Tonga - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tonga was 49.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 65.34 in 1991, while its lowest value was 49.22 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 65.34
1992 65.17
1993 64.81
1994 64.13
1995 63.71
1996 63.60
1997 63.57
1998 63.20
1999 62.60
2000 61.94
2001 61.18
2002 60.40
2003 59.77
2004 59.45
2005 58.85
2006 58.66
2007 58.89
2008 58.22
2009 57.54
2010 56.56
2011 55.56
2012 54.75
2013 54.53
2014 53.53
2015 52.46
2016 51.42
2017 50.47
2018 49.82
2019 49.22

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tonga was 46.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 58.32 in 1991, while its lowest value was 46.44 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 58.32
1992 58.26
1993 57.87
1994 57.43
1995 57.01
1996 56.95
1997 56.93
1998 56.58
1999 56.00
2000 55.41
2001 54.65
2002 53.83
2003 53.20
2004 53.04
2005 52.61
2006 52.61
2007 53.45
2008 53.01
2009 52.60
2010 51.83
2011 51.00
2012 50.32
2013 50.25
2014 49.58
2015 48.61
2016 47.73
2017 46.97
2018 46.61
2019 46.44

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tonga was 47.52 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 60.67 in 1992, while its lowest value was 47.52 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 60.67
1992 60.67
1993 60.38
1994 59.95
1995 59.53
1996 59.44
1997 59.40
1998 59.02
1999 58.43
2000 57.81
2001 57.05
2002 56.26
2003 55.64
2004 55.45
2005 54.99
2006 54.93
2007 55.53
2008 55.00
2009 54.49
2010 53.64
2011 52.75
2012 52.03
2013 51.90
2014 51.10
2015 50.10
2016 49.16
2017 48.33
2018 47.85
2019 47.52

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity