Hong Kong SAR, China - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 5.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 7.00 in 2004, while its lowest value was 4.80 in 1998.

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 5.52
1992 5.42
1993 5.31
1994 5.27
1995 5.22
1996 4.98
1997 4.86
1998 4.80
1999 5.42
2000 5.02
2001 5.75
2002 6.45
2003 6.75
2004 7.00
2005 6.69
2006 6.56
2007 6.09
2008 6.20
2009 6.25
2010 5.34
2011 5.78
2012 5.66
2013 5.59
2014 5.22
2015 5.28
2016 5.27
2017 5.22
2018 5.15
2019 5.16

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 11.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.93 in 2002, while its lowest value was 11.61 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 15.14
1992 15.00
1993 14.96
1994 14.25
1995 14.30
1996 14.53
1997 13.88
1998 14.11
1999 14.66
2000 14.49
2001 16.56
2002 17.93
2003 17.40
2004 16.92
2005 16.80
2006 16.97
2007 15.75
2008 15.51
2009 15.61
2010 14.01
2011 14.08
2012 14.41
2013 14.38
2014 12.81
2015 12.44
2016 11.99
2017 11.83
2018 11.68
2019 11.61

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 8.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 12.87 in 2002, while its lowest value was 8.40 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 11.52
1992 11.43
1993 11.37
1994 10.85
1995 10.81
1996 10.80
1997 10.32
1998 10.35
1999 10.84
2000 10.52
2001 11.92
2002 12.87
2003 12.66
2004 12.49
2005 12.23
2006 12.21
2007 11.30
2008 11.17
2009 11.19
2010 9.93
2011 10.12
2012 10.22
2013 10.13
2014 9.13
2015 8.96
2016 8.70
2017 8.57
2018 8.45
2019 8.40

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity