Small states - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Small states was 37.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.12 in 1993, while its lowest value was 37.56 in 2017.

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 41.80
1992 42.00
1993 42.12
1994 41.96
1995 41.31
1996 41.08
1997 40.92
1998 41.10
1999 41.57
2000 41.46
2001 41.19
2002 40.84
2003 41.07
2004 40.71
2005 40.38
2006 39.91
2007 39.22
2008 38.85
2009 39.06
2010 38.94
2011 38.84
2012 38.71
2013 38.60
2014 38.22
2015 37.99
2016 37.58
2017 37.56
2018 37.69
2019 37.75

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Small states was 29.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.18 in 1993, while its lowest value was 29.27 in 2016.

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 36.92
1992 37.15
1993 37.18
1994 37.12
1995 36.68
1996 36.37
1997 36.26
1998 36.26
1999 36.53
2000 36.40
2001 36.27
2002 36.22
2003 36.08
2004 35.65
2005 34.84
2006 34.05
2007 32.99
2008 32.21
2009 31.79
2010 31.01
2011 30.48
2012 29.96
2013 29.83
2014 29.53
2015 29.34
2016 29.27
2017 29.41
2018 29.48
2019 29.53

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Small states was 32.67 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.10 in 1993, while its lowest value was 32.43 in 2016.

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 38.83
1992 39.03
1993 39.10
1994 38.99
1995 38.48
1996 38.20
1997 38.08
1998 38.17
1999 38.52
2000 38.40
2001 38.20
2002 38.03
2003 38.05
2004 37.64
2005 37.03
2006 36.36
2007 35.42
2008 34.78
2009 34.59
2010 34.03
2011 33.64
2012 33.28
2013 33.16
2014 32.83
2015 32.63
2016 32.43
2017 32.51
2018 32.61
2019 32.67

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity