Nearly 32 percent of Mexicans who were employed in 2021 were considered self-employed. Since the beginning of the indicated period, the rate of self-employment in Mexico has been oscillating between 30 and 33 percent, remaining below the average self-employment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Mexico from 2012 to 2021
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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
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ILO. (September 4, 2022). Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Mexico from 2012 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038854/share-self-employed-workers-mexico/
ILO. "Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Mexico from 2012 to 2021." Chart. September 4, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038854/share-self-employed-workers-mexico/
ILO. (2022). Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Mexico from 2012 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038854/share-self-employed-workers-mexico/
ILO. "Self-employed Workers as Share of Total Employed Population in Mexico from 2012 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038854/share-self-employed-workers-mexico/
ILO, Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Mexico from 2012 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038854/share-self-employed-workers-mexico/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Self-employed workers as share of total employed population in Mexico from 2012 to 2021 [Graph], ILO, September 4, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038854/share-self-employed-workers-mexico/