Maldives - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Maldives was 34.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 60.41 in 1991, while its lowest value was 28.87 in 2009.

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 60.41
1992 59.84
1993 59.24
1994 58.54
1995 57.75
1996 56.91
1997 55.92
1998 54.87
1999 53.81
2000 52.85
2001 52.88
2002 52.05
2003 50.27
2004 48.95
2005 50.00
2006 50.24
2007 39.37
2008 32.07
2009 28.87
2010 30.54
2011 32.62
2012 35.56
2013 38.75
2014 41.99
2015 38.23
2016 35.02
2017 35.09
2018 35.04
2019 34.83

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Maldives was 20.04 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 33.68 in 1991, while its lowest value was 20.04 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 33.68
1992 33.20
1993 32.74
1994 32.14
1995 31.48
1996 30.75
1997 29.92
1998 29.08
1999 28.33
2000 27.82
2001 28.59
2002 28.34
2003 27.49
2004 27.23
2005 28.60
2006 26.10
2007 29.33
2008 30.73
2009 31.51
2010 29.32
2011 27.00
2012 25.30
2013 23.25
2014 21.37
2015 20.85
2016 20.21
2017 20.13
2018 20.11
2019 20.04

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Maldives was 23.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.33 in 1991, while its lowest value was 23.05 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 39.33
1992 39.24
1993 39.16
1994 38.97
1995 38.71
1996 38.32
1997 37.80
1998 37.24
1999 36.72
2000 36.37
2001 36.83
2002 36.30
2003 35.04
2004 34.37
2005 35.60
2006 33.90
2007 32.57
2008 31.15
2009 30.68
2010 29.70
2011 28.69
2012 28.28
2013 27.59
2014 26.93
2015 25.22
2016 23.70
2017 23.47
2018 23.24
2019 23.05

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity