Turkmenistan - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Turkmenistan was 35.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 50.68 in 2004, while its lowest value was 35.33 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 35.55
1992 37.29
1993 38.45
1994 39.76
1995 41.45
1996 43.30
1997 44.05
1998 45.61
1999 47.16
2000 48.07
2001 49.23
2002 49.99
2003 50.39
2004 50.68
2005 50.60
2006 50.47
2007 50.10
2008 50.16
2009 49.15
2010 48.04
2011 47.00
2012 45.68
2013 44.13
2014 42.53
2015 40.95
2016 39.66
2017 38.23
2018 36.78
2019 35.33

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Turkmenistan was 29.52 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 41.68 in 2005, while its lowest value was 25.76 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 25.76
1992 26.35
1993 27.66
1994 29.14
1995 31.26
1996 32.43
1997 35.50
1998 37.26
1999 37.83
2000 39.57
2001 39.80
2002 40.40
2003 41.28
2004 41.65
2005 41.68
2006 40.74
2007 39.87
2008 38.80
2009 38.15
2010 37.25
2011 36.21
2012 35.08
2013 34.07
2014 33.12
2015 32.33
2016 31.49
2017 30.74
2018 30.13
2019 29.52

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Turkmenistan was 31.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 45.52 in 2004, while its lowest value was 29.81 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 29.81
1992 30.90
1993 32.16
1994 33.63
1995 35.61
1996 37.08
1997 39.17
1998 40.85
1999 41.83
2000 43.21
2001 43.84
2002 44.51
2003 45.19
2004 45.52
2005 45.50
2006 44.90
2007 44.23
2008 43.62
2009 42.81
2010 41.81
2011 40.76
2012 39.54
2013 38.29
2014 37.07
2015 35.94
2016 34.91
2017 33.87
2018 32.90
2019 31.94

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity