Ghana - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ghana was 80.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.78 in 1991, while its lowest value was 80.95 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 93.78
1992 93.67
1993 93.16
1994 93.09
1995 93.04
1996 92.93
1997 92.67
1998 92.51
1999 92.26
2000 91.97
2001 91.71
2002 91.37
2003 91.03
2004 90.71
2005 90.21
2006 89.75
2007 89.46
2008 89.19
2009 89.03
2010 88.39
2011 86.30
2012 85.29
2013 84.64
2014 83.69
2015 83.54
2016 83.54
2017 82.59
2018 81.71
2019 80.95

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ghana was 64.71 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.70 in 1991, while its lowest value was 64.71 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 85.70
1992 85.53
1993 84.73
1994 84.62
1995 84.51
1996 84.32
1997 83.90
1998 83.60
1999 83.19
2000 82.76
2001 82.36
2002 81.85
2003 81.32
2004 80.77
2005 80.00
2006 79.02
2007 78.55
2008 77.79
2009 77.42
2010 76.23
2011 72.93
2012 71.04
2013 69.79
2014 68.59
2015 68.45
2016 68.52
2017 67.05
2018 65.83
2019 64.71

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ghana was 72.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.56 in 1991, while its lowest value was 72.25 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 89.56
1992 89.42
1993 88.76
1994 88.67
1995 88.60
1996 88.46
1997 88.12
1998 87.90
1999 87.56
2000 87.23
2001 86.89
2002 86.46
2003 86.01
2004 85.57
2005 84.92
2006 84.19
2007 83.78
2008 83.22
2009 82.93
2010 81.97
2011 79.19
2012 77.71
2013 76.72
2014 75.62
2015 75.46
2016 75.49
2017 74.26
2018 73.21
2019 72.25

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity