The Gambia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in The Gambia was 82.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.41 in 1991, while its lowest value was 82.49 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 91.41
1992 91.32
1993 91.19
1994 90.98
1995 90.86
1996 90.37
1997 90.43
1998 90.04
1999 89.68
2000 89.30
2001 88.69
2002 88.40
2003 87.79
2004 87.16
2005 87.18
2006 87.01
2007 86.74
2008 86.59
2009 86.15
2010 85.68
2011 85.65
2012 85.10
2013 84.82
2014 84.77
2015 83.86
2016 82.91
2017 83.14
2018 83.03
2019 82.49

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in The Gambia was 64.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 73.18 in 1991, while its lowest value was 64.26 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 73.18
1992 73.03
1993 72.83
1994 72.75
1995 72.52
1996 71.53
1997 71.86
1998 71.41
1999 70.90
2000 70.34
2001 69.63
2002 69.51
2003 69.11
2004 68.64
2005 68.61
2006 68.39
2007 68.24
2008 67.88
2009 67.61
2010 67.21
2011 67.31
2012 66.99
2013 66.80
2014 66.48
2015 65.35
2016 64.65
2017 64.93
2018 64.88
2019 64.26

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in The Gambia was 72.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 80.18 in 1991, while its lowest value was 72.01 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 80.18
1992 80.00
1993 79.78
1994 79.69
1995 79.52
1996 78.76
1997 79.04
1998 78.66
1999 78.25
2000 77.82
2001 77.21
2002 77.07
2003 76.62
2004 76.14
2005 76.18
2006 76.02
2007 75.86
2008 75.62
2009 75.30
2010 74.90
2011 74.99
2012 74.58
2013 74.38
2014 74.19
2015 73.17
2016 72.37
2017 72.64
2018 72.58
2019 72.01

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity