Syrian Arab Republic - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Syrian Arab Republic was 7.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 58.66 in 1991, while its lowest value was 7.61 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.

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Year Value
1991 58.66
1992 58.15
1993 57.43
1994 57.55
1995 57.21
1996 57.59
1997 57.72
1998 57.42
1999 55.51
2000 54.01
2001 53.57
2002 48.35
2003 43.01
2004 38.29
2005 34.37
2006 30.27
2007 31.14
2008 28.05
2009 21.65
2010 24.12
2011 16.96
2012 13.80
2013 11.96
2014 10.32
2015 9.57
2016 9.06
2017 8.52
2018 8.08
2019 7.61

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Syrian Arab Republic was 44.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 51.11 in 1991, while its lowest value was 38.71 in 2010.

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 51.11
1992 50.61
1993 50.55
1994 50.23
1995 49.99
1996 49.94
1997 50.01
1998 49.54
1999 50.31
2000 50.75
2001 50.21
2002 49.44
2003 49.39
2004 48.61
2005 47.54
2006 46.63
2007 48.48
2008 39.89
2009 40.61
2010 38.71
2011 40.50
2012 41.84
2013 44.32
2014 45.76
2015 46.27
2016 46.31
2017 46.25
2018 45.63
2019 44.91

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Syrian Arab Republic was 39.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 52.65 in 1991, while its lowest value was 36.81 in 2010.

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 52.65
1992 52.21
1993 52.07
1994 51.76
1995 51.46
1996 51.37
1997 51.32
1998 50.75
1999 51.18
2000 51.33
2001 50.76
2002 49.26
2003 48.31
2004 47.01
2005 45.64
2006 44.41
2007 46.26
2008 38.23
2009 38.18
2010 36.81
2011 37.40
2012 38.10
2013 39.94
2014 40.87
2015 41.14
2016 41.05
2017 40.86
2018 40.21
2019 39.55

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity