Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) fell 1.11% to 2.14% in Kuwait in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) in Kuwait reached an all time high of 4.57% in 1991 and an all time low of 1.33% in 2015. When compared to Kuwait's main peers, Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) in Bahrain amounted to 2.74%, 24.0% in Iraq, 45.5% in Iran and 5.41% in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
Kuwait has been ranked 172nd within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce), 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Bahrain | % | 2.60% | 2.59% | 2.58% | 2.58% | 2.59% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 44.1% | 44.2% | 45.1% | 45.6% | 46.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 25.8% | 25.6% | 24.6% | 24.0% | 24.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 15.8% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 16.0% | 16.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 1.68% | 1.33% | 2.13% | 2.09% | 2.15% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 56.6% | 56.6% | 57.5% | 55.5% | 53.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 0.450% | 0.430% | 0.410% | 0.420% | 0.400% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 5.55% | 5.35% | 5.28% | 5.22% | 5.13% | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 45.8% | 46.3% | 46.3% | 46.3% | 45.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 33.1% | 32.3% | 31.5% | 30.7% | 30.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 3.50% | 3.39% | 3.26% | 3.67% | 4.02% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 48.1% | 50.0% | 51.8% | 53.3% | 54.2% |
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