Togo - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Togo was 88.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 94.49 in 2005, while its lowest value was 88.63 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 92.76
1992 92.82
1993 93.41
1994 93.19
1995 93.02
1996 92.99
1997 92.73
1998 93.23
1999 93.34
2000 93.42
2001 93.86
2002 93.65
2003 93.51
2004 93.82
2005 94.49
2006 94.45
2007 94.24
2008 94.13
2009 93.82
2010 93.60
2011 93.15
2012 92.54
2013 91.83
2014 91.40
2015 90.94
2016 90.05
2017 89.48
2018 88.99
2019 88.63

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Togo was 64.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.00 in 1993, while its lowest value was 64.17 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 84.30
1992 84.53
1993 85.00
1994 84.79
1995 84.49
1996 84.38
1997 84.16
1998 84.65
1999 84.76
2000 84.30
2001 84.55
2002 84.38
2003 84.00
2004 84.10
2005 84.46
2006 83.88
2007 82.73
2008 81.85
2009 80.64
2010 79.17
2011 77.05
2012 75.41
2013 73.40
2014 71.55
2015 69.66
2016 67.57
2017 65.74
2018 64.82
2019 64.17

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Togo was 76.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.57 in 2005, while its lowest value was 76.43 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 88.56
1992 88.71
1993 89.24
1994 89.04
1995 88.81
1996 88.76
1997 88.52
1998 89.02
1999 89.13
2000 88.95
2001 89.30
2002 89.11
2003 88.85
2004 89.06
2005 89.57
2006 89.26
2007 88.57
2008 88.04
2009 87.26
2010 86.38
2011 85.04
2012 83.92
2013 82.57
2014 81.43
2015 80.26
2016 78.80
2017 77.66
2018 76.97
2019 76.43

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity