São Tomé and Principe - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in São Tomé and Principe was 56.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.43 in 1991, while its lowest value was 56.92 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 81.43
1992 81.17
1993 81.00
1994 80.77
1995 80.58
1996 80.37
1997 80.32
1998 79.88
1999 79.28
2000 78.62
2001 77.21
2002 76.77
2003 76.21
2004 75.03
2005 74.06
2006 72.72
2007 71.35
2008 69.65
2009 67.92
2010 66.90
2011 65.72
2012 64.68
2013 63.46
2014 62.03
2015 61.04
2016 59.86
2017 58.86
2018 57.87
2019 56.92

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in São Tomé and Principe was 56.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 79.51 in 1991, while its lowest value was 56.92 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 79.51
1992 79.38
1993 79.35
1994 79.19
1995 79.07
1996 78.97
1997 79.10
1998 78.71
1999 78.25
2000 77.90
2001 76.94
2002 76.76
2003 75.89
2004 75.06
2005 73.86
2006 72.25
2007 71.18
2008 69.28
2009 67.82
2010 66.57
2011 65.51
2012 64.56
2013 63.37
2014 61.79
2015 60.88
2016 59.70
2017 58.63
2018 57.76
2019 56.92

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in São Tomé and Principe was 56.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 80.14 in 1991, while its lowest value was 56.92 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 80.14
1992 79.96
1993 79.89
1994 79.71
1995 79.57
1996 79.44
1997 79.51
1998 79.11
1999 78.60
2000 78.15
2001 77.02
2002 76.76
2003 75.99
2004 75.05
2005 73.92
2006 72.40
2007 71.23
2008 69.40
2009 67.85
2010 66.68
2011 65.58
2012 64.60
2013 63.40
2014 61.87
2015 60.93
2016 59.75
2017 58.70
2018 57.79
2019 56.92

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity