.22
2017 20.87
2018 22.98
2019 23.62

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 28.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 32.66 in 2002, while its lowest value was 24.54 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 32.45
1992 30.76
1993 29.86
1994 29.98
1995 30.47
1996 31.48
1997 32.06
1998 31.34
1999 30.82
2000 31.99
2001 32.46
2002 32.66
2003 31.37
2004 32.17
2005 29.52
2006 30.96
2007 28.68
2008 28.60
2009 28.55
2010 27.06
2011 24.54
2012 24.80
2013 28.12
2014 26.58
2015 26.37
2016 25.93
2017 26.35
2018 26.44
2019 28.45

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 26.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 31.70 in 2002, while its lowest value was 22.17 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 30.35
1992 28.08
1993 28.10
1994 28.14
1995 28.62
1996 28.78
1997 30.09
1998 29.06
1999 29.04
2000 29.24
2001 31.17
2002 31.70
2003 30.53
2004 31.23
2005 28.59
2006 29.31
2007 26.96
2008 27.13
2009 27.32
2010 24.81
2011 22.17
2012 22.74
2013 25.50
2014 24.40
2015 24.31
2016 23.44
2017 24.31
2018 25.13
2019 26.64

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity