Netherlands - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Netherlands was 13.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.35 in 2015, while its lowest value was 8.60 in 2003.

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.

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Year Value
1991 11.62
1992 9.97
1993 10.20
1994 11.05
1995 11.29
1996 10.30
1997 10.41
1998 9.64
1999 9.75
2000 9.40
2001 9.75
2002 9.48
2003 8.60
2004 9.63
2005 10.37
2006 10.75
2007 10.68
2008 10.98
2009 11.52
2010 11.46
2011 11.55
2012 11.68
2013 12.23
2014 12.66
2015 13.35
2016 13.22
2017 13.21
2018 13.15
2019 13.15

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Netherlands was 19.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.93 in 2014, while its lowest value was 11.35 in 1991.

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 11.35
1992 12.30
1993 12.78
1994 13.31
1995 13.66
1996 13.62
1997 13.76
1998 13.08
1999 12.77
2000 12.57
2001 12.93
2002 13.35
2003 13.62
2004 14.06
2005 16.24
2006 16.37
2007 16.82
2008 17.07
2009 17.55
2010 18.11
2011 18.19
2012 18.47
2013 19.30
2014 19.93
2015 19.79
2016 19.85
2017 19.74
2018 19.73
2019 19.61

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Netherlands was 16.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 16.84 in 2015, while its lowest value was 11.21 in 2000.

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 11.45
1992 11.39
1993 11.76
1994 12.39
1995 12.70
1996 12.26
1997 12.38
1998 11.65
1999 11.50
2000 11.21
2001 11.56
2002 11.67
2003 11.41
2004 12.10
2005 13.67
2006 13.90
2007 14.09
2008 14.35
2009 14.83
2010 15.09
2011 15.15
2012 15.36
2013 16.05
2014 16.62
2015 16.84
2016 16.81
2017 16.74
2018 16.69
2019 16.62

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity