Yemen - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Yemen was 61.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 71.60 in 1991, while its lowest value was 61.57 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 71.60
1992 71.42
1993 71.31
1994 71.23
1995 71.30
1996 71.03
1997 70.12
1998 68.76
1999 68.70
2000 69.49
2001 69.13
2002 69.03
2003 69.51
2004 70.09
2005 70.51
2006 70.02
2007 69.39
2008 70.12
2009 69.17
2010 70.04
2011 69.38
2012 68.66
2013 68.09
2014 67.04
2015 64.90
2016 64.36
2017 63.34
2018 61.98
2019 61.57

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Yemen was 54.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.57 in 2019, while its lowest value was 44.13 in 2000.

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 45.72
1992 45.62
1993 45.69
1994 45.62
1995 45.32
1996 45.16
1997 44.97
1998 44.53
1999 44.23
2000 44.13
2001 44.28
2002 44.49
2003 44.59
2004 44.72
2005 44.78
2006 45.13
2007 45.49
2008 45.60
2009 45.75
2010 45.37
2011 47.04
2012 47.59
2013 47.75
2014 48.06
2015 50.00
2016 51.76
2017 53.27
2018 54.17
2019 54.57

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Yemen was 55.03 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 55.03 in 2019, while its lowest value was 48.28 in 2010.

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 51.02
1992 50.83
1993 50.78
1994 50.66
1995 50.60
1996 50.65
1997 50.54
1998 50.13
1999 50.14
2000 49.92
2001 49.65
2002 49.49
2003 49.37
2004 49.29
2005 49.13
2006 49.07
2007 49.03
2008 48.99
2009 48.74
2010 48.28
2011 49.38
2012 49.52
2013 49.37
2014 49.40
2015 51.05
2016 52.62
2017 53.95
2018 54.70
2019 55.03

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity