Rwanda - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Rwanda was 76.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 97.46 in 1994, while its lowest value was 76.33 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 97.21
1992 97.07
1993 97.02
1994 97.46
1995 97.33
1996 96.82
1997 96.04
1998 95.48
1999 95.41
2000 95.01
2001 94.18
2002 92.98
2003 92.78
2004 91.93
2005 90.91
2006 89.68
2007 88.21
2008 86.83
2009 86.03
2010 84.75
2011 82.74
2012 81.59
2013 80.29
2014 78.69
2015 77.85
2016 77.65
2017 77.71
2018 76.96
2019 76.33

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Rwanda was 55.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.75 in 1991, while its lowest value was 55.56 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 91.75
1992 91.42
1993 91.29
1994 91.63
1995 91.66
1996 90.70
1997 89.49
1998 88.30
1999 87.00
2000 86.05
2001 84.48
2002 82.52
2003 81.54
2004 79.89
2005 77.99
2006 76.10
2007 74.07
2008 72.17
2009 70.30
2010 68.13
2011 65.79
2012 63.62
2013 61.59
2014 59.34
2015 58.41
2016 57.67
2017 57.21
2018 56.48
2019 55.56

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Rwanda was 66.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 94.58 in 1994, while its lowest value was 66.29 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 94.45
1992 94.24
1993 94.17
1994 94.58
1995 94.55
1996 93.82
1997 92.83
1998 91.97
1999 91.30
2000 90.64
2001 89.46
2002 87.88
2003 87.31
2004 86.06
2005 84.62
2006 83.06
2007 81.33
2008 79.70
2009 78.38
2010 76.67
2011 74.50
2012 72.86
2013 71.20
2014 69.29
2015 68.41
2016 67.97
2017 67.79
2018 67.06
2019 66.29

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity