Mauritania - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 76.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 79.19 in 1996, while its lowest value was 70.12 in 2011.

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 78.93
1992 79.12
1993 78.90
1994 79.08
1995 79.17
1996 79.19
1997 78.94
1998 78.62
1999 78.14
2000 78.95
2001 78.51
2002 78.41
2003 78.39
2004 77.61
2005 76.01
2006 73.03
2007 72.74
2008 71.37
2009 71.99
2010 70.40
2011 70.12
2012 70.44
2013 71.58
2014 73.61
2015 75.26
2016 75.81
2017 76.99
2018 76.89
2019 76.47

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 47.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 60.91 in 2002, while its lowest value was 47.01 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 57.39
1992 57.78
1993 57.58
1994 58.27
1995 58.26
1996 58.31
1997 58.68
1998 58.82
1999 58.54
2000 60.35
2001 60.57
2002 60.91
2003 60.77
2004 59.97
2005 57.87
2006 53.72
2007 53.71
2008 52.68
2009 53.39
2010 51.72
2011 50.99
2012 50.88
2013 50.09
2014 50.25
2015 50.00
2016 48.95
2017 48.47
2018 48.11
2019 47.01

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 56.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 66.02 in 2002, while its lowest value was 56.17 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 63.58
1992 63.92
1993 63.72
1994 64.33
1995 64.32
1996 64.38
1997 64.59
1998 64.58
1999 64.24
2000 65.79
2001 65.81
2002 66.02
2003 65.91
2004 65.14
2005 63.20
2006 59.37
2007 59.33
2008 58.24
2009 58.92
2010 57.28
2011 56.72
2012 56.78
2013 56.60
2014 57.37
2015 57.75
2016 57.23
2017 57.31
2018 57.06
2019 56.17

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity