Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 87.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.64 in 2000, while its lowest value was 86.59 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 86.59
1992 86.70
1993 86.82
1994 86.92
1995 87.06
1996 87.19
1997 87.40
1998 87.56
1999 87.58
2000 87.64
2001 87.59
2002 87.56
2003 87.53
2004 87.48
2005 87.38
2006 87.37
2007 87.42
2008 87.38
2009 87.39
2010 87.42
2011 87.41
2012 87.38
2013 87.35
2014 87.29
2015 87.28
2016 87.16
2017 87.17
2018 87.26
2019 87.17

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 87.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.40 in 2018, while its lowest value was 84.13 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 84.13
1992 84.49
1993 84.81
1994 85.05
1995 85.43
1996 85.76
1997 86.31
1998 86.59
1999 86.42
2000 86.54
2001 86.37
2002 86.37
2003 86.34
2004 86.27
2005 86.05
2006 86.20
2007 86.42
2008 86.29
2009 86.47
2010 86.62
2011 86.67
2012 86.67
2013 86.69
2014 86.68
2015 86.86
2016 86.64
2017 86.96
2018 87.40
2019 87.17

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 87.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.34 in 2018, while its lowest value was 85.33 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 85.33
1992 85.57
1993 85.79
1994 85.96
1995 86.22
1996 86.45
1997 86.84
1998 87.06
1999 86.98
2000 87.07
2001 86.96
2002 86.94
2003 86.91
2004 86.85
2005 86.69
2006 86.76
2007 86.90
2008 86.81
2009 86.91
2010 87.01
2011 87.02
2012 87.01
2013 87.00
2014 86.97
2015 87.06
2016 86.89
2017 87.06
2018 87.34
2019 87.17

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity