South Africa - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Africa was 13.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.11 in 2005, while its lowest value was 11.82 in 2014.

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 20.59
1992 20.78
1993 21.05
1994 21.30
1995 21.57
1996 21.73
1997 21.89
1998 22.06
1999 22.31
2000 22.64
2001 22.37
2002 22.18
2003 22.01
2004 21.07
2005 23.11
2006 22.75
2007 20.54
2008 16.00
2009 14.64
2010 14.65
2011 14.14
2012 13.08
2013 12.96
2014 11.82
2015 12.07
2016 12.34
2017 12.98
2018 12.54
2019 13.31

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Africa was 18.73 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 18.73 in 2019, while its lowest value was 13.50 in 1991.

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 13.50
1992 13.77
1993 14.00
1994 14.22
1995 14.56
1996 14.64
1997 14.83
1998 15.18
1999 15.48
2000 15.64
2001 16.14
2002 16.69
2003 16.59
2004 16.83
2005 16.75
2006 17.74
2007 15.93
2008 15.81
2009 16.19
2010 16.73
2011 16.84
2012 17.17
2013 16.33
2014 15.90
2015 16.52
2016 17.24
2017 17.41
2018 17.95
2019 18.73

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Africa was 16.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.70 in 2006, while its lowest value was 14.13 in 2014.

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 15.96
1992 16.23
1993 16.49
1994 16.74
1995 17.09
1996 17.22
1997 17.43
1998 17.75
1999 18.06
2000 18.30
2001 18.53
2002 18.74
2003 18.67
2004 18.48
2005 19.23
2006 19.70
2007 17.78
2008 15.89
2009 15.52
2010 15.85
2011 15.68
2012 15.42
2013 14.87
2014 14.13
2015 14.59
2016 15.12
2017 15.47
2018 15.57
2019 16.34

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity