Ethiopia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ethiopia was 86.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.20 in 2005, while its lowest value was 86.62 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 91.26
1992 91.68
1993 91.47
1994 91.60
1995 91.49
1996 91.20
1997 91.21
1998 91.69
1999 91.94
2000 92.52
2001 92.26
2002 92.54
2003 93.14
2004 93.03
2005 93.20
2006 93.07
2007 92.69
2008 92.63
2009 92.47
2010 92.02
2011 91.58
2012 91.22
2013 90.88
2014 90.27
2015 89.54
2016 88.83
2017 88.10
2018 87.30
2019 86.62

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ethiopia was 82.03 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 90.25 in 1992, while its lowest value was 82.03 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 90.02
1992 90.25
1993 90.06
1994 89.94
1995 89.81
1996 89.61
1997 89.49
1998 89.28
1999 88.91
2000 89.00
2001 89.14
2002 89.22
2003 89.52
2004 89.45
2005 89.54
2006 89.17
2007 88.79
2008 88.44
2009 88.06
2010 87.47
2011 86.89
2012 86.46
2013 85.92
2014 85.19
2015 84.48
2016 83.61
2017 82.97
2018 82.46
2019 82.03

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ethiopia was 84.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.21 in 2005, while its lowest value was 84.15 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 90.55
1992 90.86
1993 90.67
1994 90.66
1995 90.54
1996 90.30
1997 90.24
1998 90.34
1999 90.24
2000 90.56
2001 90.53
2002 90.71
2003 91.15
2004 91.07
2005 91.21
2006 90.95
2007 90.57
2008 90.35
2009 90.07
2010 89.55
2011 89.03
2012 88.63
2013 88.18
2014 87.51
2015 86.80
2016 86.01
2017 85.34
2018 84.69
2019 84.15

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity