Sri Lanka - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 41.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 46.95 in 2011, while its lowest value was 31.73 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 31.73
1992 34.91
1993 34.48
1994 35.81
1995 36.94
1996 36.15
1997 38.29
1998 44.86
1999 43.10
2000 44.70
2001 39.94
2002 41.36
2003 40.92
2004 39.40
2005 41.76
2006 45.70
2007 45.16
2008 45.73
2009 45.54
2010 45.96
2011 46.95
2012 44.14
2013 46.38
2014 45.51
2015 45.19
2016 44.40
2017 44.64
2018 42.21
2019 41.09

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 42.04 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.12 in 1998, while its lowest value was 40.21 in 2005.

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 40.26
1992 42.04
1993 42.17
1994 40.84
1995 41.61
1996 40.45
1997 41.58
1998 44.12
1999 42.29
2000 43.33
2001 42.05
2002 42.45
2003 42.66
2004 41.10
2005 40.21
2006 43.80
2007 42.74
2008 43.16
2009 40.90
2010 43.75
2011 43.95
2012 43.33
2013 43.26
2014 42.63
2015 43.19
2016 41.07
2017 41.15
2018 42.19
2019 42.04

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 41.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.91 in 2011, while its lowest value was 37.60 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 37.60
1992 39.90
1993 39.88
1994 39.30
1995 40.20
1996 39.17
1997 40.60
1998 44.37
1999 42.54
2000 43.76
2001 41.38
2002 42.10
2003 42.11
2004 40.56
2005 40.71
2006 44.41
2007 43.53
2008 44.00
2009 42.42
2010 44.45
2011 44.91
2012 43.58
2013 44.29
2014 43.57
2015 43.85
2016 42.18
2017 42.33
2018 42.20
2019 41.72

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity