Romania - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Romania was 22.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 48.55 in 2000, while its lowest value was 22.55 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.

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Year Value
1991 36.79
1992 42.65
1993 42.27
1994 41.72
1995 45.53
1996 42.22
1997 45.47
1998 46.28
1999 47.71
2000 48.55
2001 48.54
2002 41.49
2003 40.97
2004 34.24
2005 34.84
2006 32.95
2007 33.43
2008 32.35
2009 32.47
2010 34.37
2011 33.27
2012 33.38
2013 32.68
2014 31.73
2015 27.75
2016 25.00
2017 24.53
2018 23.91
2019 22.55

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Romania was 25.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.96 in 2001, while its lowest value was 25.24 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.

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Year Value
1991 25.24
1992 31.40
1993 31.62
1994 29.50
1995 32.23
1996 32.79
1997 36.13
1998 38.41
1999 41.07
2000 43.96
2001 43.96
2002 38.32
2003 38.35
2004 34.93
2005 35.85
2006 34.63
2007 34.00
2008 32.76
2009 33.04
2010 35.80
2011 33.13
2012 33.34
2013 32.93
2014 32.36
2015 29.92
2016 27.84
2017 27.69
2018 26.23
2019 25.51

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Romania was 24.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 46.11 in 2000, while its lowest value was 24.23 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 30.62
1992 36.63
1993 36.54
1994 35.13
1995 38.38
1996 37.08
1997 40.45
1998 42.06
1999 44.18
2000 46.11
2001 46.10
2002 39.78
2003 39.54
2004 34.61
2005 35.39
2006 33.86
2007 33.74
2008 32.58
2009 32.78
2010 35.17
2011 33.20
2012 33.36
2013 32.82
2014 32.08
2015 28.98
2016 26.61
2017 26.31
2018 25.22
2019 24.23

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity