Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Indonesia

Self-employed in Indonesia in 2025 — 53.3%. Ranked 52 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 14.6 pp.

2025 53.3% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 52of 182
Period maximum 67.9%1991
Period minimum 51.5%2015

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Indonesia, 1991–2025505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 67.9%1992: 67.5%1993: 67%1994: 66.7%1995: 66.3%1996: 65.9%1997: 64.7%1998: 67.3%1999: 67%2000: 67.3%2001: 64.1%2002: 64%2003: 65.6%2004: 64.2%2005: 61.9%2006: 61.4%2007: 61.7%2008: 61.2%2009: 61%2010: 59.9%2011: 57.2%2012: 54.6%2013: 54.2%2014: 53.8%2015: 51.5%2016: 51.6%2017: 51.7%2018: 52.5%2019: 52.4%2020: 53.5%2021: 53.1%2022: 53.4%2023: 54%2024: 53.7%2025: 53.3%
Change over the period: −14.6 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Indonesia 53.3%
World 46.4%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.7%
Self-employed — Indonesia, by year Indonesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.3 −0.3 pp
2024 53.7 −0.4 pp
2023 54 +0.6 pp
2022 53.4 +0.3 pp
2021 53.1 −0.4 pp
2020 53.5 +1.1 pp
2019 52.4 −0 pp
2018 52.5 +0.8 pp
2017 51.7 +0.1 pp
2016 51.6 +0.1 pp
2015 51.5 −2.3 pp
2014 53.8 −0.4 pp
2013 54.2 −0.4 pp
2012 54.6 −2.6 pp
2011 57.2 −2.7 pp
2010 59.9 −1.1 pp
2009 61 −0.2 pp
2008 61.2 −0.5 pp
2007 61.7 +0.3 pp
2006 61.4 −0.5 pp
2005 61.9 −2.3 pp
2004 64.2 −1.4 pp
2003 65.6 +1.6 pp
2002 64 −0.2 pp
2001 64.1 −3.1 pp
2000 67.3 +0.2 pp
1999 67 −0.2 pp
1998 67.3 +2.6 pp
1997 64.7 −1.2 pp
1996 65.9 −0.5 pp
1995 66.3 −0.4 pp
1994 66.7 −0.3 pp
1993 67 −0.4 pp
1992 67.5 −0.4 pp
1991 67.9

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.