St. Lucia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in St. Lucia was 21.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 28.90 in 1996, while its lowest value was 19.40 in 2018.

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 24.22
1992 24.44
1993 24.37
1994 26.80
1995 27.00
1996 28.90
1997 25.26
1998 25.99
1999 25.08
2000 27.97
2001 27.59
2002 27.16
2003 26.47
2004 25.83
2005 25.36
2006 24.70
2007 24.44
2008 23.97
2009 23.75
2010 23.39
2011 22.70
2012 22.20
2013 21.89
2014 21.37
2015 20.95
2016 20.37
2017 19.97
2018 19.40
2019 21.59

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in St. Lucia was 34.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.87 in 1994, while its lowest value was 32.25 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 38.71
1992 38.47
1993 38.56
1994 43.87
1995 38.77
1996 40.99
1997 37.54
1998 37.86
1999 36.83
2000 38.56
2001 38.90
2002 38.81
2003 38.01
2004 37.12
2005 37.02
2006 36.15
2007 35.94
2008 35.40
2009 35.71
2010 35.41
2011 34.43
2012 34.08
2013 34.20
2014 33.63
2015 33.47
2016 32.66
2017 32.25
2018 32.27
2019 34.24

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in St. Lucia was 28.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.48 in 1994, while its lowest value was 26.59 in 2018.

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 33.45
1992 33.36
1993 33.31
1994 37.48
1995 34.27
1996 36.20
1997 32.66
1998 33.18
1999 32.02
2000 34.30
2001 34.28
2002 34.01
2003 33.37
2004 32.38
2005 32.13
2006 31.31
2007 31.10
2008 30.41
2009 30.47
2010 30.16
2011 29.29
2012 28.92
2013 28.83
2014 28.28
2015 28.01
2016 27.28
2017 26.84
2018 26.59
2019 28.63

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity