Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Czechia

Self-employed in Czechia in 2025 — 15.7%. Ranked 136 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 6.5 pp.

2025 15.7% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 136of 182
Period maximum 18.4%2012
Period minimum 9.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Czechia, 1991–20257.51012.51517.52019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 9.3%1992: 9.6%1993: 9.9%1994: 11%1995: 12.5%1996: 12.8%1997: 12.9%1998: 14.3%1999: 15.1%2000: 15%2001: 15.1%2002: 16%2003: 17.1%2004: 16.8%2005: 16%2006: 16.1%2007: 16.2%2008: 16.1%2009: 16.8%2010: 17.7%2011: 18.1%2012: 18.4%2013: 17.6%2014: 18%2015: 17.3%2016: 17.2%2017: 17.1%2018: 16.9%2019: 16.8%2020: 16.9%2021: 16%2022: 16.5%2023: 16.2%2024: 15.9%2025: 15.7%
Change over the period: +6.5 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Czechia 15.7%
World 46.4%
Eastern Europe computed 10.3%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Czechia, by year Czechia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.7 −0.1 pp
2024 15.9 −0.4 pp
2023 16.2 −0.3 pp
2022 16.5 +0.5 pp
2021 16 −0.9 pp
2020 16.9 +0.1 pp
2019 16.8 −0.1 pp
2018 16.9 −0.2 pp
2017 17.1 −0 pp
2016 17.2 −0.2 pp
2015 17.3 −0.7 pp
2014 18 +0.4 pp
2013 17.6 −0.9 pp
2012 18.4 +0.4 pp
2011 18.1 +0.3 pp
2010 17.7 +1 pp
2009 16.8 +0.6 pp
2008 16.1 −0.1 pp
2007 16.2 +0 pp
2006 16.1 +0.1 pp
2005 16 −0.8 pp
2004 16.8 −0.3 pp
2003 17.1 +1.1 pp
2002 16 +0.9 pp
2001 15.1 +0.1 pp
2000 15 −0.1 pp
1999 15.1 +0.8 pp
1998 14.3 +1.4 pp
1997 12.9 +0.1 pp
1996 12.8 +0.3 pp
1995 12.5 +1.5 pp
1994 11 +1.1 pp
1993 9.9 +0.3 pp
1992 9.6 +0.3 pp
1991 9.3

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.