Argentina - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Argentina was 23.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 28.74 in 1993, while its lowest value was 18.71 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 28.61
1992 27.51
1993 28.74
1994 27.90
1995 25.13
1996 25.70
1997 24.99
1998 24.52
1999 24.15
2000 23.61
2001 23.90
2002 21.92
2003 21.23
2004 21.04
2005 20.57
2006 19.80
2007 19.11
2008 19.22
2009 19.88
2010 19.37
2011 18.71
2012 18.74
2013 19.13
2014 19.49
2015 20.05
2016 20.83
2017 21.45
2018 22.57
2019 23.40

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Argentina was 28.81 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 32.96 in 2002, while its lowest value was 25.94 in 2012.

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 30.48
1992 31.42
1993 32.82
1994 31.06
1995 32.11
1996 31.58
1997 30.48
1998 30.22
1999 29.99
2000 30.44
2001 31.29
2002 32.96
2003 29.80
2004 28.81
2005 28.49
2006 27.51
2007 26.78
2008 26.74
2009 26.97
2010 26.43
2011 26.13
2012 25.94
2013 26.59
2014 26.52
2015 26.83
2016 27.65
2017 28.13
2018 27.71
2019 28.81

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Argentina was 26.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 31.20 in 1993, while its lowest value was 23.00 in 2012.

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 29.74
1992 29.85
1993 31.20
1994 29.79
1995 29.36
1996 29.20
1997 28.25
1998 27.85
1999 27.56
2000 27.61
2001 28.18
2002 28.33
2003 26.31
2004 25.62
2005 25.25
2006 24.35
2007 23.64
2008 23.68
2009 24.04
2010 23.56
2011 23.10
2012 23.00
2013 23.55
2014 23.65
2015 24.05
2016 24.82
2017 25.34
2018 25.53
2019 26.51

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity