Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Comoros

Self-employed in the Comoros in 2025 — 57.9%. Ranked 47 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 14.2 pp.

2025 57.9% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 47of 182
Period maximum 72.3%1996
Period minimum 57.9%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Comoros, 1991–2025556065707519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 72.1%1992: 72.1%1993: 72.1%1994: 72.2%1995: 72.2%1996: 72.3%1997: 72.3%1998: 72.3%1999: 72.2%2000: 72.1%2001: 71.9%2002: 71.6%2003: 71.3%2004: 71%2005: 69.7%2006: 68.5%2007: 67.2%2008: 66%2009: 64.8%2010: 63.5%2011: 62.3%2012: 61%2013: 59.8%2014: 58.6%2015: 58.5%2016: 58.5%2017: 58.4%2018: 58.3%2019: 58.3%2020: 58.7%2021: 58.2%2022: 58.2%2023: 58.1%2024: 58%2025: 57.9%
Change over the period: −14.2 pp Annual average: -0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Comoros 57.9%
World 46.4%
Eastern Africa computed 78.1%
Self-employed — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.9 −0.1 pp
2024 58 −0.1 pp
2023 58.1 −0.1 pp
2022 58.2 −0.1 pp
2021 58.2 −0.5 pp
2020 58.7 +0.4 pp
2019 58.3 −0.1 pp
2018 58.3 −0.1 pp
2017 58.4 −0.1 pp
2016 58.5 −0 pp
2015 58.5 −0 pp
2014 58.6 −1.2 pp
2013 59.8 −1.3 pp
2012 61 −1.2 pp
2011 62.3 −1.3 pp
2010 63.5 −1.2 pp
2009 64.8 −1.2 pp
2008 66 −1.2 pp
2007 67.2 −1.2 pp
2006 68.5 −1.3 pp
2005 69.7 −1.3 pp
2004 71 −0.3 pp
2003 71.3 −0.3 pp
2002 71.6 −0.3 pp
2001 71.9 −0.2 pp
2000 72.1 −0.2 pp
1999 72.2 −0 pp
1998 72.3 −0 pp
1997 72.3 −0 pp
1996 72.3 +0.1 pp
1995 72.2 +0 pp
1994 72.2 +0.1 pp
1993 72.1 −0 pp
1992 72.1 +0 pp
1991 72.1

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.