South Korea vs Palestine: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- South Korea
- Palestine
How they compare
Palestine currently reports 23.8% against 22.7% in South Korea, a difference of 1.1%.
That makes Palestine's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1991 it was South Korea ahead.
South Korea ranks 122nd and Palestine ranks 121st of 187 countries.
Palestine has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Korea | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.5% | 35.5% | 1.0% | Palestine |
| 2000s | 31.2% | 39.3% | 8.2% | Palestine |
| 2010s | 26.1% | 31.4% | 5.3% | Palestine |
| 2020s | 23.9% | 26.4% | 2.5% | Palestine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), South Korea or Palestine?
- Palestine, at 23.8% against 22.7% in South Korea as of 2022.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between South Korea and Palestine?
- 1.1%, with Palestine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Palestine?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2022.
- How do South Korea and Palestine rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- South Korea ranks 122nd and Palestine ranks 121st of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.