Nigeria - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nigeria was 85.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 92.64 in 1994, while its lowest value was 85.37 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 92.53
1992 92.41
1993 92.58
1994 92.64
1995 92.31
1996 92.15
1997 92.21
1998 92.61
1999 92.46
2000 91.79
2001 92.09
2002 92.13
2003 91.30
2004 90.40
2005 89.87
2006 89.66
2007 89.29
2008 88.63
2009 88.55
2010 87.25
2011 86.07
2012 86.65
2013 87.20
2014 87.04
2015 87.51
2016 87.68
2017 86.77
2018 85.89
2019 85.37

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nigeria was 75.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.18 in 1998, while its lowest value was 75.28 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 86.81
1992 86.60
1993 86.93
1994 87.10
1995 86.60
1996 86.36
1997 86.48
1998 87.18
1999 87.01
2000 85.98
2001 86.47
2002 86.42
2003 85.09
2004 83.64
2005 82.79
2006 82.47
2007 81.90
2008 80.90
2009 80.73
2010 78.73
2011 76.98
2012 77.28
2013 77.53
2014 77.25
2015 78.06
2016 78.53
2017 77.23
2018 75.98
2019 75.28

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nigeria was 79.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.68 in 1998, while its lowest value was 79.87 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 89.41
1992 89.24
1993 89.51
1994 89.64
1995 89.22
1996 89.02
1997 89.11
1998 89.68
1999 89.52
2000 88.66
2001 89.06
2002 89.05
2003 87.95
2004 86.76
2005 86.06
2006 85.78
2007 85.30
2008 84.45
2009 84.32
2010 82.64
2011 81.15
2012 81.56
2013 81.93
2014 81.63
2015 82.28
2016 82.59
2017 81.48
2018 80.45
2019 79.87

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity