Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Palestine
Palestine: Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 5.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Palestine, 1991–2022
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Palestine recorded 5.4% for employers, total (% of total employment) in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Palestine peaked at 7.1% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2003.
That places Palestine 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Palestine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5.0% | — |
| 1992 | 5.0% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 4.9% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 5.0% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 4.9% | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 4.9% | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 4.8% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 4.8% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 4.8% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 4.7% | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 3.8% | -22.7% |
| 2003 | 3.6% | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 4.2% | +16.1% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 4.6% | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | -11.7% |
| 2008 | 4.4% | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 6.3% | +43.0% |
| 2010 | 6.4% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 6.3% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 6.4% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | -10.6% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | -11.1% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 5.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.1%, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 5.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3.6%, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Palestine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +43.0% | 4.4% | 6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.9% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.6% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 6.3% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 5.4% | 6.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More work & labour data for Palestine
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0758 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0822 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0689 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.181 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 8,293 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,412 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,677 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,805 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,482 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, total (% of total employment) in Palestine?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Palestine was 5.4% in 2022, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 7.1% in 2018.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2003.
- How does Palestine rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Palestine ranks 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, 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), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).