El Salvador - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 47.36 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 50.41 in 1991, while its lowest value was 45.66 in 2014.

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 50.41
1992 50.27
1993 49.59
1994 49.62
1995 48.90
1996 49.16
1997 48.22
1998 48.27
1999 48.46
2000 48.70
2001 49.14
2002 49.84
2003 47.78
2004 48.09
2005 50.13
2006 46.92
2007 48.26
2008 48.27
2009 48.78
2010 48.92
2011 48.26
2012 48.21
2013 48.88
2014 45.66
2015 47.27
2016 47.53
2017 47.70
2018 45.96
2019 47.36

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 33.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 40.64 in 1994, while its lowest value was 33.15 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 37.22
1992 37.23
1993 36.80
1994 40.64
1995 39.00
1996 38.96
1997 38.77
1998 38.67
1999 38.64
2000 38.63
2001 38.62
2002 39.77
2003 36.73
2004 34.31
2005 38.23
2006 34.72
2007 35.74
2008 36.77
2009 38.10
2010 36.60
2011 36.90
2012 37.04
2013 36.69
2014 35.02
2015 35.43
2016 34.47
2017 34.83
2018 33.71
2019 33.15

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 39.13 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.04 in 1994, while its lowest value was 38.85 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 41.85
1992 41.87
1993 41.63
1994 44.04
1995 42.71
1996 42.73
1997 42.35
1998 42.44
1999 42.59
2000 42.74
2001 42.87
2002 43.90
2003 41.34
2004 39.96
2005 43.15
2006 39.83
2007 40.98
2008 41.59
2009 42.60
2010 41.78
2011 41.67
2012 41.76
2013 41.91
2014 39.56
2015 40.42
2016 40.01
2017 40.24
2018 38.85
2019 39.13

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity