Uruguay - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Uruguay was 25.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 26.88 in 2007, while its lowest value was 22.27 in 2000.

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 23.08
1992 23.04
1993 23.02
1994 22.95
1995 22.88
1996 22.81
1997 22.65
1998 22.50
1999 22.96
2000 22.27
2001 24.07
2002 23.81
2003 23.48
2004 24.90
2005 23.85
2006 26.46
2007 26.88
2008 26.77
2009 26.78
2010 25.99
2011 25.71
2012 24.43
2013 24.14
2014 23.69
2015 24.13
2016 24.46
2017 24.28
2018 24.25
2019 25.26

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Uruguay was 31.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.21 in 2003, while its lowest value was 29.21 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 31.08
1992 30.90
1993 30.93
1994 30.70
1995 30.92
1996 30.68
1997 30.26
1998 30.14
1999 30.32
2000 30.22
2001 32.06
2002 34.12
2003 34.21
2004 32.76
2005 32.16
2006 32.18
2007 32.06
2008 31.56
2009 31.12
2010 30.42
2011 29.96
2012 29.21
2013 29.78
2014 29.24
2015 29.88
2016 30.58
2017 31.08
2018 31.35
2019 31.18

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Uruguay was 28.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 29.88 in 2007, while its lowest value was 26.79 in 2014.

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 27.99
1992 27.80
1993 27.82
1994 27.62
1995 27.69
1996 27.49
1997 27.15
1998 27.00
1999 27.30
2000 26.94
2001 28.77
2002 29.88
2003 29.74
2004 29.48
2005 28.63
2006 29.78
2007 29.88
2008 29.50
2009 29.25
2010 28.50
2011 28.09
2012 27.11
2013 27.32
2014 26.79
2015 27.32
2016 27.85
2017 28.05
2018 28.18
2019 28.55

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity