Colombia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Colombia was 48.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 53.00 in 2012, while its lowest value was 48.18 in 2002.

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 48.71
1992 48.65
1993 48.52
1994 48.35
1995 48.26
1996 48.36
1997 48.37
1998 48.62
1999 49.36
2000 49.28
2001 49.33
2002 48.18
2003 48.89
2004 48.95
2005 48.98
2006 48.78
2007 48.60
2008 48.94
2009 51.66
2010 52.06
2011 52.98
2012 53.00
2013 51.62
2014 50.25
2015 49.60
2016 49.34
2017 48.96
2018 49.02
2019 48.47

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Colombia was 50.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.33 in 2010, while its lowest value was 50.34 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 53.35
1992 53.33
1993 53.23
1994 53.06
1995 52.94
1996 52.95
1997 52.86
1998 52.97
1999 53.54
2000 53.36
2001 53.45
2002 51.50
2003 51.23
2004 52.24
2005 52.35
2006 52.20
2007 52.01
2008 52.35
2009 54.10
2010 54.33
2011 53.94
2012 53.31
2013 52.85
2014 52.42
2015 52.11
2016 52.43
2017 52.63
2018 53.08
2019 50.34

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Colombia was 49.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 53.55 in 2011, while its lowest value was 49.57 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 51.60
1992 51.55
1993 51.43
1994 51.26
1995 51.11
1996 51.16
1997 51.10
1998 51.26
1999 51.91
2000 51.78
2001 51.84
2002 50.19
2003 50.30
2004 50.95
2005 51.02
2006 50.86
2007 50.68
2008 51.02
2009 53.12
2010 53.40
2011 53.55
2012 53.18
2013 52.34
2014 51.51
2015 51.05
2016 51.13
2017 51.10
2018 51.39
2019 49.57

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity