Malawi - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malawi was 68.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.92 in 2019, while its lowest value was 58.45 in 1991.

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 58.45
1992 58.89
1993 59.01
1994 61.23
1995 60.05
1996 59.26
1997 59.71
1998 59.43
1999 59.73
2000 60.66
2001 62.88
2002 63.25
2003 63.26
2004 63.99
2005 64.95
2006 65.26
2007 64.72
2008 65.47
2009 65.84
2010 65.60
2011 65.55
2012 66.44
2013 67.00
2014 66.62
2015 67.27
2016 67.76
2017 68.24
2018 68.72
2019 68.92

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malawi was 55.71 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 60.78 in 1991, while its lowest value was 55.58 in 2018.

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 60.78
1992 60.32
1993 60.66
1994 59.45
1995 60.09
1996 60.39
1997 59.88
1998 59.84
1999 59.76
2000 59.45
2001 59.27
2002 59.91
2003 59.68
2004 59.64
2005 59.28
2006 58.78
2007 58.29
2008 57.88
2009 57.20
2010 57.06
2011 56.77
2012 56.52
2013 56.06
2014 56.35
2015 56.01
2016 55.96
2017 55.79
2018 55.58
2019 55.71

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Malawi was 62.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 62.10 in 2019, while its lowest value was 59.61 in 1992.

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 59.63
1992 59.61
1993 59.85
1994 60.33
1995 60.07
1996 59.83
1997 59.80
1998 59.64
1999 59.75
2000 60.04
2001 61.05
2002 61.55
2003 61.44
2004 61.78
2005 62.06
2006 61.95
2007 61.43
2008 61.58
2009 61.39
2010 61.19
2011 61.00
2012 61.27
2013 61.28
2014 61.27
2015 61.41
2016 61.64
2017 61.79
2018 61.94
2019 62.10

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity