Australia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Australia was 12.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 15.62 in 1993, while its lowest value was 11.98 in 2018.

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 15.38
1992 15.33
1993 15.62
1994 15.52
1995 15.26
1996 15.07
1997 15.58
1998 14.91
1999 14.39
2000 14.56
2001 14.67
2002 14.78
2003 14.36
2004 14.08
2005 14.31
2006 13.60
2007 13.24
2008 13.39
2009 13.08
2010 13.28
2011 12.95
2012 12.67
2013 12.22
2014 12.57
2015 12.57
2016 12.59
2017 12.44
2018 11.98
2019 12.33

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Australia was 20.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 24.75 in 2002, while its lowest value was 20.28 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.

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Year Value
1991 23.32
1992 23.66
1993 23.98
1994 23.75
1995 23.60
1996 23.60
1997 23.59
1998 23.72
1999 23.61
2000 24.19
2001 24.56
2002 24.75
2003 24.28
2004 24.10
2005 23.96
2006 23.31
2007 22.41
2008 22.11
2009 22.51
2010 22.53
2011 21.78
2012 20.92
2013 20.70
2014 20.99
2015 20.87
2016 20.87
2017 20.74
2018 20.35
2019 20.28

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Australia was 16.58 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.44 in 1993, while its lowest value was 16.46 in 2018.

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 20.00
1992 20.15
1993 20.44
1994 20.25
1995 20.02
1996 19.94
1997 20.14
1998 19.91
1999 19.62
2000 19.98
2001 20.20
2002 20.34
2003 19.87
2004 19.66
2005 19.66
2006 18.96
2007 18.31
2008 18.19
2009 18.24
2010 18.37
2011 17.79
2012 17.18
2013 16.84
2014 17.14
2015 17.06
2016 17.05
2017 16.90
2018 16.46
2019 16.58

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity