Arab World - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Arab World was 31.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 52.50 in 1992, while its lowest value was 31.91 in 2019.

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.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 51.75
1992 52.50
1993 52.24
1994 52.23
1995 50.36
1996 49.87
1997 49.21
1998 47.66
1999 46.56
2000 48.03
2001 45.45
2002 44.11
2003 45.81
2004 47.34
2005 46.24
2006 44.57
2007 45.67
2008 44.06
2009 43.51
2010 42.52
2011 41.02
2012 39.14
2013 39.58
2014 39.27
2015 38.16
2016 33.66
2017 34.42
2018 33.41
2019 31.91

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Arab World was 29.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.82 in 1992, while its lowest value was 29.58 in 2016.

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.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 39.40
1992 39.82
1993 39.80
1994 39.48
1995 39.21
1996 38.68
1997 38.29
1998 38.43
1999 38.38
2000 38.34
2001 38.25
2002 38.76
2003 38.66
2004 38.35
2005 36.85
2006 35.19
2007 35.22
2008 34.06
2009 33.63
2010 32.58
2011 32.58
2012 31.80
2013 31.56
2014 31.46
2015 30.89
2016 29.58
2017 29.74
2018 29.72
2019 29.66

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Arab World was 30.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.27 in 1992, while its lowest value was 30.12 in 2019.

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.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 41.75
1992 42.27
1993 42.18
1994 41.94
1995 41.36
1996 40.85
1997 40.39
1998 40.21
1999 39.99
2000 40.24
2001 39.68
2002 39.79
2003 40.06
2004 40.09
2005 38.68
2006 37.02
2007 37.30
2008 36.00
2009 35.50
2010 34.44
2011 34.19
2012 33.21
2013 33.11
2014 32.97
2015 32.30
2016 30.40
2017 30.65
2018 30.46
2019 30.12

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity