IDA only - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IDA only was 80.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.50 in 1994, while its lowest value was 80.80 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 88.23
1992 88.32
1993 88.35
1994 88.50
1995 88.48
1996 88.35
1997 88.40
1998 88.41
1999 88.30
2000 88.20
2001 88.01
2002 87.86
2003 87.77
2004 87.55
2005 87.34
2006 86.99
2007 86.83
2008 86.62
2009 86.62
2010 86.33
2011 85.51
2012 84.85
2013 84.38
2014 83.62
2015 83.06
2016 82.57
2017 81.74
2018 81.29
2019 80.80

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IDA only was 67.71 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 76.71 in 1994, while its lowest value was 67.71 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 76.64
1992 76.63
1993 76.64
1994 76.71
1995 76.65
1996 76.45
1997 76.35
1998 76.21
1999 76.02
2000 75.80
2001 75.50
2002 75.23
2003 74.96
2004 74.47
2005 73.97
2006 73.32
2007 72.69
2008 71.86
2009 71.33
2010 70.46
2011 69.95
2012 69.45
2013 69.17
2014 68.78
2015 68.56
2016 68.34
2017 68.20
2018 67.99
2019 67.71

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IDA only was 73.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.47 in 1994, while its lowest value was 73.25 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 81.33
1992 81.36
1993 81.37
1994 81.47
1995 81.43
1996 81.26
1997 81.23
1998 81.15
1999 81.01
2000 80.85
2001 80.60
2002 80.38
2003 80.17
2004 79.79
2005 79.40
2006 78.87
2007 78.44
2008 77.88
2009 77.57
2010 76.95
2011 76.34
2012 75.78
2013 75.44
2014 74.93
2015 74.60
2016 74.30
2017 73.90
2018 73.62
2019 73.25

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity