Solomon Islands - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Solomon Islands was 72.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.58 in 2002, while its lowest value was 72.43 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 80.63
1992 79.97
1993 79.84
1994 79.28
1995 78.78
1996 78.92
1997 79.49
1998 79.75
1999 80.38
2000 82.72
2001 84.64
2002 85.58
2003 84.89
2004 84.42
2005 83.80
2006 82.77
2007 81.55
2008 80.33
2009 81.23
2010 80.00
2011 77.57
2012 76.73
2013 76.15
2014 75.84
2015 75.42
2016 74.81
2017 74.04
2018 73.17
2019 72.43

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Solomon Islands was 53.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 76.65 in 2002, while its lowest value was 53.92 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 72.32
1992 71.25
1993 70.95
1994 69.98
1995 68.96
1996 68.71
1997 68.97
1998 68.63
1999 68.72
2000 71.88
2001 74.94
2002 76.65
2003 75.57
2004 74.64
2005 73.36
2006 71.50
2007 69.35
2008 67.05
2009 68.52
2010 66.62
2011 62.79
2012 61.04
2013 59.80
2014 59.09
2015 58.34
2016 57.35
2017 56.19
2018 54.90
2019 53.92

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Solomon Islands was 62.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 80.96 in 2002, while its lowest value was 62.91 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 76.32
1992 75.44
1993 75.23
1994 74.45
1995 73.68
1996 73.62
1997 74.03
1998 73.98
1999 74.32
2000 77.10
2001 79.62
2002 80.96
2003 80.08
2004 79.38
2005 78.43
2006 76.98
2007 75.30
2008 73.53
2009 74.74
2010 73.16
2011 70.00
2012 68.70
2013 67.77
2014 67.25
2015 66.66
2016 65.85
2017 64.87
2018 63.78
2019 62.91

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity