Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Angola

Self-employed in Angola in 2025 — 75.9%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 12.6 pp.

2025 75.9% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 25of 182
Period maximum 89.6%1995
Period minimum 74.6%2015

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Angola, 1991–2025707580859019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 88.5%1992: 88.6%1993: 89.1%1994: 89.5%1995: 89.6%1996: 89.5%1997: 89.2%1998: 88.8%1999: 88.6%2000: 88.3%2001: 88%2002: 87.6%2003: 87.3%2004: 86.9%2005: 86.3%2006: 85.8%2007: 85.3%2008: 84.5%2009: 83.8%2010: 83.3%2011: 83%2012: 80.3%2013: 77.5%2014: 74.7%2015: 74.6%2016: 74.6%2017: 74.7%2018: 74.8%2019: 74.8%2020: 75.4%2021: 75.3%2022: 75.8%2023: 75.9%2024: 75.9%2025: 75.9%
Change over the period: −12.6 pp Annual average: -0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Angola 75.9%
World 46.4%
Middle Africa computed 80.1%
Self-employed — Angola, by year Angola All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 75.9 +0 pp
2024 75.9 −0 pp
2023 75.9 +0 pp
2022 75.8 +0.5 pp
2021 75.3 −0.1 pp
2020 75.4 +0.6 pp
2019 74.8 +0.1 pp
2018 74.8 +0.1 pp
2017 74.7 +0.1 pp
2016 74.6 +0 pp
2015 74.6 −0.1 pp
2014 74.7 −2.8 pp
2013 77.5 −2.8 pp
2012 80.3 −2.8 pp
2011 83 −0.3 pp
2010 83.3 −0.5 pp
2009 83.8 −0.7 pp
2008 84.5 −0.8 pp
2007 85.3 −0.6 pp
2006 85.8 −0.5 pp
2005 86.3 −0.5 pp
2004 86.9 −0.4 pp
2003 87.3 −0.3 pp
2002 87.6 −0.4 pp
2001 88 −0.3 pp
2000 88.3 −0.3 pp
1999 88.6 −0.3 pp
1998 88.8 −0.3 pp
1997 89.2 −0.3 pp
1996 89.5 −0.2 pp
1995 89.6 +0.1 pp
1994 89.5 +0.4 pp
1993 89.1 +0.5 pp
1992 88.6 +0.1 pp
1991 88.5

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.