Turkey - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Turkey was 33.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.41 in 1993, while its lowest value was 33.29 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 61.90
1992 61.93
1993 63.41
1994 61.66
1995 60.89
1996 59.94
1997 59.54
1998 58.36
1999 57.78
2000 57.28
2001 57.08
2002 55.20
2003 54.18
2004 53.31
2005 51.11
2006 49.00
2007 47.31
2008 46.64
2009 48.66
2010 49.02
2011 48.08
2012 45.40
2013 43.14
2014 39.49
2015 37.93
2016 36.30
2017 36.34
2018 34.49
2019 33.29

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Turkey was 30.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.64 in 1994, while its lowest value was 30.60 in 2015.

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 42.45
1992 42.41
1993 42.39
1994 42.64
1995 42.36
1996 41.98
1997 41.48
1998 41.28
1999 41.82
2000 41.32
2001 42.46
2002 42.14
2003 41.77
2004 40.67
2005 39.44
2006 38.29
2007 36.76
2008 36.20
2009 36.58
2010 35.06
2011 34.20
2012 33.48
2013 32.75
2014 31.52
2015 30.60
2016 30.69
2017 31.07
2018 30.84
2019 30.72

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Turkey was 31.54 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 48.51 in 1991, while its lowest value was 31.54 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 48.51
1992 48.33
1993 47.93
1994 48.28
1995 47.85
1996 47.31
1997 46.56
1998 46.20
1999 46.55
2000 45.75
2001 46.65
2002 46.02
2003 45.35
2004 43.97
2005 42.46
2006 41.10
2007 39.54
2008 39.01
2009 39.97
2010 39.10
2011 38.29
2012 37.07
2013 35.93
2014 33.94
2015 32.86
2016 32.45
2017 32.74
2018 32.01
2019 31.54

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity