China - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in China was 45.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 66.30 in 1991, while its lowest value was 45.85 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 66.30
1992 65.16
1993 63.97
1994 62.89
1995 61.98
1996 61.24
1997 60.63
1998 60.27
1999 59.93
2000 59.43
2001 58.91
2002 58.26
2003 57.41
2004 56.56
2005 55.56
2006 54.48
2007 53.31
2008 52.40
2009 51.61
2010 50.63
2011 49.84
2012 49.31
2013 48.83
2014 48.41
2015 48.14
2016 47.88
2017 47.57
2018 46.80
2019 45.85

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in China was 43.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.71 in 1991, while its lowest value was 43.72 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 72.71
1992 71.51
1993 70.24
1994 68.94
1995 67.84
1996 66.87
1997 66.01
1998 65.36
1999 64.74
2000 63.97
2001 63.14
2002 62.13
2003 60.96
2004 59.73
2005 58.26
2006 56.64
2007 54.82
2008 53.50
2009 52.24
2010 50.87
2011 49.68
2012 48.81
2013 48.02
2014 47.36
2015 46.76
2016 46.27
2017 45.83
2018 44.86
2019 43.72

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in China was 44.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 69.81 in 1991, while its lowest value was 44.66 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 69.81
1992 68.63
1993 67.40
1994 66.20
1995 65.18
1996 64.32
1997 63.57
1998 63.06
1999 62.56
2000 61.91
2001 61.22
2002 60.38
2003 59.36
2004 58.30
2005 57.05
2006 55.67
2007 54.15
2008 53.01
2009 51.96
2010 50.76
2011 49.75
2012 49.03
2013 48.38
2014 47.83
2015 47.37
2016 46.98
2017 46.60
2018 45.71
2019 44.66

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity