Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 85.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.35 in 1994, while its lowest value was 85.50 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 91.05
1992 91.20
1993 91.23
1994 91.35
1995 91.31
1996 91.11
1997 91.15
1998 91.19
1999 91.17
2000 91.10
2001 90.89
2002 90.88
2003 90.94
2004 90.78
2005 90.66
2006 90.36
2007 90.07
2008 89.76
2009 89.71
2010 89.30
2011 88.71
2012 88.23
2013 87.94
2014 87.48
2015 87.25
2016 86.92
2017 86.47
2018 85.88
2019 85.50

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 73.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 82.00 in 1994, while its lowest value was 73.42 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 81.79
1992 81.89
1993 81.95
1994 82.00
1995 81.97
1996 81.69
1997 81.58
1998 81.43
1999 81.23
2000 81.09
2001 80.83
2002 80.72
2003 80.61
2004 80.24
2005 80.05
2006 79.67
2007 79.15
2008 78.65
2009 78.29
2010 77.73
2011 76.86
2012 76.20
2013 75.74
2014 75.20
2015 74.84
2016 74.59
2017 74.10
2018 73.70
2019 73.42

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 78.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.19 in 1994, while its lowest value was 78.91 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 85.94
1992 86.06
1993 86.11
1994 86.19
1995 86.16
1996 85.92
1997 85.87
1998 85.82
1999 85.71
2000 85.61
2001 85.37
2002 85.30
2003 85.27
2004 85.00
2005 84.85
2006 84.50
2007 84.09
2008 83.67
2009 83.44
2010 82.94
2011 82.19
2012 81.60
2013 81.22
2014 80.72
2015 80.43
2016 80.16
2017 79.71
2018 79.23
2019 78.91

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity