Korea - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 22.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 41.92 in 1993, while its lowest value was 22.00 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 41.28
1992 41.23
1993 41.92
1994 40.93
1995 40.63
1996 40.23
1997 39.92
1998 41.53
1999 39.88
2000 38.64
2001 37.80
2002 36.65
2003 34.52
2004 33.64
2005 32.87
2006 32.16
2007 31.13
2008 30.41
2009 28.85
2010 27.14
2011 26.49
2012 26.03
2013 25.35
2014 24.63
2015 23.45
2016 22.66
2017 22.70
2018 22.54
2019 22.00

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 26.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 36.21 in 1998, while its lowest value was 26.43 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 34.65
1992 34.82
1993 35.29
1994 34.64
1995 34.29
1996 34.34
1997 34.69
1998 36.21
1999 36.04
2000 35.74
2001 36.11
2002 35.72
2003 35.29
2004 34.50
2005 33.91
2006 33.06
2007 32.09
2008 31.76
2009 30.77
2010 29.97
2011 29.49
2012 29.70
2013 28.86
2014 28.32
2015 27.41
2016 27.40
2017 27.20
2018 26.88
2019 26.43

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Korea was 24.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.33 in 1998, while its lowest value was 24.57 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 37.27
1992 37.34
1993 37.91
1994 37.13
1995 36.81
1996 36.70
1997 36.81
1998 38.33
1999 37.59
2000 36.92
2001 36.80
2002 36.10
2003 34.98
2004 34.15
2005 33.48
2006 32.69
2007 31.69
2008 31.20
2009 29.98
2010 28.80
2011 28.26
2012 28.19
2013 27.41
2014 26.79
2015 25.76
2016 25.42
2017 25.31
2018 25.05
2019 24.57

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity