The Bahamas - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in The Bahamas was 6.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.00 in 1996, while its lowest value was 6.64 in 2016.

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 9.63
1992 8.26
1993 9.89
1994 10.99
1995 12.07
1996 13.00
1997 10.40
1998 10.63
1999 11.19
2000 10.17
2001 9.28
2002 10.49
2003 10.55
2004 12.04
2005 11.32
2006 10.66
2007 10.06
2008 9.42
2009 7.44
2010 7.37
2011 7.39
2012 7.08
2013 6.99
2014 6.85
2015 6.82
2016 6.64
2017 6.66
2018 6.82
2019 6.79

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in The Bahamas was 22.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 22.76 in 2019, while its lowest value was 14.81 in 1991.

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 14.81
1992 17.39
1993 16.10
1994 17.29
1995 16.37
1996 19.86
1997 18.85
1998 18.42
1999 20.23
2000 19.27
2001 18.46
2002 20.05
2003 17.91
2004 17.89
2005 17.60
2006 17.35
2007 17.20
2008 17.02
2009 18.91
2010 19.71
2011 20.45
2012 21.00
2013 21.49
2014 21.73
2015 22.04
2016 22.14
2017 22.36
2018 22.66
2019 22.76

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in The Bahamas was 15.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 16.77 in 1996, while its lowest value was 12.43 in 1991.

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 12.43
1992 13.24
1993 13.24
1994 14.42
1995 14.39
1996 16.77
1997 14.96
1998 14.83
1999 16.01
2000 14.97
2001 14.06
2002 15.48
2003 14.42
2004 15.11
2005 14.62
2006 14.16
2007 13.82
2008 13.43
2009 13.44
2010 13.85
2011 14.30
2012 14.36
2013 14.59
2014 14.71
2015 14.88
2016 14.93
2017 15.03
2018 15.12
2019 15.17

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity