Jamaica - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 33.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.32 in 1991, while its lowest value was 31.18 in 2007.

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 38.32
1992 37.85
1993 35.95
1994 35.72
1995 34.00
1996 34.39
1997 33.60
1998 33.95
1999 34.62
2000 34.62
2001 34.35
2002 31.85
2003 32.07
2004 34.07
2005 32.92
2006 33.50
2007 31.18
2008 33.13
2009 32.98
2010 32.61
2011 32.30
2012 32.73
2013 32.78
2014 32.83
2015 32.81
2016 32.91
2017 32.97
2018 32.98
2019 33.09

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 44.67 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 47.33 in 1991, while its lowest value was 40.58 in 2007.

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 47.33
1992 47.19
1993 45.30
1994 45.21
1995 44.48
1996 44.16
1997 44.47
1998 45.10
1999 44.79
2000 44.74
2001 44.19
2002 42.93
2003 43.29
2004 42.02
2005 41.15
2006 42.23
2007 40.58
2008 44.48
2009 45.20
2010 45.41
2011 45.66
2012 46.57
2013 46.15
2014 45.74
2015 45.26
2016 44.82
2017 44.41
2018 44.43
2019 44.67

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jamaica was 39.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.50 in 1991, while its lowest value was 36.61 in 2007.

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 43.50
1992 43.19
1993 41.23
1994 41.08
1995 39.95
1996 40.04
1997 39.96
1998 40.52
1999 40.67
2000 40.64
2001 40.16
2002 38.36
2003 38.63
2004 38.68
2005 37.68
2006 38.53
2007 36.61
2008 39.63
2009 39.97
2010 39.95
2011 39.95
2012 40.65
2013 40.44
2014 40.21
2015 39.91
2016 39.63
2017 39.37
2018 39.34
2019 39.47

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity