Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Channel Islands

Self-employed in the Channel Islands in 2025 — 8.6%. Ranked 167 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 1.5 pp.

2025 8.6% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 167of 182
Period maximum 10.1%1991
Period minimum 8.5%2008

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Channel Islands, 1991–202588.599.51010.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 10.1%1992: 10%1993: 10%1994: 9.9%1995: 9.7%1996: 9.6%1997: 9.4%1998: 9.3%1999: 9.1%2000: 9%2001: 8.9%2002: 8.8%2003: 8.8%2004: 8.7%2005: 8.6%2006: 8.6%2007: 8.5%2008: 8.5%2009: 8.5%2010: 8.6%2011: 8.7%2012: 8.8%2013: 8.9%2014: 8.9%2015: 9%2016: 9%2017: 9%2018: 9%2019: 8.9%2020: 9.1%2021: 8.9%2022: 8.8%2023: 8.7%2024: 8.6%2025: 8.6%
Change over the period: −1.5 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Channel Islands 8.6%
World 46.4%
Northern Europe computed 12%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Channel Islands, by year Channel Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.6 −0 pp
2024 8.6 −0.1 pp
2023 8.7 −0.1 pp
2022 8.8 −0.1 pp
2021 8.9 −0.2 pp
2020 9.1 +0.2 pp
2019 8.9 −0 pp
2018 9 −0 pp
2017 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 8.7 +0.1 pp
2010 8.6 +0.1 pp
2009 8.5 +0 pp
2008 8.5 −0 pp
2007 8.5 −0.1 pp
2006 8.6 −0.1 pp
2005 8.6 −0.1 pp
2004 8.7 −0.1 pp
2003 8.8 −0.1 pp
2002 8.8 −0.1 pp
2001 8.9 −0.1 pp
2000 9 −0.1 pp
1999 9.1 −0.2 pp
1998 9.3 −0.2 pp
1997 9.4 −0.2 pp
1996 9.6 −0.1 pp
1995 9.7 −0.1 pp
1994 9.9 −0.1 pp
1993 10 −0.1 pp
1992 10 −0.1 pp
1991 10.1

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.