Sierra Leone - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sierra Leone was 95.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 97.00 in 2001, while its lowest value was 94.59 in 2013.

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 95.53
1992 95.73
1993 95.79
1994 95.87
1995 96.02
1996 96.11
1997 96.26
1998 96.33
1999 96.55
2000 96.60
2001 97.00
2002 96.70
2003 96.48
2004 96.34
2005 96.38
2006 96.43
2007 96.33
2008 96.42
2009 96.52
2010 96.40
2011 96.33
2012 95.61
2013 94.59
2014 94.82
2015 96.25
2016 96.12
2017 96.14
2018 96.07
2019 95.97

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sierra Leone was 84.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.45 in 2001, while its lowest value was 82.32 in 2013.

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 87.01
1992 87.36
1993 87.39
1994 87.48
1995 87.76
1996 87.76
1997 88.02
1998 88.06
1999 88.13
2000 87.88
2001 88.45
2002 87.73
2003 87.28
2004 86.94
2005 86.87
2006 86.80
2007 86.61
2008 86.57
2009 86.55
2010 86.12
2011 85.86
2012 84.19
2013 82.32
2014 82.95
2015 85.31
2016 84.73
2017 84.97
2018 84.91
2019 84.70

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sierra Leone was 90.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 92.75 in 2001, while its lowest value was 88.45 in 2013.

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 91.33
1992 91.58
1993 91.62
1994 91.71
1995 91.92
1996 91.96
1997 92.16
1998 92.22
1999 92.37
2000 92.27
2001 92.75
2002 92.26
2003 91.93
2004 91.67
2005 91.65
2006 91.64
2007 91.49
2008 91.51
2009 91.55
2010 91.27
2011 91.10
2012 89.90
2013 88.45
2014 88.88
2015 90.76
2016 90.41
2017 90.56
2018 90.51
2019 90.35

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity