Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 24.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Palestine, State of, 1991–2022
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Palestine, State of recorded 24.0% for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Palestine, State of peaked at 43.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 24.0%, in 2022.
Palestine, State of ranks 124th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 32.6% | — |
| 1992 | 32.7% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 32.9% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 32.8% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 33.1% | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 33.5% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 33.6% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 33.2% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 32.6% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 32.7% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 39.4% | +20.5% |
| 2002 | 41.9% | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 43.1% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 42.2% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 40.6% | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 40.5% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 38.8% | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 34.7% | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 33.6% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 32.4% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 32.5% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 31.3% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 31.2% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 31.0% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 30.8% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 30.2% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 31.4% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 29.7% | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 28.8% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 24.0% | -16.7% |
Palestine, State of compared with similar countries
- Palestine, State of's 24.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58.5%, 41% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Palestine, State of's 24.0% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27.1%, 88% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.0% | 32.6% | 33.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 38.8% | 32.7% | 43.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.4% | 29.7% | 33.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.3% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine, State of
More work & labour data for Palestine, State of
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Palestine, State of?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Palestine, State of was 24.0% in 2022, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 43.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.0% in 2022.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Palestine, State of ranks 124th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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.