Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Algeria

Self-employed in Algeria in 2025 — 30.2%. Ranked 100 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 9.8 pp.

2025 30.2% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 100of 182
Period maximum 40%1994
Period minimum 30.2%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Algeria, 1991–20253032.53537.54042.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 40%1992: 40%1993: 40%1994: 40%1995: 40%1996: 39.9%1997: 39.7%1998: 39.4%1999: 39%2000: 38.7%2001: 38.3%2002: 36.7%2003: 35.1%2004: 34.7%2005: 34.3%2006: 34%2007: 33.7%2008: 33.5%2009: 33.3%2010: 33.2%2011: 33%2012: 32%2013: 31%2014: 31.2%2015: 31.4%2016: 31.6%2017: 31.7%2018: 31.6%2019: 31.5%2020: 31.2%2021: 30.8%2022: 30.7%2023: 30.5%2024: 30.4%2025: 30.2%
Change over the period: −9.8 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Algeria

Algeria 30.2%
World 46.4%
Northern Africa computed 29.8%
Self-employed — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.2 −0.2 pp
2024 30.4 −0.2 pp
2023 30.5 −0.2 pp
2022 30.7 −0.1 pp
2021 30.8 −0.5 pp
2020 31.2 −0.3 pp
2019 31.5 −0.1 pp
2018 31.6 −0.1 pp
2017 31.7 +0.2 pp
2016 31.6 +0.2 pp
2015 31.4 +0.2 pp
2014 31.2 +0.2 pp
2013 31 −1 pp
2012 32 −1 pp
2011 33 −0.2 pp
2010 33.2 −0.1 pp
2009 33.3 −0.2 pp
2008 33.5 −0.2 pp
2007 33.7 −0.3 pp
2006 34 −0.3 pp
2005 34.3 −0.4 pp
2004 34.7 −0.4 pp
2003 35.1 −1.6 pp
2002 36.7 −1.6 pp
2001 38.3 −0.4 pp
2000 38.7 −0.4 pp
1999 39 −0.4 pp
1998 39.4 −0.3 pp
1997 39.7 −0.1 pp
1996 39.9 −0.1 pp
1995 40 −0.1 pp
1994 40 +0 pp
1993 40 +0 pp
1992 40 −0 pp
1991 40

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of total employment that is self-employed: employers, own-account workers, members of producers cooperatives and contributing family workers. High values in low-income countries reflect not developed entrepreneurship but the absence of wage jobs and informal work in agriculture and small-scale trade.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.