Tanzania - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tanzania was 87.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 96.24 in 1994, while its lowest value was 87.35 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 96.16
1992 96.16
1993 96.20
1994 96.24
1995 96.18
1996 96.20
1997 96.14
1998 96.05
1999 96.05
2000 96.05
2001 95.96
2002 95.68
2003 95.38
2004 95.19
2005 94.89
2006 94.47
2007 94.28
2008 93.86
2009 93.97
2010 93.31
2011 92.43
2012 92.13
2013 91.42
2014 90.79
2015 90.44
2016 89.74
2017 89.06
2018 88.09
2019 87.35

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tanzania was 80.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.40 in 1991, while its lowest value was 80.30 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 89.40
1992 89.28
1993 89.27
1994 89.31
1995 89.34
1996 89.26
1997 89.20
1998 88.91
1999 88.79
2000 88.63
2001 88.32
2002 87.70
2003 87.01
2004 86.51
2005 85.95
2006 85.28
2007 84.79
2008 84.32
2009 84.24
2010 83.54
2011 82.52
2012 82.67
2013 82.65
2014 82.75
2015 82.37
2016 81.90
2017 81.45
2018 80.72
2019 80.30

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tanzania was 83.68 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 92.70 in 1994, while its lowest value was 83.68 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 92.70
1992 92.64
1993 92.65
1994 92.70
1995 92.69
1996 92.67
1997 92.61
1998 92.42
1999 92.37
2000 92.29
2001 92.09
2002 91.64
2003 91.14
2004 90.79
2005 90.36
2006 89.81
2007 89.47
2008 89.02
2009 89.03
2010 88.32
2011 87.33
2012 87.24
2013 86.86
2014 86.60
2015 86.24
2016 85.66
2017 85.10
2018 84.26
2019 83.68

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity