Sweden - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sweden was 5.68 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 6.96 in 1993, while its lowest value was 5.43 in 2003.

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.

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Year Value
1991 6.92
1992 6.93
1993 6.96
1994 6.93
1995 6.86
1996 6.75
1997 6.62
1998 6.61
1999 6.34
2000 6.09
2001 5.77
2002 5.69
2003 5.43
2004 5.58
2005 5.77
2006 5.75
2007 5.82
2008 5.92
2009 6.22
2010 6.44
2011 6.01
2012 5.93
2013 6.22
2014 6.21
2015 6.23
2016 6.12
2017 5.78
2018 5.60
2019 5.68

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sweden was 13.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.78 in 1993, while its lowest value was 13.48 in 2018.

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 17.52
1992 17.66
1993 17.78
1994 17.52
1995 17.22
1996 17.30
1997 16.47
1998 15.79
1999 16.21
2000 15.68
2001 15.19
2002 15.30
2003 14.96
2004 15.03
2005 15.33
2006 15.15
2007 14.90
2008 14.43
2009 14.74
2010 14.97
2011 14.39
2012 14.55
2013 14.55
2014 14.09
2015 13.94
2016 13.54
2017 13.59
2018 13.48
2019 13.64

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sweden was 9.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 12.54 in 1993, while its lowest value was 9.72 in 2018.

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 12.46
1992 12.49
1993 12.54
1994 12.42
1995 12.26
1996 12.23
1997 11.76
1998 11.41
1999 11.47
2000 11.09
2001 10.69
2002 10.70
2003 10.38
2004 10.50
2005 10.78
2006 10.70
2007 10.60
2008 10.41
2009 10.69
2010 10.95
2011 10.42
2012 10.45
2013 10.59
2014 10.33
2015 10.25
2016 9.99
2017 9.86
2018 9.72
2019 9.84

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity