In 2019, self-employment accounted for around 38 percent of the total working population in Libya. The share of self-employed people in the country had decreased annually since 2016. In that year, nearly 40 percent of the people working in Libya were self-employed.
Self-employment as a percentage of total employment in Libya from 2010 to 2019
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The source specifies that "self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers".
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World Bank. (February 15, 2022). Self-employment as a percentage of total employment in Libya from 2010 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300201/share-of-self-employed-people-in-libya/
World Bank. "Self-employment as a percentage of total employment in Libya from 2010 to 2019." Chart. February 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300201/share-of-self-employed-people-in-libya/
World Bank. (2022). Self-employment as a percentage of total employment in Libya from 2010 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300201/share-of-self-employed-people-in-libya/
World Bank. "Self-employment as a Percentage of Total Employment in Libya from 2010 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300201/share-of-self-employed-people-in-libya/
World Bank, Self-employment as a percentage of total employment in Libya from 2010 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300201/share-of-self-employed-people-in-libya/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Self-employment as a percentage of total employment in Libya from 2010 to 2019 [Graph], World Bank, February 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300201/share-of-self-employed-people-in-libya/