Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Chad

Self-employed in Chad in 2025 — 91.6%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.4 pp.

2025 91.6% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 1of 182
Period maximum 95.2%1996
Period minimum 90.9%2015

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Chad, 1991–20259092949619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 94.9%1992: 94.8%1993: 95%1994: 95.1%1995: 95.1%1996: 95.2%1997: 95.1%1998: 95%1999: 94.9%2000: 94.9%2001: 94.8%2002: 94.6%2003: 94.3%2004: 93.5%2005: 92.8%2006: 92.3%2007: 91.9%2008: 91.7%2009: 91.6%2010: 91.4%2011: 91.2%2012: 91.1%2013: 91.1%2014: 91%2015: 90.9%2016: 91%2017: 91.2%2018: 91.1%2019: 91.2%2020: 91.8%2021: 91.3%2022: 91.3%2023: 91.4%2024: 91.5%2025: 91.6%
Change over the period: −3.4 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Chad 91.6%
World 46.4%
Middle Africa computed 80.1%
Low-income countries computed 78.5%
Self-employed — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 91.6 +0 pp
2024 91.5 +0.1 pp
2023 91.4 +0.1 pp
2022 91.3 +0 pp
2021 91.3 −0.5 pp
2020 91.8 +0.6 pp
2019 91.2 +0.1 pp
2018 91.1 −0.1 pp
2017 91.2 +0.2 pp
2016 91 +0.2 pp
2015 90.9 −0.1 pp
2014 91 −0.1 pp
2013 91.1 −0 pp
2012 91.1 −0.1 pp
2011 91.2 −0.1 pp
2010 91.4 −0.3 pp
2009 91.6 −0.1 pp
2008 91.7 −0.2 pp
2007 91.9 −0.4 pp
2006 92.3 −0.5 pp
2005 92.8 −0.7 pp
2004 93.5 −0.7 pp
2003 94.3 −0.3 pp
2002 94.6 −0.2 pp
2001 94.8 −0.2 pp
2000 94.9 −0 pp
1999 94.9 −0.1 pp
1998 95 −0.1 pp
1997 95.1 −0 pp
1996 95.2 +0.1 pp
1995 95.1 +0.1 pp
1994 95.1 +0 pp
1993 95 +0.2 pp
1992 94.8 −0.1 pp
1991 94.9

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.