Ecuador - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ecuador was 60.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 60.12 in 2019, while its lowest value was 50.83 in 2010.

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 56.56
1992 58.16
1993 58.97
1994 56.76
1995 56.92
1996 56.51
1997 54.00
1998 57.34
1999 57.23
2000 56.74
2001 56.29
2002 53.89
2003 51.71
2004 56.87
2005 52.84
2006 54.93
2007 53.66
2008 52.80
2009 52.61
2010 50.83
2011 53.22
2012 53.11
2013 52.71
2014 50.83
2015 53.58
2016 57.33
2017 58.47
2018 58.88
2019 60.12

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ecuador was 45.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 45.17 in 2019, while its lowest value was 38.06 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 39.23
1992 42.67
1993 41.30
1994 40.87
1995 40.65
1996 42.25
1997 41.03
1998 40.54
1999 41.82
2000 42.46
2001 43.27
2002 41.93
2003 40.84
2004 43.53
2005 42.69
2006 41.39
2007 40.54
2008 40.05
2009 41.14
2010 41.15
2011 42.36
2012 42.34
2013 40.46
2014 38.06
2015 39.23
2016 42.54
2017 42.98
2018 43.82
2019 45.17

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ecuador was 51.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 51.23 in 2019, while its lowest value was 42.89 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 45.52
1992 48.32
1993 47.76
1994 46.70
1995 46.64
1996 47.52
1997 45.85
1998 46.93
1999 47.67
2000 47.84
2001 48.18
2002 46.43
2003 44.92
2004 48.72
2005 46.59
2006 46.62
2007 45.62
2008 44.98
2009 45.56
2010 44.85
2011 46.49
2012 46.51
2013 45.17
2014 42.89
2015 44.85
2016 48.53
2017 49.29
2018 49.91
2019 51.23

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity