Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Côte d'Ivoire

Self-employed in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 — 71%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 11 pp.

2025 71% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 30of 182
Period maximum 82.1%1994
Period minimum 71%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Côte d'Ivoire, 1991–20257075808519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 81.9%1992: 82%1993: 82%1994: 82.1%1995: 82%1996: 81.9%1997: 81.6%1998: 81.4%1999: 81.2%2000: 81.1%2001: 81.1%2002: 81.1%2003: 81.2%2004: 81.2%2005: 81.1%2006: 81%2007: 80.9%2008: 80.7%2009: 80.2%2010: 79.6%2011: 79.3%2012: 78.9%2013: 76.7%2014: 75.8%2015: 74.8%2016: 73.9%2017: 74.3%2018: 74%2019: 73.7%2020: 73.9%2021: 72.9%2022: 72%2023: 71.6%2024: 71.3%2025: 71%
Change over the period: −11 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire 71%
World 46.4%
Western Africa computed 82%
Self-employed — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 71 −0.4 pp
2024 71.3 −0.3 pp
2023 71.6 −0.3 pp
2022 72 −0.9 pp
2021 72.9 −1 pp
2020 73.9 +0.2 pp
2019 73.7 −0.3 pp
2018 74 −0.3 pp
2017 74.3 +0.4 pp
2016 73.9 −1 pp
2015 74.8 −0.9 pp
2014 75.8 −0.9 pp
2013 76.7 −2.2 pp
2012 78.9 −0.4 pp
2011 79.3 −0.3 pp
2010 79.6 −0.5 pp
2009 80.2 −0.5 pp
2008 80.7 −0.2 pp
2007 80.9 −0.1 pp
2006 81 −0.1 pp
2005 81.1 −0 pp
2004 81.2 +0 pp
2003 81.2 +0 pp
2002 81.1 −0 pp
2001 81.1 +0 pp
2000 81.1 −0.1 pp
1999 81.2 −0.2 pp
1998 81.4 −0.2 pp
1997 81.6 −0.3 pp
1996 81.9 −0.1 pp
1995 82 −0.1 pp
1994 82.1 +0 pp
1993 82 +0 pp
1992 82 +0 pp
1991 81.9

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.