Qatar - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Qatar was 0.580 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 0.580 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.070 in 1994.

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 0.090
1992 0.090
1993 0.080
1994 0.070
1995 0.070
1996 0.070
1997 0.070
1998 0.070
1999 0.070
2000 0.080
2001 0.090
2002 0.110
2003 0.130
2004 0.160
2005 0.230
2006 0.320
2007 0.310
2008 0.420
2009 0.470
2010 0.480
2011 0.510
2012 0.430
2013 0.440
2014 0.400
2015 0.390
2016 0.390
2017 0.400
2018 0.480
2019 0.580

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Qatar was 0.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 1.54 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.39 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 1.52
1992 1.51
1993 1.53
1994 1.53
1995 1.54
1996 1.54
1997 1.47
1998 1.44
1999 1.40
2000 1.36
2001 1.35
2002 1.35
2003 1.35
2004 1.32
2005 1.18
2006 1.03
2007 0.92
2008 0.80
2009 0.73
2010 0.65
2011 0.58
2012 0.55
2013 0.50
2014 0.45
2015 0.43
2016 0.41
2017 0.42
2018 0.40
2019 0.39

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Qatar was 0.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 1.30 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.41 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 1.30
1992 1.29
1993 1.30
1994 1.30
1995 1.30
1996 1.30
1997 1.25
1998 1.22
1999 1.19
2000 1.15
2001 1.15
2002 1.13
2003 1.14
2004 1.13
2005 1.03
2006 0.93
2007 0.84
2008 0.76
2009 0.70
2010 0.63
2011 0.57
2012 0.53
2013 0.49
2014 0.44
2015 0.42
2016 0.41
2017 0.42
2018 0.41
2019 0.41

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity