Nicaragua - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nicaragua was 48.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 51.58 in 2003, while its lowest value was 47.76 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 48.75
1992 49.15
1993 49.61
1994 49.49
1995 49.14
1996 48.67
1997 48.55
1998 48.58
1999 48.14
2000 48.20
2001 48.99
2002 50.34
2003 51.58
2004 49.20
2005 49.18
2006 47.98
2007 47.96
2008 48.02
2009 49.89
2010 50.24
2011 50.27
2012 50.18
2013 50.26
2014 50.34
2015 49.39
2016 48.53
2017 47.76
2018 48.01
2019 48.37

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nicaragua was 39.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 53.49 in 2003, while its lowest value was 39.15 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 42.46
1992 42.88
1993 43.40
1994 44.22
1995 44.95
1996 45.57
1997 46.30
1998 47.10
1999 47.78
2000 48.59
2001 50.04
2002 51.71
2003 53.49
2004 51.97
2005 50.58
2006 49.98
2007 50.07
2008 50.18
2009 49.07
2010 48.00
2011 46.80
2012 45.52
2013 44.27
2014 42.94
2015 41.98
2016 40.98
2017 39.95
2018 39.48
2019 39.15

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nicaragua was 42.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 52.83 in 2003, while its lowest value was 42.70 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 44.43
1992 44.81
1993 45.27
1994 45.79
1995 46.18
1996 46.49
1997 46.98
1998 47.55
1999 47.89
2000 48.46
2001 49.69
2002 51.25
2003 52.83
2004 51.00
2005 50.07
2006 49.23
2007 49.28
2008 49.37
2009 49.38
2010 48.84
2011 48.10
2012 47.28
2013 46.55
2014 45.74
2015 44.81
2016 43.90
2017 42.98
2018 42.76
2019 42.70

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity