Ivory Coast: Self-employment

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 Ivory Coast

Self-employment, percent of total employment

 Latest value 74.37
 Year 2023
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1991 - 2023
 Average 79.09
 Min - Max 73.85 - 81.92
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2023 is 74.37 percent, a decline from 74.83 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 40.05 percent, based on data from 177 countries. Historically, the average for the Ivory Coast from 1991 to 2023 is 79.09 percent. The minimum value, 73.85 percent, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 81.92 percent was recorded in 1993. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
Ivory Coast - Self-employment - Recent values chart

Historical series
Ivory Coast - Self-employment - historical chart - 1991-2023




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.

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 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Labor force 12.59 2024 million people
 Unemployment rate 2.29 2024 percent
 Female unemployment 2.60 2024 percent
 Male unemployment 2.05 2024 percent
 Youth unemployment 3.92 2024 percent
 Labor force participation 66.70 2024 percent
 Labor force: percent female 43.13 2024 percent
 Female labor force participation 58.84 2024 percent
 Male labor force participation 74.22 2024 percent
 Self-employment 74.37 2023 percent
 Informal employment 86.70 2017 percent
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