Timor-Leste - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Timor-Leste was 80.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.96 in 1991, while its lowest value was 78.22 in 2012.

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 86.96
1992 86.53
1993 86.05
1994 85.49
1995 84.85
1996 83.97
1997 83.46
1998 83.60
1999 86.50
2000 85.35
2001 83.76
2002 85.04
2003 85.37
2004 84.46
2005 83.71
2006 84.49
2007 83.17
2008 81.42
2009 80.09
2010 78.52
2011 78.30
2012 78.22
2013 78.78
2014 79.24
2015 79.86
2016 80.09
2017 80.67
2018 80.68
2019 80.11

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Timor-Leste was 60.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 76.33 in 1991, while its lowest value was 59.04 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 76.33
1992 75.57
1993 74.72
1994 73.71
1995 72.53
1996 70.83
1997 69.71
1998 69.42
1999 75.09
2000 72.90
2001 69.57
2002 71.85
2003 72.94
2004 74.30
2005 74.25
2006 75.97
2007 73.78
2008 71.09
2009 68.23
2010 65.49
2011 64.15
2012 62.66
2013 62.12
2014 60.98
2015 60.13
2016 59.04
2017 60.19
2018 60.78
2019 60.12

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Timor-Leste was 69.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.14 in 1991, while its lowest value was 68.48 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 81.14
1992 80.52
1993 79.83
1994 79.03
1995 78.08
1996 76.75
1997 75.92
1998 75.83
1999 80.26
2000 78.53
2001 75.98
2002 77.82
2003 78.57
2004 78.90
2005 78.53
2006 79.84
2007 78.04
2008 75.79
2009 73.62
2010 71.41
2011 70.58
2012 69.73
2013 69.65
2014 69.19
2015 69.00
2016 68.48
2017 69.38
2018 69.72
2019 69.12

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity