Euro area - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Euro area was 10.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 14.99 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.70 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.

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Year Value
1991 14.99
1992 14.93
1993 14.77
1994 14.79
1995 14.70
1996 14.28
1997 14.15
1998 13.91
1999 13.53
2000 13.06
2001 13.10
2002 12.78
2003 12.68
2004 12.66
2005 12.53
2006 12.44
2007 12.17
2008 11.89
2009 11.65
2010 11.59
2011 11.42
2012 11.39
2013 11.38
2014 11.40
2015 11.30
2016 11.19
2017 10.95
2018 10.74
2019 10.70

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Euro area was 17.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.85 in 1994, while its lowest value was 17.90 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 20.21
1992 20.48
1993 20.55
1994 20.85
1995 20.66
1996 20.75
1997 20.71
1998 20.50
1999 20.15
2000 19.75
2001 19.61
2002 19.57
2003 19.83
2004 19.99
2005 19.86
2006 19.79
2007 19.60
2008 19.27
2009 19.51
2010 19.68
2011 19.57
2012 19.60
2013 19.54
2014 19.35
2015 19.07
2016 18.71
2017 18.31
2018 18.04
2019 17.90

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Euro area was 14.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 18.41 in 1994, while its lowest value was 14.59 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 18.15
1992 18.28
1993 18.24
1994 18.41
1995 18.25
1996 18.11
1997 18.02
1998 17.79
1999 17.40
2000 16.95
2001 16.87
2002 16.68
2003 16.76
2004 16.82
2005 16.68
2006 16.59
2007 16.34
2008 16.00
2009 15.98
2010 16.03
2011 15.88
2012 15.86
2013 15.81
2014 15.71
2015 15.50
2016 15.26
2017 14.93
2018 14.69
2019 14.59

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity