Gabon - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Gabon was 36.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 69.29 in 1991, while its lowest value was 36.20 in 2016.

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 69.29
1992 68.63
1993 67.37
1994 64.79
1995 62.80
1996 60.92
1997 58.93
1998 56.88
1999 55.72
2000 54.75
2001 53.29
2002 51.84
2003 50.33
2004 49.10
2005 48.06
2006 46.64
2007 44.96
2008 44.01
2009 41.63
2010 40.26
2011 39.97
2012 39.04
2013 38.25
2014 37.41
2015 36.63
2016 36.20
2017 36.20
2018 36.41
2019 36.42

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Gabon was 31.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.56 in 1992, while its lowest value was 29.06 in 2015.

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 39.24
1992 39.56
1993 38.89
1994 37.74
1995 36.32
1996 35.33
1997 33.84
1998 31.91
1999 33.25
2000 34.04
2001 32.91
2002 32.63
2003 32.12
2004 32.16
2005 32.28
2006 32.32
2007 31.27
2008 31.98
2009 30.65
2010 30.39
2011 30.63
2012 30.18
2013 29.78
2014 29.39
2015 29.06
2016 29.13
2017 29.85
2018 30.84
2019 31.25

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Gabon was 33.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 51.48 in 1991, while its lowest value was 31.69 in 2016.

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 51.48
1992 51.38
1993 50.41
1994 48.58
1995 46.83
1996 45.40
1997 43.63
1998 41.58
1999 41.92
2000 41.95
2001 40.64
2002 39.88
2003 38.94
2004 38.48
2005 38.14
2006 37.64
2007 36.31
2008 36.40
2009 34.64
2010 33.92
2011 33.98
2012 33.37
2013 32.83
2014 32.29
2015 31.80
2016 31.69
2017 32.14
2018 32.85
2019 33.12

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity