Cabo Verde - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cabo Verde was 34.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 58.68 in 1991, while its lowest value was 33.08 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 58.68
1992 58.29
1993 58.29
1994 57.79
1995 57.20
1996 56.27
1997 55.52
1998 54.66
1999 53.98
2000 52.62
2001 52.81
2002 52.78
2003 51.97
2004 51.60
2005 51.66
2006 51.97
2007 51.83
2008 50.99
2009 50.64
2010 50.73
2011 50.76
2012 51.04
2013 50.92
2014 50.66
2015 50.38
2016 40.55
2017 34.23
2018 33.08
2019 34.51

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cabo Verde was 29.67 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.39 in 1991, while its lowest value was 29.67 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 54.39
1992 53.83
1993 53.48
1994 52.36
1995 51.16
1996 49.76
1997 48.39
1998 46.70
1999 45.09
2000 42.85
2001 42.10
2002 41.18
2003 40.17
2004 38.84
2005 37.97
2006 37.13
2007 35.61
2008 34.28
2009 33.95
2010 33.71
2011 33.38
2012 33.41
2013 33.35
2014 33.30
2015 32.72
2016 33.14
2017 33.46
2018 30.89
2019 29.67

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cabo Verde was 31.82 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 56.03 in 1991, while its lowest value was 31.82 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 56.03
1992 55.53
1993 55.31
1994 54.44
1995 53.48
1996 52.28
1997 51.17
1998 49.83
1999 48.61
2000 46.76
2001 46.40
2002 45.87
2003 44.95
2004 44.03
2005 43.55
2006 43.15
2007 42.16
2008 41.01
2009 40.67
2010 40.55
2011 40.42
2012 40.64
2013 40.65
2014 40.60
2015 40.23
2016 36.32
2017 33.79
2018 31.86
2019 31.82

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity