Jordan - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jordan was 2.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 3.34 in 2004, while its lowest value was 2.30 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 2.74
1992 2.77
1993 2.79
1994 2.82
1995 2.85
1996 2.89
1997 2.94
1998 2.99
1999 3.04
2000 3.10
2001 3.15
2002 3.24
2003 3.28
2004 3.34
2005 3.22
2006 3.15
2007 3.13
2008 3.06
2009 2.93
2010 2.82
2011 2.75
2012 2.65
2013 2.53
2014 2.47
2015 2.42
2016 2.37
2017 2.34
2018 2.31
2019 2.30

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jordan was 16.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 16.96 in 2004, while its lowest value was 14.28 in 1992.

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 14.29
1992 14.28
1993 14.46
1994 14.62
1995 14.75
1996 15.03
1997 15.28
1998 15.57
1999 15.84
2000 16.10
2001 16.29
2002 16.63
2003 16.80
2004 16.96
2005 16.56
2006 16.35
2007 16.44
2008 16.26
2009 16.03
2010 15.96
2011 16.01
2012 15.96
2013 15.80
2014 15.84
2015 15.88
2016 15.95
2017 16.02
2018 16.08
2019 16.24

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jordan was 13.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 15.23 in 2004, while its lowest value was 13.01 in 1992.

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 13.05
1992 13.01
1993 13.14
1994 13.31
1995 13.43
1996 13.58
1997 13.77
1998 13.99
1999 14.19
2000 14.39
2001 14.57
2002 14.79
2003 15.05
2004 15.23
2005 14.90
2006 14.64
2007 14.45
2008 14.30
2009 14.01
2010 13.86
2011 13.84
2012 13.77
2013 13.74
2014 13.73
2015 13.77
2016 13.80
2017 13.82
2018 13.82
2019 13.92

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity