Suriname - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Suriname was 10.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 15.18 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.41 in 2011.

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 15.18
1992 15.03
1993 15.10
1994 13.57
1995 12.56
1996 11.85
1997 12.51
1998 11.04
1999 11.09
2000 11.03
2001 10.97
2002 10.91
2003 10.83
2004 10.70
2005 10.67
2006 10.60
2007 10.56
2008 10.52
2009 10.53
2010 10.47
2011 10.41
2012 10.47
2013 10.55
2014 10.72
2015 10.74
2016 10.85
2017 10.71
2018 10.64
2019 10.69

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Suriname was 16.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.40 in 1997, while its lowest value was 16.14 in 2015.

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 20.28
1992 20.26
1993 20.69
1994 19.33
1995 17.81
1996 22.02
1997 23.40
1998 20.50
1999 20.50
2000 20.27
2001 20.00
2002 19.79
2003 19.44
2004 18.86
2005 18.55
2006 18.19
2007 17.89
2008 17.61
2009 17.44
2010 17.15
2011 16.81
2012 16.60
2013 16.38
2014 16.31
2015 16.14
2016 16.67
2017 16.67
2018 16.61
2019 16.75

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Suriname was 14.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.00 in 1997, while its lowest value was 14.17 in 2015.

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 18.64
1992 18.61
1993 19.01
1994 17.48
1995 16.14
1996 18.91
1997 20.00
1998 17.55
1999 17.60
2000 17.39
2001 17.15
2002 16.96
2003 16.65
2004 16.15
2005 15.90
2006 15.60
2007 15.36
2008 15.13
2009 15.02
2010 14.77
2011 14.50
2012 14.36
2013 14.23
2014 14.27
2015 14.17
2016 14.58
2017 14.52
2018 14.45
2019 14.55

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity