Senegal - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Senegal was 70.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 93.23 in 1991, while its lowest value was 70.24 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 93.23
1992 92.77
1993 92.15
1994 91.08
1995 90.44
1996 89.92
1997 89.30
1998 88.26
1999 87.26
2000 86.41
2001 85.32
2002 84.95
2003 84.45
2004 83.51
2005 82.86
2006 82.20
2007 80.99
2008 80.37
2009 79.50
2010 78.62
2011 77.51
2012 76.63
2013 76.02
2014 74.77
2015 73.74
2016 72.95
2017 71.92
2018 71.13
2019 70.24

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Senegal was 59.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.19 in 1991, while its lowest value was 59.25 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 85.19
1992 84.43
1993 83.60
1994 82.29
1995 81.49
1996 80.59
1997 79.69
1998 78.42
1999 77.06
2000 76.01
2001 74.78
2002 73.98
2003 73.34
2004 72.24
2005 71.53
2006 70.73
2007 69.75
2008 68.98
2009 68.00
2010 67.06
2011 65.86
2012 64.84
2013 64.00
2014 62.83
2015 61.80
2016 61.18
2017 60.46
2018 59.84
2019 59.25

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Senegal was 63.67 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.65 in 1991, while its lowest value was 63.67 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 87.65
1992 86.99
1993 86.24
1994 85.02
1995 84.30
1996 83.54
1997 82.76
1998 81.60
1999 80.38
2000 79.44
2001 78.28
2002 77.65
2003 77.07
2004 76.03
2005 75.35
2006 74.60
2007 73.60
2008 72.95
2009 72.05
2010 71.20
2011 70.10
2012 69.24
2013 68.60
2014 67.50
2015 66.57
2016 65.89
2017 65.05
2018 64.37
2019 63.67

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity