Suriname vs Palestine: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Suriname
- Palestine
How they compare
Palestine currently reports 23.8% against 22.5% in Suriname, a difference of 1.3%.
That makes Palestine's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.
Across all 32 years both countries report, Palestine has been ahead every year.
Suriname ranks 123rd 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 | Suriname | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.8% | 35.5% | 16.7% | Palestine |
| 2000s | 19.9% | 39.3% | 19.4% | Palestine |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 31.4% | 8.9% | Palestine |
| 2020s | 23.0% | 26.4% | 3.4% | Palestine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Suriname or Palestine?
- Palestine, at 23.8% against 22.5% in Suriname as of 2022.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Suriname and Palestine?
- 1.3%, with Palestine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Palestine?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2022.
- How do Suriname and Palestine rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Suriname ranks 123rd 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.