Uganda - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Uganda was 83.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 95.24 in 1992, while its lowest value was 83.18 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 95.20
1992 95.24
1993 95.11
1994 95.05
1995 94.78
1996 94.48
1997 94.32
1998 94.17
1999 93.89
2000 93.87
2001 93.68
2002 93.25
2003 93.10
2004 92.29
2005 91.71
2006 90.89
2007 89.67
2008 88.67
2009 88.30
2010 87.61
2011 86.81
2012 85.91
2013 85.51
2014 85.28
2015 84.97
2016 84.38
2017 84.37
2018 83.76
2019 83.18

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Uganda was 71.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.63 in 1991, while its lowest value was 71.66 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 83.63
1992 83.56
1993 83.20
1994 82.95
1995 82.47
1996 81.90
1997 81.43
1998 81.13
1999 80.63
2000 80.31
2001 79.83
2002 79.06
2003 78.81
2004 78.20
2005 77.58
2006 76.88
2007 75.99
2008 75.46
2009 76.00
2010 75.41
2011 73.87
2012 73.54
2013 73.30
2014 73.11
2015 72.64
2016 72.52
2017 72.47
2018 71.96
2019 71.66

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Uganda was 77.32 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 88.92 in 1991, while its lowest value was 77.32 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 88.92
1992 88.91
1993 88.68
1994 88.54
1995 88.18
1996 87.76
1997 87.45
1998 87.23
1999 86.84
2000 86.67
2001 86.32
2002 85.71
2003 85.51
2004 84.86
2005 84.29
2006 83.55
2007 82.52
2008 81.78
2009 81.89
2010 81.27
2011 80.10
2012 79.51
2013 79.22
2014 79.03
2015 78.65
2016 78.31
2017 78.30
2018 77.76
2019 77.32

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity