Thailand - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Thailand was 50.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 72.12 in 1991, while its lowest value was 50.26 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 72.12
1992 71.95
1993 68.75
1994 68.49
1995 67.61
1996 65.67
1997 64.74
1998 64.66
1999 62.40
2000 61.09
2001 59.91
2002 60.53
2003 59.66
2004 56.85
2005 57.16
2006 57.02
2007 57.42
2008 57.27
2009 56.49
2010 56.74
2011 58.54
2012 59.12
2013 56.09
2014 53.28
2015 52.18
2016 51.26
2017 50.64
2018 51.60
2019 50.26

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Thailand was 50.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 67.02 in 1991, while its lowest value was 50.31 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 67.02
1992 66.19
1993 63.20
1994 62.64
1995 61.68
1996 59.47
1997 60.29
1998 62.54
1999 61.19
2000 59.81
2001 59.17
2002 59.44
2003 59.12
2004 55.39
2005 55.40
2006 55.59
2007 55.33
2008 56.20
2009 54.26
2010 54.37
2011 56.93
2012 57.65
2013 54.67
2014 52.11
2015 51.07
2016 50.67
2017 50.56
2018 51.35
2019 50.31

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Thailand was 50.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 69.29 in 1991, while its lowest value was 50.28 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 69.29
1992 68.77
1993 65.67
1994 65.24
1995 64.35
1996 62.30
1997 62.34
1998 63.50
1999 61.74
2000 60.40
2001 59.51
2002 59.93
2003 59.36
2004 56.06
2005 56.21
2006 56.24
2007 56.29
2008 56.69
2009 55.28
2010 55.46
2011 57.67
2012 58.33
2013 55.32
2014 52.64
2015 51.58
2016 50.94
2017 50.60
2018 51.47
2019 50.28

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity