Iraq - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 3.68 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.10 in 1998, while its lowest value was 3.68 in 2019.

Definition: 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 four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 38.60
1992 38.50
1993 39.01
1994 39.03
1995 38.91
1996 39.06
1997 39.07
1998 39.10
1999 38.40
2000 37.73
2001 37.72
2002 37.55
2003 36.77
2004 37.87
2005 37.93
2006 38.11
2007 38.17
2008 38.00
2009 38.34
2010 38.16
2011 37.87
2012 37.79
2013 32.70
2014 27.30
2015 22.12
2016 16.09
2017 9.16
2018 5.94
2019 3.68

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 24.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.11 in 2003, while its lowest value was 23.95 in 2017.

Definition: 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 four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 32.83
1992 33.06
1993 32.92
1994 33.15
1995 33.45
1996 33.40
1997 32.94
1998 31.75
1999 30.75
2000 30.66
2001 30.61
2002 31.60
2003 34.11
2004 32.76
2005 32.84
2006 32.22
2007 32.17
2008 30.91
2009 29.99
2010 29.00
2011 27.99
2012 26.77
2013 25.90
2014 25.77
2015 25.60
2016 24.65
2017 23.95
2018 24.54
2019 24.80

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iraq was 22.52 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.46 in 2003, while its lowest value was 22.40 in 2017.

Definition: 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 four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 33.40
1992 33.60
1993 33.54
1994 33.74
1995 34.01
1996 33.98
1997 33.57
1998 32.54
1999 31.60
2000 31.48
2001 31.47
2002 32.34
2003 34.46
2004 33.44
2005 33.55
2006 33.06
2007 33.07
2008 31.94
2009 31.19
2010 30.28
2011 29.34
2012 28.25
2013 26.82
2014 25.98
2015 25.11
2016 23.42
2017 22.40
2018 22.57
2019 22.52

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity