New Zealand - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in New Zealand was 14.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 15.24 in 1995, while its lowest value was 11.58 in 2013.

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 14.21
1992 14.74
1993 14.63
1994 15.13
1995 15.24
1996 14.89
1997 14.03
1998 14.18
1999 14.83
2000 14.61
2001 13.91
2002 13.23
2003 13.12
2004 13.57
2005 13.40
2006 12.57
2007 12.65
2008 12.54
2009 11.82
2010 11.86
2011 12.60
2012 12.37
2013 11.58
2014 11.80
2015 11.58
2016 14.44
2017 15.17
2018 14.74
2019 14.63

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in New Zealand was 22.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 26.15 in 1999, while its lowest value was 17.76 in 2015.

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 25.03
1992 26.03
1993 26.01
1994 25.46
1995 25.26
1996 25.74
1997 24.83
1998 25.33
1999 26.15
2000 25.67
2001 24.64
2002 24.33
2003 24.53
2004 23.98
2005 22.95
2006 22.03
2007 21.16
2008 21.39
2009 20.53
2010 20.06
2011 20.41
2012 20.37
2013 18.78
2014 18.37
2015 17.76
2016 21.18
2017 21.94
2018 21.72
2019 22.12

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in New Zealand was 18.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 21.06 in 1992, while its lowest value was 14.86 in 2015.

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 20.29
1992 21.06
1993 21.01
1994 20.90
1995 20.85
1996 20.90
1997 20.01
1998 20.32
1999 21.03
2000 20.67
2001 19.76
2002 19.28
2003 19.30
2004 19.22
2005 18.56
2006 17.68
2007 17.23
2008 17.27
2009 16.46
2010 16.25
2011 16.76
2012 16.63
2013 15.41
2014 15.29
2015 14.86
2016 18.00
2017 18.75
2018 18.40
2019 18.57

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity