Fragile and conflict affected situations - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 81.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.62 in 1999, while its lowest value was 81.94 in 2018.

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 85.73
1992 85.74
1993 85.83
1994 86.05
1995 86.16
1996 86.15
1997 86.18
1998 86.57
1999 86.62
2000 86.45
2001 86.32
2002 86.37
2003 86.28
2004 85.63
2005 85.12
2006 84.69
2007 84.36
2008 84.07
2009 83.90
2010 83.42
2011 82.73
2012 82.44
2013 82.37
2014 82.09
2015 82.04
2016 81.97
2017 81.96
2018 81.94
2019 81.96

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 68.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 76.03 in 1994, while its lowest value was 68.90 in 2018.

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 75.71
1992 75.72
1993 75.90
1994 76.03
1995 75.85
1996 75.63
1997 75.46
1998 75.60
1999 75.64
2000 75.43
2001 75.28
2002 75.25
2003 75.11
2004 74.39
2005 73.86
2006 73.36
2007 72.93
2008 72.19
2009 71.85
2010 71.00
2011 70.36
2012 69.83
2013 69.57
2014 69.29
2015 69.33
2016 69.29
2017 68.92
2018 68.90
2019 68.93

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 74.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 80.33 in 1999, while its lowest value was 74.35 in 2018.

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 80.03
1992 80.03
1993 80.16
1994 80.32
1995 80.27
1996 80.13
1997 80.04
1998 80.28
1999 80.33
2000 80.14
2001 79.99
2002 79.99
2003 79.86
2004 79.18
2005 78.65
2006 78.16
2007 77.78
2008 77.22
2009 76.93
2010 76.22
2011 75.56
2012 75.12
2013 74.93
2014 74.63
2015 74.64
2016 74.58
2017 74.35
2018 74.35
2019 74.37

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity