Self-employed in the Bahamas in 2025 — 17.1%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 3.6 pp.
1991–2025 · % of employment
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.1 | −0 pp |
| 2024 | 17.1 | −0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 17.2 | +0.7 pp |
| 2022 | 16.5 | +0.7 pp |
| 2021 | 15.8 | +0.6 pp |
| 2020 | 15.2 | +0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 14.7 | −0 pp |
| 2018 | 14.7 | +0 pp |
| 2017 | 14.7 | −0 pp |
| 2016 | 14.8 | −0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 14.9 | −0 pp |
| 2014 | 14.9 | −0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 15 | −0 pp |
| 2012 | 15 | −0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 15.1 | +0.4 pp |
| 2010 | 14.7 | +0.4 pp |
| 2009 | 14.3 | +0 pp |
| 2008 | 14.3 | −0.4 pp |
| 2007 | 14.7 | −0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 15.1 | −0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 15.5 | −0.4 pp |
| 2004 | 16 | +0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 15.3 | −1 pp |
| 2002 | 16.3 | +1.4 pp |
| 2001 | 14.9 | −1.1 pp |
| 2000 | 16 | −1.1 pp |
| 1999 | 17.1 | +1 pp |
| 1998 | 16.1 | −0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 16.3 | −1.9 pp |
| 1996 | 18.2 | +2.4 pp |
| 1995 | 15.9 | −0 pp |
| 1994 | 15.9 | +1.2 pp |
| 1993 | 14.7 | +0.5 pp |
| 1992 | 14.2 | +0.8 pp |
| 1991 | 13.4 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
The share of own-account and contributing family workers — with no contract, insurance or guarantees.
Labor Employment-to-population ratioThe share of the population aged 15 and over that actually works.
Labor Employment in agricultureThe share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
