Middle income - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Middle income was 50.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 64.01 in 1991, while its lowest value was 50.79 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 64.01
1992 63.63
1993 63.30
1994 63.06
1995 62.83
1996 62.46
1997 62.30
1998 62.36
1999 62.48
2000 62.05
2001 61.66
2002 61.32
2003 60.97
2004 60.35
2005 59.70
2006 58.89
2007 58.18
2008 57.55
2009 57.18
2010 56.44
2011 55.46
2012 54.38
2013 53.79
2014 53.13
2015 52.64
2016 52.19
2017 51.75
2018 51.26
2019 50.79

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Middle income was 51.58 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 64.83 in 1991, while its lowest value was 51.58 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 64.83
1992 64.48
1993 64.15
1994 63.74
1995 63.47
1996 63.06
1997 62.87
1998 62.98
1999 62.99
2000 62.69
2001 62.29
2002 61.94
2003 61.57
2004 60.82
2005 60.13
2006 59.28
2007 58.36
2008 57.79
2009 57.38
2010 56.60
2011 55.77
2012 54.91
2013 54.35
2014 53.88
2015 53.35
2016 52.99
2017 52.64
2018 52.10
2019 51.58

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Middle income was 51.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 64.50 in 1991, while its lowest value was 51.28 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 64.50
1992 64.14
1993 63.81
1994 63.47
1995 63.21
1996 62.82
1997 62.64
1998 62.73
1999 62.78
2000 62.44
2001 62.03
2002 61.69
2003 61.34
2004 60.63
2005 59.95
2006 59.11
2007 58.28
2008 57.68
2009 57.28
2010 56.52
2011 55.64
2012 54.70
2013 54.13
2014 53.59
2015 53.07
2016 52.68
2017 52.29
2018 51.78
2019 51.28

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity