Caribbean small states - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Caribbean small states was 24.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 31.29 in 1991, while its lowest value was 23.57 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 31.29
1992 30.92
1993 30.19
1994 29.94
1995 28.48
1996 28.33
1997 27.45
1998 27.05
1999 27.28
2000 26.73
2001 26.42
2002 24.81
2003 24.83
2004 25.35
2005 24.93
2006 24.88
2007 23.76
2008 24.43
2009 24.17
2010 23.93
2011 23.92
2012 23.57
2013 23.86
2014 23.89
2015 23.96
2016 24.51
2017 24.58
2018 24.68
2019 24.94

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Caribbean small states was 35.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 35.58 in 1992, while its lowest value was 31.71 in 2007.

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 35.18
1992 35.58
1993 34.91
1994 34.68
1995 33.98
1996 34.19
1997 33.88
1998 33.77
1999 33.90
2000 33.77
2001 33.66
2002 33.19
2003 33.08
2004 32.55
2005 31.98
2006 32.31
2007 31.71
2008 33.48
2009 34.10
2010 34.40
2011 34.52
2012 34.42
2013 34.62
2014 34.35
2015 34.49
2016 34.80
2017 34.89
2018 35.08
2019 35.49

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Caribbean small states was 30.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 33.73 in 1992, while its lowest value was 28.47 in 2007.

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 33.65
1992 33.73
1993 33.00
1994 32.76
1995 31.76
1996 31.87
1997 31.37
1998 31.17
1999 31.34
2000 31.04
2001 30.82
2002 29.88
2003 29.80
2004 29.63
2005 29.11
2006 29.26
2007 28.47
2008 29.74
2009 30.00
2010 30.07
2011 30.13
2012 29.90
2013 30.13
2014 29.98
2015 30.08
2016 30.45
2017 30.50
2018 30.62
2019 30.94

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity