Comoros - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Comoros was 68.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.72 in 2003, while its lowest value was 68.84 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 82.02
1992 81.92
1993 81.99
1994 82.38
1995 82.58
1996 82.93
1997 83.12
1998 83.41
1999 83.71
2000 83.50
2001 83.65
2002 83.72
2003 83.72
2004 83.66
2005 82.37
2006 81.08
2007 79.50
2008 78.24
2009 76.97
2010 75.58
2011 74.11
2012 72.71
2013 71.06
2014 69.76
2015 69.67
2016 69.42
2017 69.15
2018 69.02
2019 68.84

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Comoros was 51.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 61.76 in 1999, while its lowest value was 50.91 in 2017.

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 60.13
1992 59.99
1993 60.09
1994 60.59
1995 60.81
1996 61.18
1997 61.31
1998 61.55
1999 61.76
2000 61.35
2001 61.43
2002 61.41
2003 61.32
2004 61.21
2005 59.95
2006 58.77
2007 57.48
2008 56.39
2009 55.28
2010 54.32
2011 53.39
2012 52.61
2013 51.71
2014 50.95
2015 51.03
2016 51.01
2017 50.91
2018 51.06
2019 51.12

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Comoros was 58.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 70.10 in 2003, while its lowest value was 58.38 in 2017.

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 68.17
1992 68.04
1993 68.16
1994 68.63
1995 68.87
1996 69.27
1997 69.46
1998 69.78
1999 70.08
2000 69.84
2001 69.99
2002 70.08
2003 70.10
2004 70.07
2005 68.85
2006 67.68
2007 66.30
2008 65.17
2009 64.02
2010 62.91
2011 61.77
2012 60.74
2013 59.54
2014 58.57
2015 58.60
2016 58.51
2017 58.38
2018 58.45
2019 58.43

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity