ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Tunisia

Tunisia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 34.5 % in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
34.5 %
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
30th
of 72 countries
All-time high
50.9 %
in 2006
All-time low
26.2 %
in 2014
Years of data
12
2006–2019

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Tunisia, 2006–2019

02040602006201220192006: 50.9 %2007: 47.2 %2008: 44.4 %2010: 46.4 %2011: 41.2 %2012: 39.1 %2013: 38.3 %2014: 26.2 %2015: 36.1 %2016: 34.5 %2017: 34.6 %2019: 34.5 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2019, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Tunisia stood at 34.5 %.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Tunisia peaked at 50.9 % in 2006 and was at its lowest, 26.2 %, in 2014.

That places Tunisia 30th out of 72 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Tunisia, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in Tunisia, 2006 to 2019.
Year % Change
2006 50.9 %
2007 47.2 % -7.3%
2008 44.4 % -5.9%
2010 46.4 % +4.5%
2011 41.2 % -11.2%
2012 39.1 % -5.1%
2013 38.3 % -2.0%
2014 26.2 % -31.6%
2015 36.1 % +37.8%
2016 34.5 % -4.4%
2017 34.6 % +0.3%
2019 34.5 % -0.3%

Tunisia compared with similar countries

  • Tunisia's 34.5 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71.3 %, 48% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
  • Tunisia's 34.5 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 26.05 %, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 47.5 % 44.4 % 50.9 % 3
2010s 36.77 % 26.2 % 46.4 % 9

Countries ranked near Tunisia

  1. 27 Republic of Korea 38.5 % compare
  2. 27 Rwanda 38.5 %
  3. 29 Costa Rica 34.7 % compare
  4. 31 Chile 32.6 % compare
  5. 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.6 % compare
  6. 33 Serbia 28.9 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Tunisia?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Tunisia was 34.5 % in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 50.9 % in 2006.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 26.2 % in 2014.
How does Tunisia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Tunisia ranks 30th out of 72 countries with data for 2019.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tunisia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.