North Macedonia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in North Macedonia was 17.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 30.43 in 2001, while its lowest value was 15.85 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 15.85
1992 16.23
1993 16.95
1994 17.49
1995 17.96
1996 18.74
1997 19.39
1998 19.88
1999 22.31
2000 24.34
2001 30.43
2002 28.46
2003 25.84
2004 19.52
2005 24.17
2006 25.56
2007 23.07
2008 25.12
2009 23.54
2010 24.83
2011 24.27
2012 23.51
2013 25.07
2014 21.76
2015 21.34
2016 19.83
2017 19.54
2018 19.39
2019 17.27

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in North Macedonia was 23.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 31.54 in 2006, while its lowest value was 19.05 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 19.05
1992 19.59
1993 20.53
1994 21.18
1995 21.69
1996 22.45
1997 23.27
1998 24.12
1999 27.51
2000 26.46
2001 29.65
2002 29.89
2003 28.21
2004 27.86
2005 30.68
2006 31.54
2007 30.71
2008 30.09
2009 30.89
2010 30.81
2011 30.82
2012 29.03
2013 30.12
2014 29.83
2015 29.31
2016 26.90
2017 26.42
2018 26.42
2019 23.49

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in North Macedonia was 21.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 29.95 in 2001, while its lowest value was 17.88 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 17.88
1992 18.36
1993 19.22
1994 19.84
1995 20.34
1996 21.11
1997 21.88
1998 22.57
1999 25.54
2000 25.67
2001 29.95
2002 29.33
2003 27.26
2004 24.60
2005 28.17
2006 29.25
2007 27.71
2008 28.17
2009 28.08
2010 28.50
2011 28.21
2012 26.84
2013 28.10
2014 26.67
2015 26.13
2016 24.13
2017 23.72
2018 23.63
2019 21.08

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity