Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Guam

Self-employed in Guam in 2025 — 15.5%. Ranked 137 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.8 pp.

2025 15.5% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 137of 182
Period maximum 18.3%1991
Period minimum 15.5%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Guam, 1991–2025151617181919911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 18.3%1992: 18.2%1993: 18.1%1994: 18%1995: 17.9%1996: 17.8%1997: 17.6%1998: 17.5%1999: 17.3%2000: 17.2%2001: 17%2002: 16.9%2003: 16.8%2004: 16.7%2005: 16.5%2006: 16.5%2007: 16.4%2008: 16.4%2009: 16.3%2010: 16.2%2011: 16.2%2012: 16.1%2013: 16.1%2014: 16%2015: 15.9%2016: 15.9%2017: 15.8%2018: 15.8%2019: 15.7%2020: 15.9%2021: 15.9%2022: 15.8%2023: 15.8%2024: 15.7%2025: 15.5%
Change over the period: −2.8 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guam 15.5%
World 46.4%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Guam, by year Guam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.5 −0.1 pp
2024 15.7 −0.1 pp
2023 15.8 −0.1 pp
2022 15.8 −0 pp
2021 15.9 −0.1 pp
2020 15.9 +0.2 pp
2019 15.7 −0.1 pp
2018 15.8 −0 pp
2017 15.8 −0.1 pp
2016 15.9 −0.1 pp
2015 15.9 −0.1 pp
2014 16 −0.1 pp
2013 16.1 −0.1 pp
2012 16.1 −0.1 pp
2011 16.2 −0 pp
2010 16.2 −0.1 pp
2009 16.3 −0 pp
2008 16.4 −0.1 pp
2007 16.4 −0 pp
2006 16.5 −0.1 pp
2005 16.5 −0.2 pp
2004 16.7 −0.1 pp
2003 16.8 −0.1 pp
2002 16.9 −0.1 pp
2001 17 −0.1 pp
2000 17.2 −0.2 pp
1999 17.3 −0.1 pp
1998 17.5 −0.1 pp
1997 17.6 −0.2 pp
1996 17.8 −0.1 pp
1995 17.9 −0.1 pp
1994 18 −0.1 pp
1993 18.1 −0.1 pp
1992 18.2 −0.1 pp
1991 18.3

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.