Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Georgia

Self-employed in Georgia in 2025 — 46.1%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.6 pp.

2025 46.1% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 61of 182
Period maximum 66.4%2004
Period minimum 46.1%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Georgia, 1991–20254050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 50.7%1992: 51.7%1993: 53%1994: 54.2%1995: 55.2%1996: 55.8%1997: 56.2%1998: 56.1%1999: 56.9%2000: 62%2001: 64.5%2002: 64.6%2003: 66.1%2004: 66.4%2005: 65.7%2006: 65.6%2007: 63.5%2008: 61.2%2009: 60.9%2010: 59.3%2011: 58.6%2012: 57%2013: 57.9%2014: 56.3%2015: 54.1%2016: 53.5%2017: 52%2018: 49.6%2019: 50.1%2020: 49.9%2021: 49.1%2022: 48.8%2023: 47.2%2024: 46.6%2025: 46.1%
Change over the period: −4.6 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Georgia 46.1%
World 46.4%
Western Asia computed 25%
Self-employed — Georgia, by year Georgia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 46.1 −0.5 pp
2024 46.6 −0.6 pp
2023 47.2 −1.6 pp
2022 48.8 −0.4 pp
2021 49.1 −0.8 pp
2020 49.9 −0.2 pp
2019 50.1 +0.6 pp
2018 49.6 −2.5 pp
2017 52 −1.5 pp
2016 53.5 −0.6 pp
2015 54.1 −2.2 pp
2014 56.3 −1.6 pp
2013 57.9 +0.9 pp
2012 57 −1.6 pp
2011 58.6 −0.6 pp
2010 59.3 −1.6 pp
2009 60.9 −0.3 pp
2008 61.2 −2.3 pp
2007 63.5 −2.1 pp
2006 65.6 −0.1 pp
2005 65.7 −0.8 pp
2004 66.4 +0.4 pp
2003 66.1 +1.5 pp
2002 64.6 +0.1 pp
2001 64.5 +2.5 pp
2000 62 +5.1 pp
1999 56.9 +0.9 pp
1998 56.1 −0.1 pp
1997 56.2 +0.4 pp
1996 55.8 +0.7 pp
1995 55.2 +1 pp
1994 54.2 +1.2 pp
1993 53 +1.2 pp
1992 51.7 +1 pp
1991 50.7

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.