World Bank · Labor

Philippines: Self-employed, male

32.62percent · 2025-7.7% since 2015

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 sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Philippines from 1991 to 2025.

19912025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202532.62
202432.939
202333.263
202233.544
202133.442
202033.632
201932.509
201832.936
201734.567
201635.042
201535.335
201436.7
201336.245
201237.38
201139.657
201040.792
200942.046
200843.246
200743.608
200644.686
200545.406
200443.572
200345.757
200246.524
200146.28
200046.362
199946.94
199846.729
199746.734
199646.892
199547.033
199447.042
199347.042
199246.989
199146.941

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Self-employed, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-self-employed-male (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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