Pacific island small states - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pacific island small states was 61.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 64.88 in 2009, while its lowest value was 60.98 in 1995.

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 61.54
1992 61.38
1993 61.43
1994 61.15
1995 60.98
1996 61.00
1997 61.40
1998 61.59
1999 61.80
2000 62.91
2001 63.84
2002 64.48
2003 64.44
2004 64.27
2005 64.38
2006 64.14
2007 64.02
2008 63.85
2009 64.88
2010 64.86
2011 64.61
2012 64.61
2013 64.35
2014 64.15
2015 63.95
2016 63.66
2017 62.92
2018 62.30
2019 61.78

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pacific island small states was 47.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 53.14 in 2002, while its lowest value was 47.95 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 51.73
1992 51.50
1993 51.52
1994 51.21
1995 50.97
1996 50.80
1997 51.11
1998 51.09
1999 50.77
2000 51.74
2001 52.60
2002 53.14
2003 52.92
2004 52.41
2005 52.26
2006 51.92
2007 51.90
2008 51.68
2009 52.84
2010 52.33
2011 51.79
2012 51.56
2013 51.10
2014 50.69
2015 50.24
2016 49.74
2017 49.00
2018 48.34
2019 47.95

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pacific island small states was 53.58 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 57.67 in 2009, while its lowest value was 53.58 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 55.47
1992 55.28
1993 55.32
1994 55.04
1995 54.83
1996 54.73
1997 55.07
1998 55.13
1999 55.01
2000 56.02
2001 56.91
2002 57.49
2003 57.33
2004 56.95
2005 56.90
2006 56.66
2007 56.65
2008 56.50
2009 57.67
2010 57.41
2011 57.04
2012 56.91
2013 56.53
2014 56.20
2015 55.82
2016 55.37
2017 54.64
2018 54.01
2019 53.58

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity