Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 23.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Palestine, State of, 1991–2022
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2022, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Palestine, State of stood at 23.8%. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.2% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Palestine, State of peaked at 43.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 23.8%, in 2022.
Palestine, State of ranks 121st 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, total (% of total employment) in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 35.2% | — |
| 1992 | 35.3% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 35.5% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 35.4% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 35.7% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 36.1% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 36.1% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 35.5% | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 34.6% | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 34.6% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 38.9% | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 41.5% | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 43.6% | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 42.4% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 41.2% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 41.5% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 40.8% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 35.4% | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 33.5% | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 32.4% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 33.5% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 33.2% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 31.9% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 32.4% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 31.4% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 30.5% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 29.6% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 30.3% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 28.6% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 27.7% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 27.8% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 23.8% | -14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.5% | 34.6% | 36.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 39.3% | 33.5% | 43.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.4% | 28.6% | 33.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.4% | 23.8% | 27.8% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Palestine, State of?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Palestine, State of was 23.8% in 2022, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.8% in 2022.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Palestine, State of ranks 121st out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. 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, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.