Dem. Rep. Congo - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 89.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 96.91 in 1999, while its lowest value was 89.02 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 95.70
1992 95.94
1993 96.11
1994 96.10
1995 96.17
1996 95.30
1997 96.41
1998 96.61
1999 96.91
2000 96.78
2001 96.23
2002 96.09
2003 96.41
2004 95.95
2005 95.83
2006 95.76
2007 95.45
2008 94.75
2009 94.55
2010 93.30
2011 92.48
2012 91.82
2013 91.06
2014 90.17
2015 90.05
2016 90.20
2017 89.75
2018 89.02
2019 89.46

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 69.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.03 in 1999, while its lowest value was 69.77 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 83.25
1992 83.70
1993 84.24
1994 84.82
1995 84.94
1996 83.56
1997 85.14
1998 85.43
1999 86.03
2000 85.99
2001 84.88
2002 84.35
2003 84.75
2004 83.77
2005 83.31
2006 82.76
2007 81.66
2008 79.94
2009 79.16
2010 76.89
2011 75.15
2012 73.70
2013 72.56
2014 71.38
2015 70.90
2016 70.88
2017 70.66
2018 69.77
2019 69.98

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 79.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.54 in 1999, while its lowest value was 79.17 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 89.66
1992 89.98
1993 90.30
1994 90.57
1995 90.67
1996 89.53
1997 90.86
1998 91.10
1999 91.54
2000 91.45
2001 90.61
2002 90.27
2003 90.62
2004 89.91
2005 89.61
2006 89.28
2007 88.55
2008 87.30
2009 86.78
2010 84.98
2011 83.65
2012 82.54
2013 81.58
2014 80.55
2015 80.24
2016 80.31
2017 79.98
2018 79.17
2019 79.48

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity