Pakistan - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 70.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 79.31 in 2010, while its lowest value was 62.52 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 74.80
1992 74.83
1993 74.62
1994 74.06
1995 75.17
1996 74.78
1997 66.65
1998 74.81
1999 74.69
2000 66.57
2001 66.58
2002 62.70
2003 62.52
2004 68.81
2005 68.64
2006 73.37
2007 75.11
2008 77.32
2009 77.54
2010 79.31
2011 78.64
2012 77.05
2013 75.36
2014 73.47
2015 75.16
2016 76.02
2017 73.87
2018 71.60
2019 70.27

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 52.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 64.97 in 1991, while its lowest value was 52.78 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 64.97
1992 64.77
1993 64.78
1994 64.67
1995 64.57
1996 64.51
1997 63.06
1998 63.04
1999 63.03
2000 64.04
2001 64.04
2002 59.69
2003 59.69
2004 60.76
2005 60.74
2006 58.66
2007 58.44
2008 59.48
2009 59.44
2010 59.29
2011 58.87
2012 57.57
2013 56.21
2014 56.62
2015 56.64
2016 57.48
2017 55.46
2018 53.39
2019 52.78

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Pakistan was 56.32 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 66.26 in 1991, while its lowest value was 56.32 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 66.26
1992 66.09
1993 66.12
1994 65.98
1995 65.87
1996 65.87
1997 63.57
1998 64.75
1999 64.75
2000 64.42
2001 64.43
2002 60.15
2003 60.15
2004 62.12
2005 62.12
2006 61.33
2007 61.51
2008 62.84
2009 63.02
2010 63.40
2011 63.00
2012 61.65
2013 60.23
2014 60.23
2015 60.59
2016 61.35
2017 59.22
2018 57.04
2019 56.32

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity