Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Honduras

Self-employed in Honduras in 2025 — 44.1%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 5 pp.

2025 44.1% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 66of 182
Period maximum 51.3%2012
Period minimum 42.7%2016

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Honduras, 1991–202542.54547.55052.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 49.1%1992: 49.1%1993: 48.9%1994: 48.8%1995: 48.6%1996: 48.5%1997: 48.3%1998: 48.2%1999: 48.1%2000: 47.9%2001: 47.8%2002: 47.6%2003: 47.3%2004: 47%2005: 46.8%2006: 46.5%2007: 45.3%2008: 44.9%2009: 47.1%2010: 49.8%2011: 47.3%2012: 51.3%2013: 49.9%2014: 44.8%2015: 45.9%2016: 42.7%2017: 46.8%2018: 46.5%2019: 45.2%2020: 45.6%2021: 45.2%2022: 44.9%2023: 44.6%2024: 44.4%2025: 44.1%
Change over the period: −5 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Honduras 44.1%
World 46.4%
Central America computed 33.1%
Self-employed — Honduras, by year Honduras All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.1 −0.3 pp
2024 44.4 −0.3 pp
2023 44.6 −0.3 pp
2022 44.9 −0.3 pp
2021 45.2 −0.4 pp
2020 45.6 +0.4 pp
2019 45.2 −1.3 pp
2018 46.5 −0.3 pp
2017 46.8 +4.1 pp
2016 42.7 −3.1 pp
2015 45.9 +1.1 pp
2014 44.8 −5.1 pp
2013 49.9 −1.4 pp
2012 51.3 +4 pp
2011 47.3 −2.5 pp
2010 49.8 +2.8 pp
2009 47.1 +2.1 pp
2008 44.9 −0.3 pp
2007 45.3 −1.2 pp
2006 46.5 −0.3 pp
2005 46.8 −0.2 pp
2004 47 −0.3 pp
2003 47.3 −0.3 pp
2002 47.6 −0.2 pp
2001 47.8 −0.1 pp
2000 47.9 −0.2 pp
1999 48.1 −0.1 pp
1998 48.2 −0.1 pp
1997 48.3 −0.2 pp
1996 48.5 −0.1 pp
1995 48.6 −0.2 pp
1994 48.8 −0.1 pp
1993 48.9 −0.1 pp
1992 49.1 −0.1 pp
1991 49.1

Central America, 2025

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

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.