Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Cambodia

Self-employed in Cambodia in 2025 — 55.5%. Ranked 50 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 10.1 pp.

2025 55.5% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 50of 182
Period maximum 65.7%1996
Period minimum 55.5%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Cambodia, 1991–20255560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 65.6%1992: 65.6%1993: 65.5%1994: 65.6%1995: 65.7%1996: 65.7%1997: 65.5%1998: 65.3%1999: 65.1%2000: 64.8%2001: 63.2%2002: 62.9%2003: 62.5%2004: 62.1%2005: 61.7%2006: 61.3%2007: 61%2008: 60.6%2009: 60.2%2010: 59.9%2011: 59.5%2012: 59.1%2013: 58.8%2014: 58.5%2015: 58.1%2016: 57.8%2017: 57.4%2018: 57.1%2019: 56.7%2020: 56.9%2021: 56.6%2022: 56.3%2023: 56.1%2024: 55.8%2025: 55.5%
Change over the period: −10.1 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cambodia 55.5%
World 46.4%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.7%
Self-employed — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 55.5 −0.3 pp
2024 55.8 −0.3 pp
2023 56.1 −0.2 pp
2022 56.3 −0.3 pp
2021 56.6 −0.4 pp
2020 56.9 +0.2 pp
2019 56.7 −0.4 pp
2018 57.1 −0.3 pp
2017 57.4 −0.3 pp
2016 57.8 −0.3 pp
2015 58.1 −0.3 pp
2014 58.5 −0.3 pp
2013 58.8 −0.4 pp
2012 59.1 −0.4 pp
2011 59.5 −0.4 pp
2010 59.9 −0.4 pp
2009 60.2 −0.4 pp
2008 60.6 −0.4 pp
2007 61 −0.4 pp
2006 61.3 −0.4 pp
2005 61.7 −0.4 pp
2004 62.1 −0.4 pp
2003 62.5 −0.4 pp
2002 62.9 −0.3 pp
2001 63.2 −1.6 pp
2000 64.8 −0.3 pp
1999 65.1 −0.2 pp
1998 65.3 −0.2 pp
1997 65.5 −0.2 pp
1996 65.7 +0 pp
1995 65.7 +0.1 pp
1994 65.6 +0.1 pp
1993 65.5 −0 pp
1992 65.6 −0 pp
1991 65.6

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.