Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Djibouti

Self-employed in Djibouti in 2025 — 51.1%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.3 pp.

2025 51.1% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 182
Period maximum 55.8%2001
Period minimum 51.1%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Djibouti, 1991–20255052545619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 54.4%1992: 54.5%1993: 54.5%1994: 54.7%1995: 54.8%1996: 55%1997: 55.2%1998: 55.4%1999: 55.6%2000: 55.7%2001: 55.8%2002: 55.8%2003: 55.7%2004: 55.6%2005: 55.4%2006: 55.3%2007: 55%2008: 54.7%2009: 54.5%2010: 54.3%2011: 54%2012: 53.8%2013: 53.5%2014: 53.2%2015: 52.9%2016: 52.5%2017: 52.2%2018: 51.8%2019: 51.4%2020: 52.2%2021: 51.9%2022: 51.7%2023: 51.4%2024: 51.3%2025: 51.1%
Change over the period: −3.3 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Djibouti 51.1%
World 46.4%
Eastern Africa computed 78.1%
Self-employed — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 51.1 −0.1 pp
2024 51.3 −0.1 pp
2023 51.4 −0.2 pp
2022 51.7 −0.2 pp
2021 51.9 −0.4 pp
2020 52.2 +0.8 pp
2019 51.4 −0.4 pp
2018 51.8 −0.4 pp
2017 52.2 −0.4 pp
2016 52.5 −0.4 pp
2015 52.9 −0.3 pp
2014 53.2 −0.3 pp
2013 53.5 −0.3 pp
2012 53.8 −0.2 pp
2011 54 −0.3 pp
2010 54.3 −0.2 pp
2009 54.5 −0.2 pp
2008 54.7 −0.3 pp
2007 55 −0.3 pp
2006 55.3 −0.2 pp
2005 55.4 −0.2 pp
2004 55.6 −0.1 pp
2003 55.7 −0.1 pp
2002 55.8 −0 pp
2001 55.8 +0.1 pp
2000 55.7 +0.1 pp
1999 55.6 +0.2 pp
1998 55.4 +0.2 pp
1997 55.2 +0.2 pp
1996 55 +0.2 pp
1995 54.8 +0.1 pp
1994 54.7 +0.2 pp
1993 54.5 +0.1 pp
1992 54.5 +0 pp
1991 54.4

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.