West Bank and Gaza - Self-employed

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

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in West Bank and Gaza was 22.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 53.52 in 1993, while its lowest value was 22.72 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 52.84
1992 53.25
1993 53.52
1994 53.42
1995 52.82
1996 52.11
1997 51.17
1998 49.11
1999 46.85
2000 44.67
2001 36.57
2002 39.47
2003 45.86
2004 43.68
2005 44.06
2006 46.09
2007 48.82
2008 38.39
2009 32.98
2010 32.71
2011 35.11
2012 36.77
2013 35.15
2014 37.59
2015 32.99
2016 29.26
2017 26.16
2018 24.53
2019 22.72

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

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in West Bank and Gaza was 29.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.11 in 2003, while its lowest value was 29.66 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 34.44
1992 34.02
1993 33.83
1994 33.28
1995 33.11
1996 33.46
1997 32.92
1998 32.17
1999 31.79
2000 32.59
2001 39.35
2002 41.89
2003 43.11
2004 42.12
2005 40.58
2006 40.48
2007 38.81
2008 34.72
2009 33.61
2010 32.36
2011 33.11
2012 32.44
2013 31.30
2014 31.24
2015 31.03
2016 30.78
2017 30.19
2018 31.33
2019 29.66

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

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in West Bank and Gaza was 28.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 43.59 in 2003, while its lowest value was 28.57 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 37.11
1992 36.80
1993 36.70
1994 36.23
1995 36.02
1996 36.19
1997 35.67
1998 34.82
1999 34.19
2000 34.47
2001 38.93
2002 41.49
2003 43.59
2004 42.40
2005 41.17
2006 41.51
2007 40.75
2008 35.43
2009 33.50
2010 32.42
2011 33.46
2012 33.19
2013 31.95
2014 32.37
2015 31.36
2016 30.54
2017 29.58
2018 30.26
2019 28.57

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity