Portugal - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Portugal was 12.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 27.09 in 1997, while its lowest value was 12.45 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 24.26
1992 24.15
1993 24.98
1994 25.84
1995 25.44
1996 26.25
1997 27.09
1998 26.83
1999 25.96
2000 24.50
2001 26.19
2002 25.60
2003 25.71
2004 23.86
2005 24.14
2006 23.17
2007 22.86
2008 22.61
2009 21.48
2010 20.41
2011 17.25
2012 17.66
2013 17.45
2014 14.86
2015 13.91
2016 13.39
2017 12.68
2018 12.45
2019 12.84

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Portugal was 20.68 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 30.11 in 1996, while its lowest value was 20.67 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 26.55
1992 26.70
1993 26.52
1994 28.49
1995 29.56
1996 30.11
1997 29.44
1998 29.64
1999 27.88
2000 27.37
2001 29.29
2002 29.13
2003 28.67
2004 28.05
2005 27.25
2006 26.01
2007 26.46
2008 25.83
2009 26.33
2010 25.59
2011 25.44
2012 26.21
2013 26.16
2014 24.34
2015 22.70
2016 21.92
2017 21.06
2018 20.67
2019 20.68

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Portugal was 16.86 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 28.41 in 1996, while its lowest value was 16.65 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 25.58
1992 25.61
1993 25.85
1994 27.33
1995 27.75
1996 28.41
1997 28.39
1998 28.39
1999 27.02
2000 26.08
2001 27.90
2002 27.54
2003 27.32
2004 26.14
2005 25.82
2006 24.70
2007 24.80
2008 24.33
2009 24.03
2010 23.12
2011 21.54
2012 22.09
2013 21.94
2014 19.75
2015 18.42
2016 17.76
2017 16.99
2018 16.65
2019 16.86

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity