IDA total - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IDA total was 78.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.94 in 1995, while its lowest value was 78.64 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 86.59
1992 86.64
1993 86.72
1994 86.84
1995 86.94
1996 86.82
1997 86.52
1998 86.94
1999 86.83
2000 86.29
2001 86.15
2002 85.87
2003 85.64
2004 85.59
2005 85.28
2006 85.15
2007 84.97
2008 84.80
2009 84.67
2010 84.26
2011 83.34
2012 82.70
2013 82.21
2014 81.39
2015 81.06
2016 80.66
2017 79.78
2018 79.19
2019 78.64

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IDA total was 64.38 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 73.84 in 1994, while its lowest value was 64.38 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 73.61
1992 73.60
1993 73.74
1994 73.84
1995 73.80
1996 73.63
1997 73.37
1998 73.39
1999 73.25
2000 73.16
2001 73.04
2002 72.27
2003 72.04
2004 71.77
2005 71.38
2006 70.65
2007 70.08
2008 69.55
2009 69.09
2010 68.17
2011 67.52
2012 66.90
2013 66.43
2014 66.13
2015 65.99
2016 65.93
2017 65.37
2018 64.77
2019 64.38

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IDA total was 70.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 78.90 in 1995, while its lowest value was 70.16 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 78.65
1992 78.65
1993 78.78
1994 78.90
1995 78.90
1996 78.76
1997 78.50
1998 78.68
1999 78.56
2000 78.30
2001 78.18
2002 77.59
2003 77.37
2004 77.18
2005 76.84
2006 76.35
2007 75.94
2008 75.56
2009 75.25
2010 74.54
2011 73.81
2012 73.19
2013 72.72
2014 72.23
2015 72.03
2016 71.84
2017 71.18
2018 70.60
2019 70.16

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity