Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — French Polynesia

Self-employed in French Polynesia in 2025 — 18.2%. Ranked 126 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 7.9 pp.

2025 18.2% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 126of 182
Period maximum 26.5%1996
Period minimum 18.2%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — French Polynesia, 1991–202517.52022.52527.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 26.1%1992: 26.1%1993: 26.2%1994: 26.3%1995: 26.4%1996: 26.5%1997: 26%1998: 25.4%1999: 24.8%2000: 24.2%2001: 23.6%2002: 23%2003: 22.2%2004: 21.3%2005: 20.5%2006: 19.6%2007: 18.8%2008: 18.8%2009: 18.8%2010: 18.9%2011: 18.9%2012: 19%2013: 19%2014: 19.1%2015: 19.1%2016: 19%2017: 19%2018: 18.9%2019: 18.7%2020: 19%2021: 18.8%2022: 18.7%2023: 18.5%2024: 18.4%2025: 18.2%
Change over the period: −7.9 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

French Polynesia 18.2%
World 46.4%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — French Polynesia, by year French Polynesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.2 −0.2 pp
2024 18.4 −0.2 pp
2023 18.5 −0.1 pp
2022 18.7 −0.1 pp
2021 18.8 −0.2 pp
2020 19 +0.2 pp
2019 18.7 −0.1 pp
2018 18.9 −0.1 pp
2017 19 −0.1 pp
2016 19 −0 pp
2015 19.1 −0 pp
2014 19.1 +0 pp
2013 19 +0.1 pp
2012 19 +0.1 pp
2011 18.9 +0.1 pp
2010 18.9 +0.1 pp
2009 18.8 +0 pp
2008 18.8 −0 pp
2007 18.8 −0.9 pp
2006 19.6 −0.8 pp
2005 20.5 −0.8 pp
2004 21.3 −0.9 pp
2003 22.2 −0.8 pp
2002 23 −0.6 pp
2001 23.6 −0.6 pp
2000 24.2 −0.6 pp
1999 24.8 −0.6 pp
1998 25.4 −0.6 pp
1997 26 −0.5 pp
1996 26.5 +0.1 pp
1995 26.4 +0.1 pp
1994 26.3 +0.1 pp
1993 26.2 +0.1 pp
1992 26.1 +0.1 pp
1991 26.1

Polynesia, 2025

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

WS Samoa 44.5 TO Tonga 41.8 PF French Polynesia 18.2

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.