France - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in France was 8.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 12.50 in 1991, while its lowest value was 7.30 in 2009.

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 12.50
1992 12.25
1993 11.20
1994 11.01
1995 10.75
1996 10.02
1997 9.76
1998 9.21
1999 8.93
2000 8.27
2001 7.93
2002 7.69
2003 8.13
2004 7.77
2005 7.42
2006 7.77
2007 7.37
2008 7.34
2009 7.30
2010 7.58
2011 7.76
2012 7.65
2013 7.71
2014 8.15
2015 8.15
2016 8.37
2017 8.52
2018 8.34
2019 8.74

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in France was 15.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.31 in 1991, while its lowest value was 13.30 in 2001.

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 17.31
1992 17.19
1993 16.42
1994 16.51
1995 15.92
1996 15.72
1997 15.47
1998 15.08
1999 14.79
2000 13.94
2001 13.30
2002 13.31
2003 14.35
2004 13.80
2005 13.86
2006 14.48
2007 14.16
2008 13.41
2009 14.21
2010 14.98
2011 15.09
2012 14.87
2013 14.52
2014 14.78
2015 14.66
2016 14.90
2017 14.44
2018 14.70
2019 15.28

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in France was 12.13 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 15.26 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.56 in 2008.

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 15.26
1992 15.08
1993 14.15
1994 14.11
1995 13.65
1996 13.21
1997 12.95
1998 12.49
1999 12.18
2000 11.41
2001 10.90
2002 10.77
2003 11.49
2004 11.04
2005 10.88
2006 11.36
2007 10.98
2008 10.56
2009 10.95
2010 11.49
2011 11.63
2012 11.44
2013 11.27
2014 11.61
2015 11.54
2016 11.77
2017 11.61
2018 11.65
2019 12.13

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity