Vietnam - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Vietnam was 58.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.15 in 1991, while its lowest value was 58.90 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 91.15
1992 90.55
1993 89.92
1994 88.99
1995 87.86
1996 86.59
1997 85.07
1998 82.35
1999 84.71
2000 84.58
2001 82.55
2002 82.89
2003 81.97
2004 78.94
2005 77.15
2006 75.57
2007 74.15
2008 73.22
2009 72.44
2010 72.02
2011 71.28
2012 70.87
2013 70.60
2014 69.44
2015 65.81
2016 64.26
2017 62.32
2018 60.61
2019 58.90

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Vietnam was 50.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.52 in 1991, while its lowest value was 50.08 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 86.52
1992 85.64
1993 84.66
1994 83.27
1995 81.62
1996 79.80
1997 77.97
1998 75.37
1999 78.57
2000 77.89
2001 75.24
2002 75.90
2003 73.98
2004 70.26
2005 68.11
2006 66.01
2007 63.91
2008 62.23
2009 60.74
2010 60.77
2011 59.83
2012 59.98
2013 60.09
2014 59.60
2015 55.94
2016 53.70
2017 52.41
2018 51.87
2019 50.08

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Vietnam was 54.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.77 in 1991, while its lowest value was 54.30 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 88.77
1992 88.03
1993 87.22
1994 86.05
1995 84.65
1996 83.10
1997 81.42
1998 78.75
1999 81.54
2000 81.13
2001 78.75
2002 79.27
2003 77.82
2004 74.43
2005 72.46
2006 70.61
2007 68.84
2008 67.51
2009 66.36
2010 66.14
2011 65.32
2012 65.21
2013 65.14
2014 64.33
2015 60.66
2016 58.75
2017 57.15
2018 56.06
2019 54.30

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity