Arab Region | Self employment rate, percentage of total employment, estimates (Arab countries, 1991–2021)
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.
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Arab Development Portal
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Arab Region
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Arab Region | Self employment rate, percentage of total employment, estimates (Arab countries, 1991–2021)
value
Min
Max
|
Year | Location |
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38.2 | 1991 | Algeria |
38.49 | 1993 | Algeria |
32.83 | 2007 | Algeria |
31.56 | 2016 | Algeria |
32.11 | 2019 | Algeria |
5.33 | 1992 | Bahrain |
4.82 | 1994 | Bahrain |
4.08 | 1999 | Bahrain |
4.32 | 2004 | Bahrain |
3.73 | 2009 | Bahrain |
2.7 | 2012 | Bahrain |
58.57 | 2014 | Comoros |
61.15 | 2000 | Djibouti |
60.74 | 2003 | Djibouti |
57.39 | 2011 | Djibouti |
56.34 | 2013 | Djibouti |
53.52 | 2017 | Djibouti |
40.06 | 2000 | Egypt |
40 | 2005 | Egypt |
38.2 | 2006 | Egypt |
39.17 | 2014 | Egypt |
28.9 | 2019 | Egypt |
31.04 | 1992 | Iraq |
32.75 | 1997 | Iraq |
32.06 | 2008 | Iraq |
14.9 | 1996 | Jordan |
15.11 | 1999 | Jordan |
15.04 | 2005 | Jordan |
14.25 | 2010 | Jordan |
14.63 | 2015 | Jordan |
14.73 | 2017 | Jordan |
12.68 | 2018 | Jordan |
3.18 | 1995 | Kuwait |
3.05 | 1997 | Kuwait |
1.32 | 2014 | Kuwait |
1.06 | 2015 | Kuwait |
1.71 | 2019 | Kuwait |
1.69 | 2021 | Kuwait |
36.48 | 1992 | Lebanon |
36.13 | 1994 | Lebanon |
35.69 | 2000 | Lebanon |
37.02 | 2005 | Lebanon |
24.72 | 1993 | Libya |
59.41 | 1993 | Mauritania |
59.69 | 2005 | Mauritania |
57.06 | 2014 | Mauritania |
57.59 | 1997 | Morocco |
58.75 | 2003 | Morocco |
60.23 | 2005 | Morocco |
53.79 | 2010 | Morocco |
51.35 | 2016 | Morocco |
13.08 | 1996 | Oman |
12.51 | 1998 | Oman |
3.61 | 2016 | Oman |
3.48 | 2021 | Oman |
36.4 | 1997 | Palestine |
35.35 | 1998 | Palestine |
35.43 | 2008 | Palestine |
33.46 | 2011 | Palestine |
31.95 | 2013 | Palestine |
1.29 | 1993 | Qatar |
1.28 | 1995 | Qatar |
1.29 | 1996 | Qatar |
1.15 | 2001 | Qatar |
0.76 | 2008 | Qatar |
0.49 | 2013 | Qatar |
0.41 | 2017 | Qatar |
0.43 | 2019 | Qatar |
8.34 | 1991 | Saudi Arabia |
7.93 | 1993 | Saudi Arabia |
7.75 | 1995 | Saudi Arabia |
89.97 | 1999 | Somalia |
89.16 | 2013 | Somalia |
61.62 | 1991 | Sudan |
61.52 | 1993 | Sudan |
58.82 | 2007 | Sudan |
53.49 | 2017 | Sudan |
52.74 | 2019 | Sudan |
44.41 | 2006 | Syria |
46.26 | 2007 | Syria |
37.98 | 2012 | Syria |
40.24 | 2013 | Syria |
42.32 | 2015 | Syria |
42.37 | 2016 | Syria |
29.86 | 1991 | Tunisia |
29.77 | 1995 | Tunisia |
29.87 | 2009 | Tunisia |
27.87 | 2013 | Tunisia |
24.04 | 2018 | Tunisia |
3.34 | 1991 | United Arab Emirates |
3.33 | 1992 | United Arab Emirates |
3.33 | 1994 | United Arab Emirates |
3.28 | 1997 | United Arab Emirates |
3.66 | 2007 | United Arab Emirates |
3.6 | 2011 | United Arab Emirates |
50.9 | 1994 | Yemen |
50.67 | 1996 | Yemen |
49.74 | 2001 | Yemen |
49.62 | 2013 | Yemen |
54.62 | 2017 | Yemen |
Arab Region | Self employment rate, percentage of total employment, estimates (Arab countries, 1991–2021)
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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
682
Source