Eswatini - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Eswatini was 41.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 41.56 in 2016, while its lowest value was 29.13 in 1991.

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.

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Year Value
1991 29.13
1992 29.24
1993 29.44
1994 29.44
1995 29.92
1996 30.05
1997 30.57
1998 31.36
1999 32.05
2000 33.04
2001 33.92
2002 34.81
2003 35.27
2004 36.04
2005 36.65
2006 37.15
2007 37.64
2008 37.75
2009 38.23
2010 38.50
2011 39.00
2012 39.68
2013 40.04
2014 40.55
2015 41.04
2016 41.56
2017 41.38
2018 41.32
2019 41.18

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Eswatini was 29.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 29.64 in 2019, while its lowest value was 14.58 in 1991.

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 14.58
1992 14.65
1993 14.86
1994 14.95
1995 15.20
1996 15.37
1997 15.81
1998 16.62
1999 17.35
2000 18.21
2001 19.19
2002 19.95
2003 20.58
2004 21.40
2005 21.91
2006 22.38
2007 22.95
2008 23.58
2009 24.39
2010 24.90
2011 25.63
2012 26.28
2013 26.90
2014 27.84
2015 28.78
2016 29.60
2017 29.62
2018 29.61
2019 29.64

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Eswatini was 35.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 35.27 in 2016, while its lowest value was 21.00 in 1991.

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 21.00
1992 21.07
1993 21.27
1994 21.32
1995 21.69
1996 21.79
1997 22.22
1998 23.08
1999 23.84
2000 24.81
2001 25.78
2002 26.60
2003 27.19
2004 28.05
2005 28.65
2006 29.17
2007 29.76
2008 30.23
2009 30.91
2010 31.32
2011 31.98
2012 32.63
2013 33.14
2014 33.88
2015 34.58
2016 35.27
2017 35.18
2018 35.12
2019 35.05

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity