Zimbabwe - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zimbabwe was 79.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 82.99 in 1992, while its lowest value was 71.81 in 2006.

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 82.62
1992 82.99
1993 82.72
1994 82.20
1995 81.59
1996 79.76
1997 78.29
1998 77.67
1999 77.33
2000 78.03
2001 76.68
2002 76.65
2003 76.86
2004 76.32
2005 74.21
2006 71.81
2007 72.80
2008 77.04
2009 77.02
2010 76.87
2011 75.95
2012 75.27
2013 75.41
2014 75.64
2015 75.95
2016 76.28
2017 76.88
2018 77.44
2019 79.56

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zimbabwe was 57.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 58.48 in 2008, while its lowest value was 44.83 in 1997.

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 47.61
1992 46.84
1993 48.48
1994 47.63
1995 47.04
1996 45.75
1997 44.83
1998 45.23
1999 45.68
2000 45.97
2001 47.46
2002 48.70
2003 50.14
2004 50.16
2005 50.83
2006 52.18
2007 54.56
2008 58.48
2009 57.66
2010 56.93
2011 56.00
2012 56.51
2013 56.84
2014 56.69
2015 57.06
2016 57.48
2017 57.25
2018 56.98
2019 57.64

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Zimbabwe was 68.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.75 in 2019, while its lowest value was 60.63 in 1998.

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 63.89
1992 63.71
1993 64.54
1994 63.93
1995 63.41
1996 61.93
1997 60.80
1998 60.63
1999 60.66
2000 61.28
2001 61.55
2002 62.33
2003 63.33
2004 63.22
2005 62.57
2006 62.07
2007 63.76
2008 67.85
2009 67.42
2010 66.98
2011 66.07
2012 65.99
2013 66.23
2014 66.28
2015 66.63
2016 67.00
2017 67.19
2018 67.35
2019 68.75

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity