Niger - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Niger was 98.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 98.25 in 2018, while its lowest value was 86.95 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 86.95
1992 87.23
1993 87.63
1994 87.70
1995 88.05
1996 88.40
1997 88.74
1998 88.91
1999 89.63
2000 90.06
2001 90.21
2002 90.56
2003 90.88
2004 91.37
2005 91.62
2006 91.71
2007 91.68
2008 91.53
2009 91.84
2010 91.60
2011 91.93
2012 90.36
2013 95.05
2014 97.82
2015 97.97
2016 98.10
2017 98.12
2018 98.25
2019 98.23

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Niger was 92.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 92.78 in 2018, while its lowest value was 86.85 in 2012.

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 90.47
1992 90.51
1993 90.55
1994 90.49
1995 90.54
1996 90.51
1997 90.43
1998 90.43
1999 90.45
2000 90.45
2001 90.44
2002 90.43
2003 90.34
2004 90.22
2005 90.29
2006 90.18
2007 89.84
2008 89.54
2009 89.35
2010 89.20
2011 89.06
2012 86.85
2013 89.53
2014 92.31
2015 92.47
2016 92.66
2017 92.62
2018 92.78
2019 92.72

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Niger was 95.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 95.10 in 2018, while its lowest value was 88.36 in 2012.

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 88.83
1992 88.99
1993 89.20
1994 89.20
1995 89.40
1996 89.54
1997 89.66
1998 89.74
1999 90.08
2000 90.27
2001 90.34
2002 90.49
2003 90.58
2004 90.74
2005 90.88
2006 90.86
2007 90.65
2008 90.42
2009 90.45
2010 90.26
2011 90.32
2012 88.36
2013 91.90
2014 94.66
2015 94.81
2016 94.98
2017 94.96
2018 95.10
2019 95.06

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity