Bhutan - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 83.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.52 in 2012, while its lowest value was 76.71 in 2006.

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 78.69
1992 78.70
1993 78.64
1994 78.55
1995 78.40
1996 78.64
1997 78.59
1998 78.35
1999 78.09
2000 78.13
2001 77.84
2002 77.52
2003 77.25
2004 77.05
2005 76.92
2006 76.71
2007 76.72
2008 77.29
2009 77.70
2010 77.65
2011 83.92
2012 85.52
2013 85.20
2014 84.55
2015 84.51
2016 84.25
2017 83.93
2018 83.73
2019 83.24

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 64.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 75.98 in 1991, while its lowest value was 58.72 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 75.98
1992 75.80
1993 75.76
1994 75.59
1995 75.35
1996 74.83
1997 74.50
1998 74.24
1999 73.84
2000 73.18
2001 72.54
2002 71.59
2003 70.74
2004 69.93
2005 68.98
2006 68.23
2007 66.70
2008 65.30
2009 63.90
2010 62.65
2011 61.72
2012 58.72
2013 60.81
2014 61.75
2015 64.07
2016 64.25
2017 64.45
2018 64.75
2019 64.56

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 72.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 77.08 in 1991, while its lowest value was 69.11 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 77.08
1992 76.98
1993 76.94
1994 76.80
1995 76.60
1996 76.41
1997 76.21
1998 75.97
1999 75.64
2000 75.29
2001 74.80
2002 74.12
2003 73.52
2004 72.97
2005 72.39
2006 71.87
2007 71.00
2008 70.46
2009 69.85
2010 69.11
2011 71.12
2012 70.89
2013 70.80
2014 70.79
2015 72.40
2016 72.39
2017 72.37
2018 72.44
2019 72.11

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity