Japan - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Japan was 8.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 26.03 in 1991, while its lowest value was 8.39 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.

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Year Value
1991 26.03
1992 24.64
1993 23.04
1994 22.20
1995 21.67
1996 20.69
1997 20.20
1998 20.03
1999 19.60
2000 18.61
2001 17.54
2002 16.70
2003 16.18
2004 15.79
2005 15.35
2006 14.12
2007 13.61
2008 12.95
2009 12.39
2010 11.36
2011 11.00
2012 10.72
2013 10.39
2014 10.19
2015 9.72
2016 9.15
2017 8.90
2018 8.70
2019 8.39

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Japan was 11.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 18.35 in 1991, while its lowest value was 11.35 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.

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Year Value
1991 18.35
1992 17.62
1993 16.86
1994 16.61
1995 16.36
1996 16.09
1997 16.14
1998 15.94
1999 16.08
2000 15.76
2001 15.39
2002 15.16
2003 15.09
2004 15.11
2005 15.02
2006 14.35
2007 14.04
2008 13.86
2009 13.58
2010 12.85
2011 12.61
2012 12.57
2013 12.37
2014 12.31
2015 12.08
2016 11.67
2017 11.60
2018 11.54
2019 11.35

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Japan was 10.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 21.46 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.05 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 21.46
1992 20.46
1993 19.35
1994 18.86
1995 18.49
1996 17.95
1997 17.78
1998 17.59
1999 17.50
2000 16.91
2001 16.27
2002 15.78
2003 15.53
2004 15.39
2005 15.15
2006 14.26
2007 13.87
2008 13.49
2009 13.09
2010 12.22
2011 11.94
2012 11.79
2013 11.53
2014 11.41
2015 11.06
2016 10.58
2017 10.42
2018 10.29
2019 10.05

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity