Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Argentina

Self-employed in Argentina in 2025 — 25.6%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.8 pp.

2025 25.6% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 113of 182
Period maximum 29.3%1991
Period minimum 23%2012

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Argentina, 1991–2025222426283019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 29.3%1992: 29.3%1993: 29.1%1994: 28.9%1995: 28.7%1996: 28.6%1997: 27.7%1998: 27.3%1999: 27%2000: 27%2001: 27.6%2002: 27.7%2003: 25.7%2004: 25.6%2005: 25.3%2006: 24.4%2007: 23.6%2008: 23.7%2009: 24%2010: 23.6%2011: 23.1%2012: 23%2013: 23.5%2014: 23.7%2015: 24.2%2016: 24.8%2017: 25.3%2018: 25.5%2019: 26.5%2020: 27%2021: 27.6%2022: 26.7%2023: 25.8%2024: 25.7%2025: 25.6%
Change over the period: −3.8 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Argentina 25.6%
World 46.4%
South America computed 35.9%
Self-employed — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 25.6 −0.1 pp
2024 25.7 −0 pp
2023 25.8 −1 pp
2022 26.7 −0.9 pp
2021 27.6 +0.6 pp
2020 27 +0.5 pp
2019 26.5 +1 pp
2018 25.5 +0.2 pp
2017 25.3 +0.5 pp
2016 24.8 +0.6 pp
2015 24.2 +0.5 pp
2014 23.7 +0.1 pp
2013 23.5 +0.6 pp
2012 23 −0.1 pp
2011 23.1 −0.5 pp
2010 23.6 −0.5 pp
2009 24 +0.4 pp
2008 23.7 +0 pp
2007 23.6 −0.7 pp
2006 24.4 −0.9 pp
2005 25.3 −0.4 pp
2004 25.6 −0.1 pp
2003 25.7 −2 pp
2002 27.7 +0.1 pp
2001 27.6 +0.6 pp
2000 27 +0.1 pp
1999 27 −0.3 pp
1998 27.3 −0.4 pp
1997 27.7 −0.9 pp
1996 28.6 −0.1 pp
1995 28.7 −0.1 pp
1994 28.9 −0.2 pp
1993 29.1 −0.1 pp
1992 29.3 −0.1 pp
1991 29.3

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.