Paraguay - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Paraguay was 43.02 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 56.62 in 2004, while its lowest value was 43.02 in 2019.

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 54.80
1992 54.84
1993 54.80
1994 54.78
1995 54.77
1996 54.92
1997 55.03
1998 55.28
1999 55.53
2000 55.74
2001 55.81
2002 55.22
2003 54.39
2004 56.62
2005 51.26
2006 52.33
2007 52.58
2008 49.32
2009 51.55
2010 48.85
2011 47.85
2012 50.87
2013 44.60
2014 44.89
2015 44.38
2016 45.22
2017 45.82
2018 43.92
2019 43.02

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Paraguay was 43.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 57.21 in 2002, while its lowest value was 42.48 in 2018.

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 54.70
1992 54.85
1993 54.77
1994 54.63
1995 54.30
1996 54.44
1997 54.26
1998 54.60
1999 55.18
2000 55.94
2001 56.72
2002 57.21
2003 55.07
2004 55.80
2005 53.97
2006 52.81
2007 50.04
2008 47.27
2009 50.11
2010 46.37
2011 45.77
2012 45.70
2013 44.53
2014 42.95
2015 43.37
2016 43.61
2017 42.72
2018 42.48
2019 43.00

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Paraguay was 43.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 56.49 in 2002, while its lowest value was 43.01 in 2019.

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 54.74
1992 54.84
1993 54.78
1994 54.69
1995 54.47
1996 54.62
1997 54.54
1998 54.85
1999 55.30
2000 55.87
2001 56.39
2002 56.49
2003 54.82
2004 56.12
2005 52.93
2006 52.63
2007 51.00
2008 48.04
2009 50.66
2010 47.31
2011 46.57
2012 47.79
2013 44.56
2014 43.70
2015 43.77
2016 44.23
2017 43.93
2018 43.06
2019 43.01

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity