Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Bolivia

Self-employed in Bolivia in 2025 — 66.3%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 12.4 pp.

2025 66.3% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 38of 182
Period maximum 78.6%1991
Period minimum 66.3%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Bolivia, 1991–20256570758019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 78.6%1992: 78.3%1993: 78.1%1994: 77.8%1995: 77.5%1996: 77.2%1997: 76.8%1998: 76.6%1999: 76.3%2000: 75%2001: 74.8%2002: 76.8%2003: 74.1%2004: 73.9%2005: 73.7%2006: 73.7%2007: 71.1%2008: 71.4%2009: 68.8%2010: 69.9%2011: 70.9%2012: 69.7%2013: 70.8%2014: 73.3%2015: 71.7%2016: 71.4%2017: 70.7%2018: 70.4%2019: 68.1%2020: 69.8%2021: 69.3%2022: 67.8%2023: 66.6%2024: 66.5%2025: 66.3%
Change over the period: −12.4 pp Annual average: -0.36 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bolivia 66.3%
World 46.4%
South America computed 35.9%
Self-employed — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 66.3 −0.2 pp
2024 66.5 −0.1 pp
2023 66.6 −1.1 pp
2022 67.8 −1.6 pp
2021 69.3 −0.5 pp
2020 69.8 +1.7 pp
2019 68.1 −2.2 pp
2018 70.4 −0.3 pp
2017 70.7 −0.7 pp
2016 71.4 −0.3 pp
2015 71.7 −1.6 pp
2014 73.3 +2.5 pp
2013 70.8 +1.1 pp
2012 69.7 −1.2 pp
2011 70.9 +1.1 pp
2010 69.9 +1.1 pp
2009 68.8 −2.6 pp
2008 71.4 +0.3 pp
2007 71.1 −2.7 pp
2006 73.7 +0.1 pp
2005 73.7 −0.2 pp
2004 73.9 −0.2 pp
2003 74.1 −2.7 pp
2002 76.8 +2 pp
2001 74.8 −0.2 pp
2000 75 −1.3 pp
1999 76.3 −0.3 pp
1998 76.6 −0.2 pp
1997 76.8 −0.3 pp
1996 77.2 −0.4 pp
1995 77.5 −0.3 pp
1994 77.8 −0.3 pp
1993 78.1 −0.2 pp
1992 78.3 −0.3 pp
1991 78.6

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.