Oman - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Oman was 4.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 10.91 in 2000, while its lowest value was 4.44 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 7.97
1992 7.90
1993 7.84
1994 7.90
1995 7.95
1996 8.04
1997 8.64
1998 9.25
1999 10.10
2000 10.91
2001 9.91
2002 9.14
2003 8.52
2004 7.90
2005 7.37
2006 6.80
2007 6.24
2008 5.79
2009 5.25
2010 4.90
2011 4.87
2012 4.74
2013 4.68
2014 4.56
2015 4.49
2016 4.47
2017 4.49
2018 4.45
2019 4.44

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Oman was 3.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 14.39 in 1991, while its lowest value was 3.49 in 2013.

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 14.39
1992 14.25
1993 14.17
1994 14.10
1995 14.01
1996 14.00
1997 13.43
1998 13.01
1999 12.50
2000 11.91
2001 10.46
2002 9.30
2003 8.32
2004 7.41
2005 6.55
2006 5.77
2007 5.12
2008 4.47
2009 4.00
2010 3.58
2011 3.56
2012 3.50
2013 3.49
2014 3.52
2015 3.55
2016 3.55
2017 3.55
2018 3.54
2019 3.56

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Oman was 3.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.49 in 1991, while its lowest value was 3.65 in 2013.

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 13.49
1992 13.39
1993 13.35
1994 13.32
1995 13.26
1996 13.22
1997 12.77
1998 12.45
1999 12.11
2000 11.74
2001 10.36
2002 9.27
2003 8.36
2004 7.49
2005 6.69
2006 5.95
2007 5.31
2008 4.68
2009 4.20
2010 3.78
2011 3.75
2012 3.66
2013 3.65
2014 3.65
2015 3.66
2016 3.66
2017 3.66
2018 3.65
2019 3.66

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity