Lao PDR - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 81.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 95.96 in 1991, while its lowest value was 81.50 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 95.96
1992 95.77
1993 95.53
1994 95.14
1995 94.73
1996 94.46
1997 94.17
1998 94.02
1999 93.66
2000 93.39
2001 93.11
2002 92.80
2003 92.47
2004 92.11
2005 91.67
2006 91.07
2007 90.59
2008 90.08
2009 89.58
2010 89.08
2011 88.28
2012 87.43
2013 86.64
2014 85.83
2015 85.01
2016 84.11
2017 83.17
2018 82.28
2019 81.50

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 68.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.87 in 1991, while its lowest value was 68.18 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 88.87
1992 88.41
1993 87.86
1994 86.91
1995 85.93
1996 85.57
1997 85.18
1998 85.29
1999 84.80
2000 84.54
2001 84.25
2002 83.92
2003 83.57
2004 83.15
2005 82.63
2006 81.92
2007 81.28
2008 80.61
2009 79.98
2010 79.55
2011 78.35
2012 77.09
2013 75.72
2014 74.35
2015 73.01
2016 71.72
2017 70.45
2018 69.21
2019 68.18

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 74.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 92.41 in 1991, while its lowest value was 74.72 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 92.41
1992 92.09
1993 91.70
1994 91.03
1995 90.34
1996 90.03
1997 89.69
1998 89.68
1999 89.26
2000 88.99
2001 88.71
2002 88.40
2003 88.06
2004 87.68
2005 87.21
2006 86.55
2007 85.99
2008 85.39
2009 84.82
2010 84.34
2011 83.32
2012 82.24
2013 81.13
2014 80.01
2015 78.90
2016 77.80
2017 76.69
2018 75.62
2019 74.72

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity