Mozambique - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mozambique was 93.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 97.97 in 1994, while its lowest value was 93.03 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 97.80
1992 97.87
1993 97.97
1994 97.97
1995 97.88
1996 97.68
1997 97.54
1998 97.25
1999 97.08
2000 97.06
2001 96.83
2002 96.94
2003 96.90
2004 96.63
2005 96.59
2006 96.19
2007 96.07
2008 96.04
2009 95.87
2010 95.64
2011 95.36
2012 95.09
2013 94.94
2014 94.65
2015 94.40
2016 93.99
2017 93.35
2018 93.03
2019 93.16

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mozambique was 74.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.01 in 1993, while its lowest value was 74.62 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 87.99
1992 87.93
1993 88.01
1994 87.61
1995 87.84
1996 87.38
1997 86.88
1998 86.05
1999 85.38
2000 85.20
2001 84.36
2002 84.52
2003 84.15
2004 83.41
2005 83.27
2006 82.52
2007 82.24
2008 82.02
2009 81.46
2010 80.87
2011 80.13
2012 79.37
2013 78.60
2014 77.59
2015 76.86
2016 75.88
2017 74.86
2018 74.65
2019 74.62

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mozambique was 84.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.62 in 1993, while its lowest value was 84.24 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 93.50
1992 93.52
1993 93.62
1994 93.45
1995 93.50
1996 93.19
1997 92.90
1998 92.34
1999 91.92
2000 91.81
2001 91.29
2002 91.41
2003 91.20
2004 90.69
2005 90.58
2006 89.98
2007 89.75
2008 89.60
2009 89.22
2010 88.77
2011 88.24
2012 87.70
2013 87.22
2014 86.53
2015 86.00
2016 85.32
2017 84.50
2018 84.24
2019 84.28

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity