Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Palestine

Self-employed in Palestine in 2022 — 23.8%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 186. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 11.4 pp.

2022 23.8% −4 pp vs 2021
World rank 121of 186
Period maximum 43.6%2003
Period minimum 23.8%2022

Trend over time

1991–2022 · % of employment

Self-employed — Palestine, 1991–20222025303540451991199519992003200720112015201920221991: 35.2%1992: 35.3%1993: 35.5%1994: 35.4%1995: 35.7%1996: 36.1%1997: 36.1%1998: 35.5%1999: 34.6%2000: 34.6%2001: 38.9%2002: 41.5%2003: 43.6%2004: 42.4%2005: 41.2%2006: 41.5%2007: 40.8%2008: 35.4%2009: 33.5%2010: 32.4%2011: 33.5%2012: 33.2%2013: 31.9%2014: 32.4%2015: 31.4%2016: 30.5%2017: 29.6%2018: 30.3%2019: 28.6%2020: 27.7%2021: 27.8%2022: 23.8%
Change over the period: −11.4 pp Annual average: -0.37 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Palestine 23.8%
World 46.7%
Western Asia computed 26%
Self-employed — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 23.8 −4 pp
2021 27.8 +0.1 pp
2020 27.7 −0.9 pp
2019 28.6 −1.7 pp
2018 30.3 +0.7 pp
2017 29.6 −1 pp
2016 30.5 −0.8 pp
2015 31.4 −1 pp
2014 32.4 +0.4 pp
2013 31.9 −1.2 pp
2012 33.2 −0.3 pp
2011 33.5 +1 pp
2010 32.4 −1.1 pp
2009 33.5 −1.9 pp
2008 35.4 −5.3 pp
2007 40.8 −0.8 pp
2006 41.5 +0.3 pp
2005 41.2 −1.2 pp
2004 42.4 −1.2 pp
2003 43.6 +2.1 pp
2002 41.5 +2.6 pp
2001 38.9 +4.4 pp
2000 34.6 −0.1 pp
1999 34.6 −0.8 pp
1998 35.5 −0.6 pp
1997 36.1 −0 pp
1996 36.1 +0.4 pp
1995 35.7 +0.3 pp
1994 35.4 −0 pp
1993 35.5 +0.1 pp
1992 35.3 +0.1 pp
1991 35.2

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.