Peru - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Peru was 61.32 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 67.97 in 1991, while its lowest value was 60.10 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 67.97
1992 67.60
1993 67.35
1994 67.27
1995 66.91
1996 66.60
1997 66.34
1998 66.28
1999 65.97
2000 66.14
2001 65.71
2002 65.50
2003 67.60
2004 66.97
2005 66.94
2006 65.30
2007 63.64
2008 62.87
2009 63.23
2010 63.37
2011 62.28
2012 61.43
2013 61.28
2014 61.15
2015 60.10
2016 60.35
2017 60.52
2018 60.86
2019 61.32

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Peru was 50.54 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 56.76 in 2003, while its lowest value was 48.86 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 54.69
1992 55.11
1993 55.05
1994 54.26
1995 53.70
1996 53.66
1997 53.15
1998 53.71
1999 54.00
2000 54.34
2001 54.83
2002 54.39
2003 56.76
2004 55.15
2005 54.66
2006 52.63
2007 51.38
2008 51.21
2009 50.58
2010 51.09
2011 51.74
2012 50.22
2013 48.86
2014 49.61
2015 48.99
2016 49.73
2017 50.38
2018 50.38
2019 50.54

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Peru was 55.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 61.59 in 2003, while its lowest value was 54.06 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 59.73
1992 59.87
1993 59.76
1994 59.26
1995 58.97
1996 58.96
1997 58.68
1998 58.96
1999 59.11
2000 59.22
2001 59.53
2002 59.24
2003 61.59
2004 60.41
2005 60.15
2006 58.31
2007 56.94
2008 56.51
2009 56.35
2010 56.74
2011 56.58
2012 55.36
2013 54.57
2014 54.91
2015 54.06
2016 54.59
2017 55.01
2018 55.17
2019 55.46

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity