Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Central African Republic

Self-employed in the Central African Republic in 2025 — 85.4%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.8 pp.

2025 85.4% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 6of 182
Period maximum 86.3%2020
Period minimum 84.3%2012

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Central African Republic, 1991–20258484.58585.58686.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 84.6%1992: 84.8%1993: 85.1%1994: 85.2%1995: 85.2%1996: 85.4%1997: 85.4%1998: 85.4%1999: 85.4%2000: 85.4%2001: 85.3%2002: 85.3%2003: 85.3%2004: 85.3%2005: 85.4%2006: 85.3%2007: 85.2%2008: 85.2%2009: 85%2010: 84.8%2011: 84.6%2012: 84.3%2013: 84.9%2014: 85.3%2015: 85.5%2016: 85.7%2017: 85.7%2018: 85.6%2019: 85.5%2020: 86.3%2021: 85.8%2022: 85.7%2023: 85.6%2024: 85.5%2025: 85.4%
Change over the period: +0.8 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 85.4%
World 46.4%
Middle Africa computed 80.1%
Low-income countries computed 78.5%
Self-employed — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 85.4 −0.1 pp
2024 85.5 −0.1 pp
2023 85.6 −0.1 pp
2022 85.7 −0.1 pp
2021 85.8 −0.5 pp
2020 86.3 +0.8 pp
2019 85.5 −0.1 pp
2018 85.6 −0.1 pp
2017 85.7 +0 pp
2016 85.7 +0.1 pp
2015 85.5 +0.2 pp
2014 85.3 +0.4 pp
2013 84.9 +0.5 pp
2012 84.3 −0.3 pp
2011 84.6 −0.2 pp
2010 84.8 −0.2 pp
2009 85 −0.2 pp
2008 85.2 −0 pp
2007 85.2 −0.1 pp
2006 85.3 −0 pp
2005 85.4 +0 pp
2004 85.3 −0 pp
2003 85.3 +0.1 pp
2002 85.3 −0.1 pp
2001 85.3 −0 pp
2000 85.4 +0 pp
1999 85.4 −0 pp
1998 85.4 −0 pp
1997 85.4 +0 pp
1996 85.4 +0.1 pp
1995 85.2 +0 pp
1994 85.2 +0.2 pp
1993 85.1 +0.2 pp
1992 84.8 +0.2 pp
1991 84.6

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.