Tunisia - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tunisia was 14.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 30.44 in 1992, while its lowest value was 14.27 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.

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Year Value
1991 30.44
1992 30.44
1993 30.28
1994 30.30
1995 30.15
1996 30.19
1997 29.76
1998 29.50
1999 29.29
2000 28.89
2001 28.63
2002 28.28
2003 28.15
2004 28.05
2005 27.83
2006 28.92
2007 24.28
2008 21.61
2009 20.57
2010 26.07
2011 20.51
2012 19.77
2013 18.64
2014 17.30
2015 16.03
2016 15.37
2017 14.88
2018 14.57
2019 14.27

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tunisia was 28.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 33.24 in 2010, while its lowest value was 28.61 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 29.42
1992 29.07
1993 29.11
1994 29.13
1995 29.63
1996 29.61
1997 29.88
1998 30.08
1999 30.16
2000 30.43
2001 30.67
2002 31.26
2003 31.48
2004 31.60
2005 31.92
2006 32.73
2007 32.04
2008 32.57
2009 32.98
2010 33.24
2011 31.30
2012 31.35
2013 30.92
2014 30.20
2015 29.50
2016 29.30
2017 29.02
2018 28.79
2019 28.61

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tunisia was 25.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 31.74 in 2006, while its lowest value was 25.16 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 29.65
1992 29.38
1993 29.38
1994 29.40
1995 29.75
1996 29.74
1997 29.85
1998 29.94
1999 29.95
2000 30.05
2001 30.17
2002 30.52
2003 30.65
2004 30.71
2005 30.89
2006 31.74
2007 30.02
2008 29.74
2009 29.87
2010 31.47
2011 28.77
2012 28.53
2013 27.87
2014 26.98
2015 26.19
2016 25.93
2017 25.61
2018 25.38
2019 25.16

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity