Myanmar - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Myanmar was 64.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.66 in 1991, while its lowest value was 63.10 in 2017.

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 81.66
1992 81.52
1993 81.41
1994 81.23
1995 81.02
1996 80.77
1997 80.50
1998 80.17
1999 79.58
2000 78.80
2001 77.92
2002 76.98
2003 75.96
2004 74.91
2005 73.82
2006 72.71
2007 71.60
2008 70.56
2009 69.51
2010 68.53
2011 67.83
2012 67.04
2013 66.19
2014 65.36
2015 64.55
2016 63.85
2017 63.10
2018 66.54
2019 64.87

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Myanmar was 64.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 84.35 in 1991, while its lowest value was 63.34 in 2017.

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 84.35
1992 84.17
1993 84.01
1994 83.75
1995 83.46
1996 83.15
1997 82.85
1998 82.55
1999 81.93
2000 81.05
2001 80.07
2002 79.06
2003 77.87
2004 76.63
2005 75.28
2006 73.89
2007 72.48
2008 71.23
2009 69.95
2010 68.78
2011 68.18
2012 67.38
2013 66.45
2014 65.64
2015 64.79
2016 64.08
2017 63.34
2018 64.95
2019 64.95

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Myanmar was 64.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.17 in 1991, while its lowest value was 63.24 in 2017.

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 83.17
1992 83.01
1993 82.88
1994 82.65
1995 82.40
1996 82.12
1997 81.83
1998 81.52
1999 80.91
2000 80.08
2001 79.15
2002 78.17
2003 77.05
2004 75.89
2005 74.66
2006 73.39
2007 72.11
2008 70.95
2009 69.77
2010 68.67
2011 68.03
2012 67.24
2013 66.34
2014 65.52
2015 64.69
2016 63.98
2017 63.24
2018 65.59
2019 64.92

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity