Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Self-employment
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Self-employment, percent of total employment |
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Latest value | 26.63 |
Year | 2022 |
Measure | percent |
Data availability | 1991 - 2022 |
Average | 26.00 |
Min - Max | 25.22 - 26.92 |
Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2022 is 26.63 percent, a decline from 26.76 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 40.56 percent, based on data from 179 countries. Historically, the average for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 1991 to 2022 is 26 percent. The minimum value, 25.22 percent, was reached in 2007 while the maximum of 26.92 percent was recorded in 2020.
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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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Labor force | 0.05 | 2023 | million people |
Unemployment rate | 18.67 | 2023 | percent |
Female unemployment | 16.67 | 2023 | percent |
Male unemployment | 20.09 | 2023 | percent |
Youth unemployment | 42.31 | 2023 | percent |
Labor force participation | 65.35 | 2023 | percent |
Labor force: percent female | 41.41 | 2023 | percent |
Female labor force participation | 55.06 | 2023 | percent |
Male labor force participation | 75.30 | 2023 | percent |
Self-employment | 26.63 | 2022 | percent |