Philippines - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Philippines was 39.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 52.14 in 2002, while its lowest value was 39.57 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.

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Year Value
1991 51.64
1992 51.76
1993 51.76
1994 51.54
1995 51.27
1996 50.79
1997 50.24
1998 50.76
1999 51.21
2000 49.22
2001 51.70
2002 52.14
2003 50.97
2004 49.27
2005 50.40
2006 49.91
2007 49.00
2008 48.77
2009 48.25
2010 47.16
2011 46.98
2012 45.66
2013 44.42
2014 44.92
2015 43.38
2016 42.14
2017 40.68
2018 39.91
2019 39.57

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Philippines was 33.99 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 50.71 in 2002, while its lowest value was 33.99 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 50.05
1992 50.32
1993 50.48
1994 50.38
1995 50.18
1996 49.75
1997 49.20
1998 49.69
1999 49.89
2000 49.31
2001 50.49
2002 50.71
2003 49.95
2004 47.71
2005 49.59
2006 48.90
2007 47.83
2008 47.45
2009 46.26
2010 45.00
2011 43.87
2012 41.56
2013 40.39
2014 40.86
2015 39.47
2016 36.37
2017 36.02
2018 34.38
2019 33.99

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Philippines was 36.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 51.26 in 2002, while its lowest value was 36.15 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 50.65
1992 50.86
1993 50.97
1994 50.82
1995 50.59
1996 50.15
1997 49.59
1998 50.10
1999 50.40
2000 49.28
2001 50.95
2002 51.26
2003 50.34
2004 48.30
2005 49.90
2006 49.29
2007 48.29
2008 47.96
2009 47.03
2010 45.84
2011 45.08
2012 43.16
2013 41.97
2014 42.46
2015 41.02
2016 38.63
2017 37.80
2018 36.52
2019 36.15

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity