Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural was 0.1% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.1%
Change on year
down 30.5%
World rank
62nd
of 91 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2003
All-time low
0.1%
in 2017
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

00.10.20.31998200720171998: 0.182 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.163 % of rural employed population in working age2000: 0.174 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.242 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.261 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.279 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.264 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.263 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.254 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.238 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.149 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.23 % of rural employed population in working age2010: 0.242 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.267 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.193 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.134 % of rural employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural employed population in working age.

Analysis

In 2017, self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of stood at 0.1%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of down 30.5% on the previous year and down 43.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.3% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2017.

That places Palestine, State of 62nd out of 91 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1998 0.2%
1999 0.2% -10.7%
2000 0.2% +6.8%
2001 0.2% +39.2%
2002 0.3% +7.6%
2003 0.3% +6.9%
2004 0.3% -5.3%
2005 0.3% -0.6%
2006 0.3% -3.1%
2007 0.2% -6.3%
2008 0.1% -37.5%
2009 0.2% +54.9%
2010 0.2% +5.1%
2011 0.3% +10.4%
2016 0.2% -27.6%
2017 0.1% -30.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 2
2000s 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 10
2010s 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 4

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  3. 61 North Macedonia 0.1% compare
  4. 63 Czechia 0.1% compare
  5. 64 Austria 0.1% compare
  6. 65 Finland 0.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of?
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural in Palestine, State of was 0.1% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2003.
What is the lowest self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2017.
How does Palestine, State of rank for self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural?
Palestine, State of ranks 62nd out of 91 countries with data for 2017.
Is self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is down 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,284 data points, 1970–2021
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