Low income - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Low income was 86.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 90.71 in 2000, while its lowest value was 86.80 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 90.20
1992 90.38
1993 90.40
1994 90.58
1995 90.56
1996 90.38
1997 90.56
1998 90.65
1999 90.65
2000 90.71
2001 90.60
2002 90.58
2003 90.70
2004 90.64
2005 90.65
2006 90.50
2007 90.31
2008 90.04
2009 89.99
2010 89.71
2011 89.18
2012 88.75
2013 88.67
2014 88.33
2015 88.12
2016 87.83
2017 87.52
2018 87.03
2019 86.80

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Low income was 75.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.87 in 1994, while its lowest value was 75.09 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 81.76
1992 81.82
1993 81.86
1994 81.87
1995 81.86
1996 81.60
1997 81.62
1998 81.46
1999 81.39
2000 81.34
2001 81.08
2002 80.87
2003 80.82
2004 80.51
2005 80.24
2006 79.83
2007 79.50
2008 78.71
2009 78.41
2010 77.78
2011 77.29
2012 76.73
2013 76.52
2014 76.21
2015 76.03
2016 75.72
2017 75.45
2018 75.28
2019 75.09

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Low income was 80.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.73 in 1994, while its lowest value was 80.29 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 85.53
1992 85.63
1993 85.66
1994 85.73
1995 85.72
1996 85.49
1997 85.58
1998 85.53
1999 85.49
2000 85.49
2001 85.30
2002 85.17
2003 85.19
2004 84.98
2005 84.84
2006 84.53
2007 84.26
2008 83.69
2009 83.48
2010 82.99
2011 82.50
2012 81.99
2013 81.84
2014 81.54
2015 81.35
2016 81.06
2017 80.79
2018 80.49
2019 80.29

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity