Bangladesh - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bangladesh was 66.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.59 in 2010, while its lowest value was 66.01 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 79.57
1992 79.57
1993 79.57
1994 79.52
1995 79.43
1996 79.34
1997 79.23
1998 79.08
1999 78.87
2000 78.62
2001 78.36
2002 78.12
2003 77.87
2004 77.85
2005 77.71
2006 77.40
2007 79.13
2008 80.75
2009 82.31
2010 83.59
2011 81.86
2012 80.04
2013 78.17
2014 76.16
2015 74.11
2016 72.02
2017 68.91
2018 67.39
2019 66.01

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bangladesh was 56.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 65.62 in 1991, while its lowest value was 54.95 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 65.62
1992 65.53
1993 65.43
1994 65.35
1995 65.19
1996 65.01
1997 64.82
1998 64.53
1999 64.22
2000 63.81
2001 63.32
2002 62.93
2003 62.43
2004 61.86
2005 61.13
2006 60.28
2007 58.97
2008 57.67
2009 56.43
2010 55.05
2011 54.97
2012 54.95
2013 55.08
2014 55.29
2015 55.63
2016 56.19
2017 57.00
2018 56.73
2019 56.42

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bangladesh was 59.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.50 in 1991, while its lowest value was 59.27 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 68.50
1992 68.46
1993 68.40
1994 68.36
1995 68.24
1996 68.12
1997 67.97
1998 67.75
1999 67.50
2000 67.15
2001 66.75
2002 66.41
2003 65.99
2004 65.53
2005 64.92
2006 64.23
2007 63.73
2008 63.25
2009 62.82
2010 62.34
2011 61.92
2012 61.51
2013 61.17
2014 60.90
2015 60.68
2016 60.60
2017 60.50
2018 59.88
2019 59.27

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity