High income - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in High income was 9.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 15.08 in 1991, while its lowest value was 9.66 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 15.08
1992 14.76
1993 14.50
1994 14.49
1995 14.25
1996 13.95
1997 13.79
1998 13.48
1999 13.08
2000 12.82
2001 12.61
2002 12.33
2003 12.13
2004 12.04
2005 11.81
2006 11.59
2007 11.34
2008 11.04
2009 10.91
2010 10.71
2011 10.59
2012 10.52
2013 10.40
2014 10.31
2015 10.12
2016 9.97
2017 9.91
2018 9.76
2019 9.66

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in High income was 14.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 18.53 in 1991, while its lowest value was 14.12 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 18.53
1992 18.48
1993 18.44
1994 18.25
1995 17.96
1996 17.87
1997 17.73
1998 17.49
1999 17.33
2000 17.00
2001 16.93
2002 16.91
2003 17.05
2004 16.99
2005 16.76
2006 16.42
2007 16.13
2008 15.91
2009 15.96
2010 15.83
2011 15.54
2012 15.36
2013 15.10
2014 14.96
2015 14.74
2016 14.60
2017 14.36
2018 14.25
2019 14.12

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in High income was 12.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.11 in 1991, while its lowest value was 12.16 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 17.11
1992 16.94
1993 16.80
1994 16.68
1995 16.41
1996 16.22
1997 16.07
1998 15.79
1999 15.53
2000 15.22
2001 15.08
2002 14.94
2003 14.93
2004 14.85
2005 14.62
2006 14.33
2007 14.06
2008 13.80
2009 13.75
2010 13.59
2011 13.38
2012 13.25
2013 13.05
2014 12.92
2015 12.71
2016 12.57
2017 12.40
2018 12.27
2019 12.16

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity