Samoa - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Samoa was 24.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 47.28 in 1992, while its lowest value was 24.24 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 47.16
1992 47.28
1993 47.09
1994 47.25
1995 46.83
1996 46.30
1997 46.19
1998 45.98
1999 45.78
2000 45.03
2001 44.11
2002 43.48
2003 42.73
2004 42.05
2005 41.36
2006 40.85
2007 39.81
2008 39.16
2009 39.04
2010 38.30
2011 37.16
2012 36.88
2013 34.64
2014 32.52
2015 30.23
2016 27.80
2017 25.78
2018 25.26
2019 24.24

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Samoa was 35.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 41.12 in 1994, while its lowest value was 34.38 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 40.41
1992 40.73
1993 40.68
1994 41.12
1995 40.75
1996 40.19
1997 40.12
1998 40.01
1999 39.86
2000 39.08
2001 38.14
2002 37.47
2003 36.85
2004 36.21
2005 35.65
2006 35.37
2007 34.66
2008 34.38
2009 34.90
2010 35.12
2011 34.79
2012 35.25
2013 35.90
2014 36.58
2015 36.81
2016 36.53
2017 36.88
2018 36.51
2019 35.72

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Samoa was 31.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.28 in 1994, while its lowest value was 31.83 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 42.80
1992 43.05
1993 42.95
1994 43.28
1995 42.89
1996 42.32
1997 42.23
1998 42.07
1999 41.89
2000 41.12
2001 40.18
2002 39.53
2003 38.86
2004 38.21
2005 37.61
2006 37.25
2007 36.44
2008 36.03
2009 36.32
2010 36.21
2011 35.61
2012 35.81
2013 35.47
2014 35.20
2015 34.59
2016 33.58
2017 33.12
2018 32.69
2019 31.83

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity