OECD members - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in OECD members was 13.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 18.20 in 1991, while its lowest value was 13.51 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 18.20
1992 17.98
1993 17.75
1994 17.93
1995 17.74
1996 17.36
1997 17.37
1998 16.97
1999 16.52
2000 16.04
2001 15.97
2002 15.73
2003 15.60
2004 15.38
2005 15.09
2006 14.87
2007 14.62
2008 14.38
2009 14.62
2010 14.58
2011 14.66
2012 14.69
2013 14.52
2014 14.20
2015 14.06
2016 13.86
2017 13.73
2018 13.59
2019 13.51

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in OECD members was 18.54 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 22.57 in 1993, while its lowest value was 18.54 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 22.51
1992 22.50
1993 22.57
1994 22.25
1995 21.87
1996 21.76
1997 21.73
1998 21.38
1999 21.20
2000 20.75
2001 20.86
2002 20.79
2003 20.97
2004 20.93
2005 20.68
2006 20.29
2007 19.96
2008 19.76
2009 20.15
2010 20.05
2011 19.87
2012 19.69
2013 19.52
2014 19.32
2015 19.09
2016 18.96
2017 18.84
2018 18.79
2019 18.54

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in OECD members was 16.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.76 in 1991, while its lowest value was 16.31 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 20.76
1992 20.66
1993 20.60
1994 20.47
1995 20.16
1996 19.94
1997 19.92
1998 19.54
1999 19.24
2000 18.78
2001 18.80
2002 18.65
2003 18.69
2004 18.57
2005 18.30
2006 17.98
2007 17.67
2008 17.45
2009 17.74
2010 17.67
2011 17.60
2012 17.50
2013 17.33
2014 17.08
2015 16.88
2016 16.72
2017 16.59
2018 16.49
2019 16.31

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity