Panama - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Panama was 36.73 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 36.73 in 2019, while its lowest value was 16.25 in 1993.

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 18.30
1992 16.83
1993 16.25
1994 17.21
1995 19.79
1996 20.39
1997 21.14
1998 22.83
1999 23.11
2000 20.86
2001 21.01
2002 24.91
2003 25.22
2004 25.19
2005 28.04
2006 27.56
2007 25.37
2008 26.80
2009 33.02
2010 30.14
2011 25.63
2012 28.62
2013 29.46
2014 29.20
2015 30.55
2016 33.33
2017 31.99
2018 35.47
2019 36.73

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Panama was 40.81 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 46.55 in 1991, while its lowest value was 32.75 in 2008.

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 46.55
1992 43.66
1993 41.23
1994 38.30
1995 39.04
1996 39.21
1997 40.47
1998 38.53
1999 38.56
2000 40.01
2001 40.35
2002 40.14
2003 40.67
2004 39.12
2005 39.03
2006 37.27
2007 34.07
2008 32.75
2009 36.65
2010 36.38
2011 35.65
2012 33.97
2013 33.99
2014 34.81
2015 35.75
2016 37.38
2017 37.05
2018 38.66
2019 40.81

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Panama was 39.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.18 in 2019, while its lowest value was 30.58 in 2008.

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 37.37
1992 34.94
1993 33.08
1994 31.29
1995 32.54
1996 32.80
1997 33.83
1998 33.12
1999 33.21
2000 33.30
2001 33.49
2002 34.68
2003 35.09
2004 34.11
2005 35.02
2006 33.78
2007 30.90
2008 30.58
2009 35.32
2010 34.10
2011 32.00
2012 31.98
2013 32.28
2014 32.67
2015 33.73
2016 35.80
2017 35.08
2018 37.39
2019 39.18

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity