Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Lebanon

Self-employed in Lebanon in 2023 — 28.4%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 184. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.7 pp.

2023 28.4% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 104of 184
Period maximum 33.1%1991
Period minimum 28.3%2021

Trend over time

1991–2023 · % of employment

Self-employed — Lebanon, 1991–2023283032341991199519992003200720112015201920231991: 33.1%1992: 32.7%1993: 32.3%1994: 31.9%1995: 31.5%1996: 31.1%1997: 30.9%1998: 30.8%1999: 30.8%2000: 30.8%2001: 30.8%2002: 30.8%2003: 30.7%2004: 30.6%2005: 30.4%2006: 30.3%2007: 30.4%2008: 30.1%2009: 29.8%2010: 29.5%2011: 29.3%2012: 29.2%2013: 29.2%2014: 29.3%2015: 29.4%2016: 29.5%2017: 29.6%2018: 29.5%2019: 29.3%2020: 29%2021: 28.3%2022: 28.4%2023: 28.4%
Change over the period: −4.7 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lebanon

Lebanon 28.4%
World 46.6%
Western Asia computed 25.3%
Self-employed — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 28.4 +0 pp
2022 28.4 +0.1 pp
2021 28.3 −0.7 pp
2020 29 −0.4 pp
2019 29.3 −0.2 pp
2018 29.5 −0 pp
2017 29.6 +0 pp
2016 29.5 +0.1 pp
2015 29.4 +0.1 pp
2014 29.3 +0.1 pp
2013 29.2 −0 pp
2012 29.2 −0.1 pp
2011 29.3 −0.2 pp
2010 29.5 −0.3 pp
2009 29.8 −0.3 pp
2008 30.1 −0.3 pp
2007 30.4 +0.1 pp
2006 30.3 −0 pp
2005 30.4 −0.2 pp
2004 30.6 −0.1 pp
2003 30.7 −0.1 pp
2002 30.8 −0 pp
2001 30.8 −0 pp
2000 30.8 −0 pp
1999 30.8 −0 pp
1998 30.8 −0.1 pp
1997 30.9 −0.2 pp
1996 31.1 −0.4 pp
1995 31.5 −0.4 pp
1994 31.9 −0.4 pp
1993 32.3 −0.4 pp
1992 32.7 −0.4 pp
1991 33.1

About the indicator

The share of total employment that is self-employed: employers, own-account workers, members of producers cooperatives and contributing family workers. High values in low-income countries reflect not developed entrepreneurship but the absence of wage jobs and informal work in agriculture and small-scale trade.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.