Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Armenia

Self-employed in Armenia in 2025 — 33.7%. Ranked 89 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 17 pp.

2025 33.7% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 89of 182
Period maximum 53.1%1995
Period minimum 33.7%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Armenia, 1991–202530354045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 50.6%1992: 51.6%1993: 52.3%1994: 52.9%1995: 53.1%1996: 53.1%1997: 52.9%1998: 52.5%1999: 52.2%2000: 51.8%2001: 51.3%2002: 50.8%2003: 50.1%2004: 49.4%2005: 48.7%2006: 48%2007: 47.2%2008: 46.5%2009: 46.2%2010: 47.4%2011: 48.1%2012: 47.4%2013: 46.4%2014: 46.2%2015: 44.8%2016: 44%2017: 42.3%2018: 42%2019: 39.5%2020: 39.7%2021: 36.8%2022: 36.3%2023: 34.8%2024: 34.3%2025: 33.7%
Change over the period: −17 pp Annual average: -0.5 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Armenia 33.7%
World 46.4%
Western Asia computed 25%
Self-employed — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.7 −0.6 pp
2024 34.3 −0.5 pp
2023 34.8 −1.5 pp
2022 36.3 −0.5 pp
2021 36.8 −2.9 pp
2020 39.7 +0.2 pp
2019 39.5 −2.6 pp
2018 42 −0.3 pp
2017 42.3 −1.6 pp
2016 44 −0.9 pp
2015 44.8 −1.3 pp
2014 46.2 −0.2 pp
2013 46.4 −1.1 pp
2012 47.4 −0.7 pp
2011 48.1 +0.7 pp
2010 47.4 +1.2 pp
2009 46.2 −0.3 pp
2008 46.5 −0.7 pp
2007 47.2 −0.8 pp
2006 48 −0.7 pp
2005 48.7 −0.7 pp
2004 49.4 −0.7 pp
2003 50.1 −0.7 pp
2002 50.8 −0.6 pp
2001 51.3 −0.5 pp
2000 51.8 −0.4 pp
1999 52.2 −0.4 pp
1998 52.5 −0.4 pp
1997 52.9 −0.2 pp
1996 53.1 −0 pp
1995 53.1 +0.2 pp
1994 52.9 +0.6 pp
1993 52.3 +0.7 pp
1992 51.6 +0.9 pp
1991 50.6

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.