Sudan - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sudan was 63.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.75 in 1991, while its lowest value was 63.49 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 72.75
1992 72.69
1993 72.64
1994 72.60
1995 72.37
1996 72.16
1997 71.87
1998 71.63
1999 71.49
2000 70.95
2001 70.51
2002 70.24
2003 69.66
2004 69.09
2005 69.02
2006 68.62
2007 68.02
2008 67.94
2009 67.82
2010 68.60
2011 68.14
2012 67.35
2013 67.03
2014 66.75
2015 66.38
2016 65.59
2017 64.72
2018 64.04
2019 63.49

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sudan was 51.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 59.43 in 1991, while its lowest value was 50.68 in 2017.

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 59.43
1992 59.17
1993 58.95
1994 59.09
1995 58.98
1996 58.81
1997 58.34
1998 58.33
1999 58.42
2000 58.32
2001 58.12
2002 57.84
2003 57.50
2004 57.65
2005 57.19
2006 56.50
2007 55.60
2008 54.87
2009 55.03
2010 55.29
2011 54.15
2012 52.98
2013 52.56
2014 52.26
2015 51.69
2016 51.20
2017 50.68
2018 50.84
2019 51.12

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sudan was 54.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 62.46 in 1991, while its lowest value was 54.27 in 2017.

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 62.46
1992 62.32
1993 62.24
1994 62.42
1995 62.36
1996 62.28
1997 61.87
1998 61.79
1999 61.84
2000 61.62
2001 61.35
2002 61.09
2003 60.69
2004 60.66
2005 60.32
2006 59.71
2007 58.92
2008 58.39
2009 58.28
2010 58.60
2011 57.57
2012 56.55
2013 56.13
2014 55.86
2015 55.37
2016 54.85
2017 54.27
2018 54.27
2019 54.35

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity