Algeria - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Algeria was 25.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 40.44 in 1993, while its lowest value was 25.40 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 40.37
1992 40.44
1993 40.44
1994 40.42
1995 40.43
1996 40.40
1997 40.26
1998 40.18
1999 39.66
2000 38.95
2001 38.41
2002 36.09
2003 33.87
2004 32.53
2005 31.24
2006 30.09
2007 29.06
2008 28.07
2009 27.30
2010 26.41
2011 25.63
2012 25.97
2013 26.31
2014 26.05
2015 25.87
2016 25.63
2017 25.40
2018 25.42
2019 25.48

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Algeria was 33.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.78 in 1997, while its lowest value was 32.06 in 2013.

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 38.05
1992 38.15
1993 38.40
1994 38.65
1995 38.70
1996 38.69
1997 38.78
1998 38.61
1999 38.45
2000 38.18
2001 37.88
2002 36.58
2003 35.22
2004 34.59
2005 33.97
2006 33.79
2007 33.62
2008 33.68
2009 33.90
2010 34.09
2011 34.41
2012 33.24
2013 32.06
2014 32.26
2015 32.48
2016 32.69
2017 32.93
2018 33.21
2019 33.57

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Algeria was 32.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.98 in 1997, while its lowest value was 31.03 in 2013.

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 38.37
1992 38.47
1993 38.68
1994 38.88
1995 38.93
1996 38.91
1997 38.98
1998 38.81
1999 38.61
2000 38.28
2001 37.95
2002 36.51
2003 35.03
2004 34.29
2005 33.57
2006 33.24
2007 32.95
2008 32.84
2009 32.89
2010 32.93
2011 32.97
2012 31.97
2013 31.03
2014 31.19
2015 31.35
2016 31.54
2017 31.73
2018 31.98
2019 32.29

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity