Zambia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zambia was 82.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.03 in 2003, while its lowest value was 82.18 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 87.36
1992 87.49
1993 88.09
1994 88.15
1995 88.67
1996 88.76
1997 88.83
1998 89.76
1999 90.56
2000 90.51
2001 90.77
2002 90.92
2003 91.03
2004 90.84
2005 90.87
2006 90.43
2007 90.36
2008 90.29
2009 90.45
2010 89.91
2011 89.33
2012 89.11
2013 88.26
2014 87.38
2015 86.71
2016 85.65
2017 84.10
2018 84.46
2019 82.18

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zambia was 65.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 75.49 in 2005, while its lowest value was 65.49 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 66.22
1992 66.76
1993 67.36
1994 68.30
1995 69.35
1996 69.65
1997 70.03
1998 71.80
1999 73.20
2000 73.55
2001 74.35
2002 74.96
2003 75.29
2004 75.22
2005 75.49
2006 74.82
2007 74.56
2008 74.41
2009 74.05
2010 72.49
2011 71.52
2012 70.78
2013 69.73
2014 68.84
2015 68.36
2016 67.55
2017 66.33
2018 66.66
2019 65.49

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zambia was 73.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 82.83 in 2005, while its lowest value was 73.45 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 75.73
1992 76.22
1993 76.99
1994 77.61
1995 78.40
1996 78.61
1997 78.90
1998 80.32
1999 81.48
2000 81.70
2001 82.23
2002 82.61
2003 82.83
2004 82.68
2005 82.83
2006 82.26
2007 82.09
2008 81.97
2009 81.86
2010 80.77
2011 80.01
2012 79.52
2013 78.56
2014 77.67
2015 77.11
2016 76.17
2017 74.79
2018 75.14
2019 73.45

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity