Trinidad and Tobago - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Trinidad and Tobago was 16.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 23.17 in 1994, while its lowest value was 13.58 in 2012.

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 22.41
1992 22.32
1993 23.06
1994 23.17
1995 22.10
1996 20.72
1997 21.27
1998 19.24
1999 19.90
2000 19.37
2001 19.43
2002 16.93
2003 16.93
2004 15.21
2005 16.01
2006 15.25
2007 14.81
2008 14.62
2009 14.33
2010 14.57
2011 15.16
2012 13.58
2013 14.86
2014 14.87
2015 14.57
2016 15.74
2017 16.19
2018 16.40
2019 16.59

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Trinidad and Tobago was 30.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 30.83 in 2019, while its lowest value was 22.96 in 2006.

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 23.72
1992 25.41
1993 26.71
1994 26.05
1995 26.36
1996 25.37
1997 24.18
1998 23.76
1999 24.33
2000 24.34
2001 24.95
2002 24.95
2003 24.02
2004 23.95
2005 23.00
2006 22.96
2007 23.61
2008 24.40
2009 25.29
2010 26.37
2011 26.49
2012 24.98
2013 26.33
2014 26.33
2015 27.64
2016 29.29
2017 29.91
2018 30.40
2019 30.83

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Trinidad and Tobago was 24.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 25.35 in 1993, while its lowest value was 19.75 in 2006.

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 23.27
1992 24.30
1993 25.35
1994 24.97
1995 24.76
1996 23.58
1997 23.06
1998 22.03
1999 22.64
2000 22.45
2001 22.82
2002 21.82
2003 21.19
2004 20.39
2005 20.09
2006 19.75
2007 20.01
2008 20.34
2009 20.79
2010 21.49
2011 21.81
2012 20.21
2013 21.50
2014 21.48
2015 22.20
2016 23.52
2017 24.09
2018 24.46
2019 24.77

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity