ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Palestine
Palestine: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 24.1 % in 2022. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Palestine, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Palestine is 24.1 %, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 20.2% on the previous year and down 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Palestine peaked at 51 % in 2004 and was at its lowest, 24.1 %, in 2022.
That places Palestine 38th out of 72 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37.7 % | — |
| 2001 | 45.1 % | +19.6% |
| 2002 | 48.1 % | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 50.4 % | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 51 % | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 48.6 % | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 49.7 % | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 48 % | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 41.7 % | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 39.8 % | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 38 % | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 39.6 % | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 38 % | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 35.7 % | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 34.6 % | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 34.1 % | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 32.4 % | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 31.6 % | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 30.9 % | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 30.4 % | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 32 % | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 30.2 % | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 24.1 % | -20.2% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 24.1 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71.3 %, 34% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 24.1 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 26.05 %, 93% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.01 % | 37.7 % | 51 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.53 % | 30.4 % | 39.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.77 % | 24.1 % | 32 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More economy & growth data for Palestine
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 14.66 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 2.71 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 329.83 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 103.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0192 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 60.93 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 37.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1063 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 337.15 includes gold, current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Palestine?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Palestine was 24.1 % in 2022, 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 51 % in 2004.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.1 % in 2022.
- How does Palestine rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Palestine ranks 38th out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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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About this data
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.