Liberia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Liberia was 91.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 94.83 in 1996, while its lowest value was 85.42 in 1991.

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 85.42
1992 87.54
1993 89.64
1994 91.59
1995 93.62
1996 94.83
1997 94.17
1998 93.63
1999 93.17
2000 91.44
2001 89.89
2002 89.16
2003 90.83
2004 91.06
2005 91.10
2006 90.74
2007 90.92
2008 91.15
2009 91.03
2010 90.92
2011 90.76
2012 90.56
2013 90.53
2014 90.48
2015 90.97
2016 91.12
2017 91.02
2018 91.00
2019 91.59

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Liberia was 67.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.17 in 1996, while its lowest value was 66.83 in 2018.

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 72.19
1992 74.01
1993 75.85
1994 77.64
1995 80.12
1996 81.17
1997 80.05
1998 79.04
1999 78.17
2000 77.25
2001 75.21
2002 74.71
2003 75.74
2004 74.58
2005 74.27
2006 73.82
2007 73.14
2008 72.35
2009 72.22
2010 71.92
2011 70.86
2012 69.85
2013 68.53
2014 68.15
2015 68.17
2016 67.59
2017 67.15
2018 66.83
2019 67.00

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Liberia was 78.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.62 in 1996, while its lowest value was 78.39 in 2018.

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 78.40
1992 80.37
1993 82.34
1994 84.23
1995 86.49
1996 87.62
1997 86.73
1998 85.94
1999 85.26
2000 83.96
2001 82.15
2002 81.53
2003 82.84
2004 82.34
2005 82.18
2006 81.77
2007 81.49
2008 81.17
2009 81.03
2010 80.82
2011 80.19
2012 79.58
2013 78.88
2014 78.67
2015 78.93
2016 78.82
2017 78.55
2018 78.39
2019 78.75

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity