Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — CIS

Self-employed in the CIS in 2025 — 17.8%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 3.5 pp.

2025 17.8% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 19.1%1998
Period minimum 14.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — CIS, 1991–20251416182019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 14.3%1992: 15%1993: 15.8%1994: 16.8%1995: 17.3%1996: 17.7%1997: 19%1998: 19.1%1999: 18.7%2000: 18.7%2001: 18.7%2002: 18.5%2003: 18.5%2004: 18.1%2005: 18%2006: 17.9%2007: 17.6%2008: 17.5%2009: 17.8%2010: 17.8%2011: 18%2012: 17.8%2013: 18.2%2014: 18.2%2015: 18.1%2016: 18.4%2017: 17.8%2018: 17.9%2019: 17.9%2020: 18.1%2021: 17.9%2022: 17.9%2023: 17.9%2024: 17.8%2025: 17.8%
Change over the period: +3.5 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

CIS 17.8%
World 46.4%
Self-employed — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.8 −0 pp
2024 17.8 −0.1 pp
2023 17.9 −0 pp
2022 17.9 +0.1 pp
2021 17.9 −0.2 pp
2020 18.1 +0.2 pp
2019 17.9 −0 pp
2018 17.9 +0.2 pp
2017 17.8 −0.6 pp
2016 18.4 +0.2 pp
2015 18.1 −0 pp
2014 18.2 −0 pp
2013 18.2 +0.3 pp
2012 17.8 −0.2 pp
2011 18 +0.2 pp
2010 17.8 +0 pp
2009 17.8 +0.3 pp
2008 17.5 −0.1 pp
2007 17.6 −0.2 pp
2006 17.9 −0.1 pp
2005 18 −0.2 pp
2004 18.1 −0.3 pp
2003 18.5 −0 pp
2002 18.5 −0.2 pp
2001 18.7 +0 pp
2000 18.7 −0.1 pp
1999 18.7 −0.4 pp
1998 19.1 +0.1 pp
1997 19 +1.3 pp
1996 17.7 +0.4 pp
1995 17.3 +0.6 pp
1994 16.8 +0.9 pp
1993 15.8 +0.9 pp
1992 15 +0.6 pp
1991 14.3

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.