South Asia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Asia was 74.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.01 in 1995, while its lowest value was 74.27 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 88.73
1992 88.93
1993 88.94
1994 88.91
1995 89.01
1996 88.79
1997 88.29
1998 88.52
1999 88.37
2000 87.80
2001 87.50
2002 87.12
2003 86.80
2004 86.81
2005 86.52
2006 86.43
2007 86.29
2008 86.25
2009 86.07
2010 85.93
2011 84.16
2012 82.08
2013 81.04
2014 79.93
2015 79.10
2016 78.15
2017 76.58
2018 75.25
2019 74.27

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Asia was 70.81 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 79.30 in 1991, while its lowest value was 70.81 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 79.30
1992 79.21
1993 79.15
1994 78.96
1995 78.90
1996 78.75
1997 78.65
1998 78.61
1999 78.38
2000 78.42
2001 78.40
2002 78.06
2003 77.96
2004 77.93
2005 77.81
2006 77.44
2007 77.13
2008 77.16
2009 76.87
2010 76.58
2011 75.74
2012 74.75
2013 74.23
2014 73.82
2015 73.35
2016 72.95
2017 72.23
2018 71.44
2019 70.81

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Asia was 71.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.59 in 1991, while its lowest value was 71.60 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 81.59
1992 81.57
1993 81.55
1994 81.41
1995 81.37
1996 81.22
1997 81.04
1998 81.07
1999 80.86
2000 80.76
2001 80.69
2002 80.35
2003 80.21
2004 80.20
2005 80.05
2006 79.72
2007 79.41
2008 79.38
2009 79.08
2010 78.79
2011 77.68
2012 76.40
2013 75.76
2014 75.19
2015 74.64
2016 74.10
2017 73.20
2018 72.28
2019 71.60

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity