Spain - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Spain was 11.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 25.20 in 1991, while its lowest value was 11.70 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.

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Year Value
1991 25.20
1992 24.42
1993 24.29
1994 23.76
1995 23.11
1996 22.11
1997 20.61
1998 19.68
1999 17.84
2000 16.68
2001 16.50
2002 15.06
2003 14.33
2004 14.10
2005 14.21
2006 13.61
2007 13.31
2008 13.15
2009 12.61
2010 12.26
2011 12.17
2012 12.72
2013 13.05
2014 12.95
2015 12.81
2016 12.72
2017 12.16
2018 11.81
2019 11.70

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Spain was 18.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 26.97 in 1994, while its lowest value was 18.96 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.

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Year Value
1991 25.44
1992 25.81
1993 26.52
1994 26.97
1995 26.11
1996 26.07
1997 25.24
1998 24.28
1999 23.36
2000 22.03
2001 21.91
2002 21.13
2003 20.46
2004 20.59
2005 20.54
2006 20.52
2007 20.46
2008 20.81
2009 20.11
2010 20.18
2011 19.81
2012 21.12
2013 21.88
2014 21.46
2015 20.98
2016 20.45
2017 20.06
2018 19.41
2019 18.96

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Spain was 15.68 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 25.89 in 1994, while its lowest value was 15.68 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 25.36
1992 25.36
1993 25.78
1994 25.89
1995 25.09
1996 24.70
1997 23.62
1998 22.68
1999 21.40
2000 20.08
2001 19.92
2002 18.84
2003 18.11
2004 18.05
2005 18.00
2006 17.71
2007 17.51
2008 17.57
2009 16.83
2010 16.68
2011 16.39
2012 17.30
2013 17.86
2014 17.59
2015 17.28
2016 16.94
2017 16.49
2018 15.97
2019 15.68

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity