Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Qatar
Qatar: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 0.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Qatar, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Qatar recorded 0.7% for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Qatar peaked at 2.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2014.
That places Qatar 187th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Qatar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.3% | — |
| 1992 | 2.2% | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 2.2% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 2.1% | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 2.0% | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 1.9% | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | -21.1% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | -14.2% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | -24.4% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | +14.5% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | +37.8% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -19.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -30.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -19.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -20.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +38.9% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -15.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Qatar?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Qatar was 0.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
- How does Qatar rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Qatar ranks 187th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Qatar data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.