Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Guinea

Self-employed in Guinea in 2025 — 81.9%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 12.7 pp.

2025 81.9% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 14of 182
Period maximum 94.7%1991
Period minimum 81.9%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Guinea, 1991–20258085909519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 94.7%1992: 94.6%1993: 94.5%1994: 94.4%1995: 94.3%1996: 94.2%1997: 94.1%1998: 93.9%1999: 93.7%2000: 93.5%2001: 93.3%2002: 93.1%2003: 92.5%2004: 92%2005: 91.4%2006: 90.9%2007: 90.3%2008: 89.7%2009: 89.2%2010: 88.6%2011: 88.1%2012: 87.4%2013: 86.8%2014: 86.2%2015: 85.6%2016: 84.8%2017: 84%2018: 83.2%2019: 82.6%2020: 83.5%2021: 83.1%2022: 82.8%2023: 82.5%2024: 82.2%2025: 81.9%
Change over the period: −12.7 pp Annual average: -0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guinea 81.9%
World 46.4%
Western Africa computed 82%
Self-employed — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 81.9 −0.3 pp
2024 82.2 −0.3 pp
2023 82.5 −0.3 pp
2022 82.8 −0.2 pp
2021 83.1 −0.4 pp
2020 83.5 +0.9 pp
2019 82.6 −0.7 pp
2018 83.2 −0.8 pp
2017 84 −0.8 pp
2016 84.8 −0.7 pp
2015 85.6 −0.6 pp
2014 86.2 −0.6 pp
2013 86.8 −0.6 pp
2012 87.4 −0.6 pp
2011 88.1 −0.6 pp
2010 88.6 −0.6 pp
2009 89.2 −0.5 pp
2008 89.7 −0.6 pp
2007 90.3 −0.6 pp
2006 90.9 −0.5 pp
2005 91.4 −0.6 pp
2004 92 −0.5 pp
2003 92.5 −0.5 pp
2002 93.1 −0.3 pp
2001 93.3 −0.2 pp
2000 93.5 −0.2 pp
1999 93.7 −0.2 pp
1998 93.9 −0.1 pp
1997 94.1 −0.2 pp
1996 94.2 −0.1 pp
1995 94.3 −0.1 pp
1994 94.4 −0.1 pp
1993 94.5 −0.1 pp
1992 94.6 −0 pp
1991 94.7

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.