Bolivia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bolivia was 71.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 79.96 in 1991, while its lowest value was 64.36 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 79.96
1992 79.89
1993 79.79
1994 79.65
1995 79.51
1996 79.22
1997 78.60
1998 78.27
1999 77.51
2000 74.57
2001 72.97
2002 73.71
2003 73.23
2004 72.79
2005 72.60
2006 70.18
2007 68.78
2008 68.09
2009 66.02
2010 66.84
2011 67.63
2012 64.36
2013 65.35
2014 68.10
2015 66.62
2016 70.52
2017 71.80
2018 72.25
2019 71.40

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bolivia was 65.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 68.94 in 2016, while its lowest value was 52.08 in 2009.

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 63.49
1992 63.60
1993 63.61
1994 63.57
1995 63.49
1996 63.43
1997 63.24
1998 62.99
1999 62.74
2000 63.38
2001 61.62
2002 63.27
2003 59.89
2004 56.33
2005 58.74
2006 60.77
2007 56.38
2008 55.36
2009 52.08
2010 53.51
2011 54.90
2012 55.33
2013 56.39
2014 58.71
2015 57.36
2016 68.94
2017 66.67
2018 65.60
2019 65.77

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bolivia was 68.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 70.25 in 1992, while its lowest value was 58.07 in 2009.

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 70.20
1992 70.25
1993 70.22
1994 70.16
1995 70.08
1996 69.94
1997 69.60
1998 69.33
1999 68.90
2000 68.06
2001 66.39
2002 67.68
2003 65.54
2004 63.34
2005 64.67
2006 64.81
2007 61.65
2008 60.81
2009 58.07
2010 59.22
2011 60.34
2012 59.10
2013 60.17
2014 62.69
2015 61.10
2016 69.60
2017 68.86
2018 68.53
2019 68.25

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity