In 2021, approximately 38.3 percent of the employed population in Jamaica was considered self-employed. Overall, the rate of self-employment in Jamaica has been decreasing during the past decade.
Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Jamaica from 2012 to 2020
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.
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ILO. (November 17, 2023). Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Jamaica from 2012 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038666/share-self-employed-workers-jamaica/
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ILO. (2023). Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Jamaica from 2012 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038666/share-self-employed-workers-jamaica/
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Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Jamaica from 2012 to 2020 [Graph], ILO, November 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038666/share-self-employed-workers-jamaica/