Guinea-Bissau - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guinea-Bissau was 81.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.36 in 2005, while its lowest value was 79.41 in 1997.

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 80.89
1992 81.22
1993 81.23
1994 81.08
1995 80.92
1996 80.60
1997 79.41
1998 80.84
1999 81.50
2000 82.72
2001 82.52
2002 82.48
2003 82.71
2004 83.04
2005 83.36
2006 83.19
2007 83.32
2008 82.95
2009 82.99
2010 82.88
2011 82.56
2012 82.64
2013 82.10
2014 82.83
2015 82.84
2016 82.28
2017 81.83
2018 81.65
2019 81.31

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guinea-Bissau was 81.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.86 in 1993, while its lowest value was 81.31 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 85.46
1992 85.84
1993 85.86
1994 85.63
1995 85.49
1996 85.31
1997 84.48
1998 84.66
1999 84.66
2000 84.40
2001 84.55
2002 84.27
2003 83.88
2004 84.18
2005 84.16
2006 84.29
2007 84.25
2008 84.09
2009 83.94
2010 83.69
2011 83.50
2012 83.18
2013 83.03
2014 82.38
2015 82.57
2016 82.32
2017 82.02
2018 81.75
2019 81.31

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Guinea-Bissau was 81.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.80 in 2007, while its lowest value was 81.31 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 83.31
1992 83.67
1993 83.69
1994 83.49
1995 83.34
1996 83.09
1997 82.09
1998 82.85
1999 83.17
2000 83.60
2001 83.59
2002 83.42
2003 83.32
2004 83.64
2005 83.78
2006 83.76
2007 83.80
2008 83.54
2009 83.48
2010 83.30
2011 83.05
2012 82.92
2013 82.59
2014 82.59
2015 82.70
2016 82.30
2017 81.93
2018 81.70
2019 81.31

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity