Latvia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Latvia was 9.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 18.21 in 1997, while its lowest value was 7.49 in 2008.

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 11.33
1992 11.51
1993 11.82
1994 12.19
1995 12.37
1996 12.59
1997 18.21
1998 16.06
1999 15.43
2000 13.52
2001 13.25
2002 11.32
2003 10.90
2004 12.70
2005 9.78
2006 9.93
2007 8.90
2008 7.49
2009 8.75
2010 9.40
2011 9.10
2012 8.98
2013 9.33
2014 8.79
2015 9.49
2016 9.88
2017 10.37
2018 9.69
2019 9.89

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Latvia was 13.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.60 in 1997, while its lowest value was 12.93 in 2007.

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 14.71
1992 15.22
1993 15.64
1994 15.90
1995 16.21
1996 16.46
1997 20.60
1998 18.56
1999 18.27
2000 16.13
2001 17.15
2002 16.03
2003 16.00
2004 14.26
2005 13.08
2006 13.31
2007 12.93
2008 12.94
2009 14.52
2010 13.79
2011 13.69
2012 13.81
2013 13.81
2014 14.32
2015 15.76
2016 15.97
2017 14.99
2018 13.38
2019 13.31

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Latvia was 11.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.43 in 1997, while its lowest value was 10.25 in 2008.

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 13.09
1992 13.43
1993 13.80
1994 14.13
1995 14.37
1996 14.62
1997 19.43
1998 17.34
1999 16.91
2000 14.86
2001 15.22
2002 13.71
2003 13.51
2004 13.51
2005 11.47
2006 11.66
2007 10.97
2008 10.25
2009 11.52
2010 11.49
2011 11.34
2012 11.37
2013 11.55
2014 11.54
2015 12.61
2016 12.88
2017 12.66
2018 11.52
2019 11.59

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity