South Sudan - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Sudan was 95.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 97.67 in 1991, while its lowest value was 95.62 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 97.67
1992 97.66
1993 97.64
1994 97.64
1995 97.64
1996 97.63
1997 97.60
1998 97.59
1999 97.59
2000 97.59
2001 97.58
2002 97.56
2003 97.53
2004 97.52
2005 97.49
2006 97.45
2007 97.36
2008 97.26
2009 97.16
2010 97.09
2011 97.01
2012 96.91
2013 96.61
2014 96.27
2015 96.04
2016 96.00
2017 95.98
2018 95.90
2019 95.62

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Sudan was 87.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 90.39 in 1991, while its lowest value was 85.84 in 2014.

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 90.39
1992 90.17
1993 89.97
1994 89.91
1995 89.72
1996 89.58
1997 89.27
1998 89.27
1999 89.39
2000 89.32
2001 89.20
2002 89.06
2003 88.79
2004 88.82
2005 88.64
2006 88.28
2007 87.75
2008 87.40
2009 87.24
2010 87.51
2011 87.41
2012 87.63
2013 86.55
2014 85.84
2015 86.33
2016 87.58
2017 88.26
2018 88.60
2019 87.72

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Sudan was 91.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.87 in 1991, while its lowest value was 90.88 in 2014.

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 93.87
1992 93.76
1993 93.64
1994 93.61
1995 93.50
1996 93.42
1997 93.24
1998 93.23
1999 93.29
2000 93.25
2001 93.18
2002 93.10
2003 92.95
2004 92.97
2005 92.87
2006 92.66
2007 92.35
2008 92.13
2009 91.99
2010 92.10
2011 92.02
2012 92.09
2013 91.38
2014 90.88
2015 91.02
2016 91.66
2017 92.01
2018 92.15
2019 91.57

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity