Moldova - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Moldova was 26.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 41.00 in 2002, while its lowest value was 18.46 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 18.46
1992 19.95
1993 21.46
1994 23.63
1995 24.47
1996 25.99
1997 27.44
1998 29.88
1999 33.33
2000 37.90
2001 40.43
2002 41.00
2003 34.93
2004 35.43
2005 35.90
2006 31.20
2007 30.33
2008 28.96
2009 25.30
2010 24.72
2011 24.95
2012 24.87
2013 27.05
2014 27.60
2015 30.81
2016 32.99
2017 30.26
2018 28.40
2019 26.18

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Moldova was 35.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.86 in 2015, while its lowest value was 15.87 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 15.87
1992 17.31
1993 18.70
1994 21.51
1995 23.11
1996 24.92
1997 26.89
1998 29.26
1999 31.10
2000 35.95
2001 38.16
2002 40.32
2003 37.05
2004 36.80
2005 38.17
2006 34.71
2007 36.30
2008 35.01
2009 33.30
2010 33.76
2011 33.64
2012 33.41
2013 35.27
2014 37.60
2015 42.86
2016 41.00
2017 39.25
2018 38.26
2019 35.88

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Moldova was 31.04 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 40.68 in 2002, while its lowest value was 17.19 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 17.19
1992 18.68
1993 20.12
1994 22.63
1995 23.83
1996 25.49
1997 27.18
1998 29.59
1999 32.29
2000 36.98
2001 39.35
2002 40.68
2003 35.94
2004 36.09
2005 37.01
2006 32.92
2007 33.31
2008 32.03
2009 29.37
2010 29.28
2011 29.37
2012 29.16
2013 31.22
2014 32.69
2015 36.88
2016 37.01
2017 34.82
2018 33.31
2019 31.04

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity