Name: Bolivia: share of self-employed workers 2012-2024
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In 2018, approximately 62.5 percent of the employed population in Bolivia was considered self-employed. Self-employment comprises jobs in which the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced or sold. The share of self-employed people in Bolivia is expected to decrease nearly two percentage points by 2024.

Haiti currently holds the highest rate of self-employed workers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Bolivia from 2012 to 2024

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November 2018

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Bolivia

Survey time period

2012 to 2018

Supplementary notes

* Starting from the indicated year, figures are forecasts (as of November 2018).

According to ILO, 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", which are commonly characterized as jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers comprise four sub-categories: employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

The figures are calculated from the total employed population. Self-employment status does not include employees (workers who hold the type of jobs defined as “paid employment jobs”, where the incumbents hold employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration), workers not classifiable by status, unemployed or non-economically active population.