Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Equatorial Guinea

Self-employed in Equatorial Guinea in 2025 — 27.5%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 23.3 pp.

2025 27.5% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 104of 182
Period maximum 50.8%1991
Period minimum 22.4%2009

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Equatorial Guinea, 1991–2025203040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 50.8%1992: 49.9%1993: 48.9%1994: 47.7%1995: 46.1%1996: 44.1%1997: 41.2%1998: 38.2%1999: 35.3%2000: 32.8%2001: 30.3%2002: 28.2%2003: 26.6%2004: 25.2%2005: 24.1%2006: 23.4%2007: 22.8%2008: 22.5%2009: 22.4%2010: 22.7%2011: 23%2012: 23.3%2013: 23.8%2014: 24.4%2015: 25.1%2016: 25.8%2017: 26.6%2018: 27.3%2019: 27.9%2020: 27.2%2021: 26.5%2022: 26.8%2023: 27%2024: 27.3%2025: 27.5%
Change over the period: −23.3 pp Annual average: -0.68 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Equatorial Guinea 27.5%
World 46.4%
Middle Africa computed 80.1%
Self-employed — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.5 +0.2 pp
2024 27.3 +0.2 pp
2023 27 +0.3 pp
2022 26.8 +0.3 pp
2021 26.5 −0.8 pp
2020 27.2 −0.6 pp
2019 27.9 +0.6 pp
2018 27.3 +0.7 pp
2017 26.6 +0.7 pp
2016 25.8 +0.7 pp
2015 25.1 +0.7 pp
2014 24.4 +0.6 pp
2013 23.8 +0.6 pp
2012 23.3 +0.3 pp
2011 23 +0.3 pp
2010 22.7 +0.3 pp
2009 22.4 −0.1 pp
2008 22.5 −0.4 pp
2007 22.8 −0.5 pp
2006 23.4 −0.7 pp
2005 24.1 −1.1 pp
2004 25.2 −1.4 pp
2003 26.6 −1.6 pp
2002 28.2 −2.1 pp
2001 30.3 −2.5 pp
2000 32.8 −2.5 pp
1999 35.3 −2.8 pp
1998 38.2 −3 pp
1997 41.2 −3 pp
1996 44.1 −2 pp
1995 46.1 −1.6 pp
1994 47.7 −1.2 pp
1993 48.9 −1 pp
1992 49.9 −0.8 pp
1991 50.8

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.