Guatemala - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guatemala was 48.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 60.90 in 2003, while its lowest value was 46.35 in 2011.

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 58.37
1992 58.29
1993 58.27
1994 58.21
1995 58.01
1996 58.05
1997 57.87
1998 57.59
1999 57.42
2000 57.28
2001 58.29
2002 59.60
2003 60.90
2004 59.22
2005 58.62
2006 57.92
2007 57.25
2008 56.86
2009 56.90
2010 56.62
2011 46.35
2012 58.63
2013 49.94
2014 48.27
2015 48.42
2016 47.38
2017 49.80
2018 49.36
2019 48.95

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guatemala was 34.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 48.27 in 2003, while its lowest value was 32.71 in 2016.

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 44.51
1992 44.50
1993 44.49
1994 44.46
1995 44.37
1996 44.40
1997 44.30
1998 44.23
1999 45.02
2000 45.98
2001 46.80
2002 47.43
2003 48.27
2004 48.21
2005 45.79
2006 43.30
2007 42.80
2008 42.41
2009 42.21
2010 41.94
2011 41.28
2012 40.83
2013 40.18
2014 36.83
2015 35.44
2016 32.71
2017 35.92
2018 35.14
2019 34.44

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guatemala was 39.19 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 52.64 in 2003, while its lowest value was 37.65 in 2016.

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 48.88
1992 48.89
1993 48.92
1994 48.93
1995 48.86
1996 48.92
1997 48.84
1998 48.75
1999 49.25
2000 49.86
2001 50.76
2002 51.64
2003 52.64
2004 52.04
2005 50.25
2006 48.36
2007 47.78
2008 47.38
2009 47.27
2010 46.97
2011 43.01
2012 47.24
2013 43.52
2014 40.73
2015 39.68
2016 37.65
2017 40.46
2018 39.80
2019 39.19

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity