Upper middle income - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Upper middle income was 39.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 55.46 in 1991, while its lowest value was 39.83 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 55.46
1992 54.80
1993 54.14
1994 53.63
1995 53.15
1996 52.54
1997 52.40
1998 52.14
1999 52.21
2000 51.60
2001 51.08
2002 50.47
2003 49.77
2004 48.88
2005 48.12
2006 47.10
2007 46.03
2008 45.17
2009 44.63
2010 43.75
2011 43.18
2012 42.58
2013 42.03
2014 41.43
2015 41.25
2016 41.09
2017 40.85
2018 40.40
2019 39.83

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Upper middle income was 39.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 58.39 in 1991, while its lowest value was 39.24 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 58.39
1992 57.75
1993 57.07
1994 56.34
1995 55.76
1996 55.14
1997 54.86
1998 54.58
1999 54.53
2000 53.85
2001 53.22
2002 52.48
2003 51.74
2004 50.68
2005 49.58
2006 48.35
2007 46.84
2008 45.76
2009 45.07
2010 43.95
2011 43.24
2012 42.53
2013 41.90
2014 41.28
2015 40.95
2016 40.70
2017 40.45
2018 39.90
2019 39.24

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Upper middle income was 39.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 57.12 in 1991, while its lowest value was 39.49 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 57.12
1992 56.47
1993 55.80
1994 55.16
1995 54.62
1996 54.01
1997 53.79
1998 53.52
1999 53.52
2000 52.86
2001 52.28
2002 51.60
2003 50.88
2004 49.90
2005 48.94
2006 47.80
2007 46.49
2008 45.50
2009 44.88
2010 43.86
2011 43.21
2012 42.55
2013 41.96
2014 41.35
2015 41.08
2016 40.86
2017 40.62
2018 40.10
2019 39.49

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity