India - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 75.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.62 in 1994, while its lowest value was 75.84 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 91.47
1992 91.52
1993 91.60
1994 91.62
1995 91.51
1996 91.38
1997 91.30
1998 91.21
1999 91.04
2000 90.87
2001 90.61
2002 90.34
2003 90.05
2004 89.68
2005 89.32
2006 88.95
2007 88.59
2008 88.26
2009 87.95
2010 87.54
2011 85.52
2012 83.24
2013 82.35
2014 81.45
2015 80.45
2016 79.36
2017 78.16
2018 76.84
2019 75.84

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 75.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.30 in 1991, while its lowest value was 75.83 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 83.30
1992 83.19
1993 83.10
1994 82.90
1995 82.85
1996 82.75
1997 82.84
1998 82.81
1999 82.61
2000 82.57
2001 82.63
2002 82.79
2003 82.73
2004 82.65
2005 82.60
2006 82.46
2007 82.29
2008 82.35
2009 82.21
2010 82.07
2011 81.04
2012 79.99
2013 79.53
2014 78.99
2015 78.40
2016 77.76
2017 77.13
2018 76.47
2019 75.83

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was 75.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.36 in 1991, while its lowest value was 75.83 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 85.36
1992 85.29
1993 85.25
1994 85.12
1995 85.05
1996 84.95
1997 85.00
1998 84.95
1999 84.76
2000 84.70
2001 84.69
2002 84.75
2003 84.64
2004 84.49
2005 84.37
2006 84.13
2007 83.87
2008 83.79
2009 83.56
2010 83.32
2011 82.03
2012 80.68
2013 80.12
2014 79.50
2015 78.82
2016 78.08
2017 77.34
2018 76.54
2019 75.83

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity