Namibia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 43.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 46.74 in 1999, while its lowest value was 35.32 in 2016.

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 44.65
1992 44.87
1993 45.45
1994 45.35
1995 45.91
1996 46.17
1997 46.09
1998 46.14
1999 46.74
2000 46.53
2001 46.39
2002 46.20
2003 46.63
2004 45.72
2005 45.39
2006 44.47
2007 44.15
2008 43.87
2009 44.07
2010 44.03
2011 43.85
2012 43.82
2013 45.09
2014 41.35
2015 38.17
2016 35.32
2017 38.95
2018 42.90
2019 43.45

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 33.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 33.26 in 2019, while its lowest value was 23.70 in 1991.

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 23.70
1992 23.72
1993 24.29
1994 24.79
1995 24.96
1996 25.23
1997 25.35
1998 26.05
1999 26.72
2000 27.42
2001 28.22
2002 28.72
2003 29.07
2004 28.77
2005 29.17
2006 28.83
2007 28.31
2008 28.88
2009 29.29
2010 29.24
2011 29.76
2012 30.07
2013 27.54
2014 26.84
2015 25.42
2016 24.57
2017 28.22
2018 32.19
2019 33.26

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 38.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.37 in 2019, while its lowest value was 29.64 in 2016.

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 33.45
1992 33.46
1993 34.02
1994 34.15
1995 34.49
1996 34.77
1997 34.80
1998 35.20
1999 35.83
2000 36.11
2001 36.49
2002 36.64
2003 37.03
2004 36.43
2005 36.56
2006 36.02
2007 35.64
2008 35.87
2009 36.22
2010 36.17
2011 36.38
2012 36.56
2013 36.12
2014 33.85
2015 31.49
2016 29.64
2017 33.44
2018 37.55
2019 38.37

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity