Lebanon - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lebanon was 15.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 17.31 in 2007, while its lowest value was 14.45 in 2013.

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 14.96
1992 15.00
1993 15.02
1994 15.04
1995 15.05
1996 14.89
1997 14.88
1998 14.85
1999 14.91
2000 14.94
2001 14.94
2002 14.96
2003 15.05
2004 14.98
2005 15.73
2006 16.61
2007 17.31
2008 16.43
2009 15.49
2010 14.77
2011 14.60
2012 14.51
2013 14.45
2014 14.46
2015 14.55
2016 14.59
2017 14.63
2018 14.77
2019 15.01

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lebanon was 44.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.39 in 2019, while its lowest value was 40.24 in 2010.

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 41.20
1992 41.25
1993 41.30
1994 41.38
1995 41.48
1996 41.12
1997 41.24
1998 41.54
1999 41.89
2000 42.01
2001 42.43
2002 42.71
2003 43.09
2004 42.99
2005 42.82
2006 43.03
2007 43.11
2008 42.18
2009 41.09
2010 40.24
2011 40.58
2012 41.03
2013 41.43
2014 41.84
2015 42.40
2016 42.77
2017 42.99
2018 43.55
2019 44.39

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lebanon was 37.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.48 in 2019, while its lowest value was 34.41 in 2010.

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 35.45
1992 35.33
1993 35.30
1994 35.31
1995 35.34
1996 34.97
1997 35.07
1998 35.26
1999 35.56
2000 35.69
2001 36.21
2002 36.61
2003 37.06
2004 37.06
2005 37.04
2006 37.28
2007 37.39
2008 36.43
2009 35.32
2010 34.41
2011 34.59
2012 34.89
2013 35.19
2014 35.50
2015 35.95
2016 36.21
2017 36.36
2018 36.78
2019 37.48

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity