Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Brunei Darussalam

Self-employed in Brunei Darussalam in 2025 — 7.3%. Ranked 171 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 1.2 pp.

2025 7.3% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 171of 182
Period maximum 9.6%2020
Period minimum 7.3%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Brunei Darussalam, 1991–20257891019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 8.5%1992: 8.5%1993: 8.7%1994: 8.8%1995: 8.8%1996: 8.8%1997: 8.7%1998: 8.9%1999: 8.8%2000: 8.6%2001: 8.6%2002: 8.6%2003: 8.5%2004: 8.4%2005: 8.3%2006: 8.3%2007: 8.4%2008: 8.4%2009: 8.7%2010: 8.8%2011: 8.8%2012: 8.8%2013: 8.9%2014: 8.9%2015: 9%2016: 9%2017: 8.9%2018: 7.6%2019: 9%2020: 9.6%2021: 7.9%2022: 7.5%2023: 7.5%2024: 7.4%2025: 7.3%
Change over the period: −1.2 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Brunei Darussalam 7.3%
World 46.4%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.7%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Brunei Darussalam, by year Brunei Darussalam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 7.3 −0.1 pp
2024 7.4 −0.1 pp
2023 7.5 −0 pp
2022 7.5 −0.4 pp
2021 7.9 −1.7 pp
2020 9.6 +0.6 pp
2019 9 +1.4 pp
2018 7.6 −1.3 pp
2017 8.9 −0 pp
2016 9 −0 pp
2015 9 +0 pp
2014 8.9 +0 pp
2013 8.9 +0.1 pp
2012 8.8 +0.1 pp
2011 8.8 −0 pp
2010 8.8 +0.1 pp
2009 8.7 +0.3 pp
2008 8.4 +0.1 pp
2007 8.4 +0.1 pp
2006 8.3 −0 pp
2005 8.3 −0 pp
2004 8.4 −0.1 pp
2003 8.5 −0.1 pp
2002 8.6 −0 pp
2001 8.6 +0.1 pp
2000 8.6 −0.2 pp
1999 8.8 −0.1 pp
1998 8.9 +0.2 pp
1997 8.7 −0.1 pp
1996 8.8 −0 pp
1995 8.8 +0 pp
1994 8.8 +0.1 pp
1993 8.7 +0.1 pp
1992 8.5 +0 pp
1991 8.5

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.