Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Kyrgyzstan

Self-employed in Kyrgyzstan in 2025 — 30.5%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.4 pp.

2025 30.5% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 96of 182
Period maximum 42.4%2014
Period minimum 30.5%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Kyrgyzstan, 1991–20253035404519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 34.9%1992: 35.1%1993: 35.7%1994: 36.8%1995: 37.6%1996: 38.1%1997: 38.3%1998: 38.4%1999: 38.3%2000: 38%2001: 37.8%2002: 37.5%2003: 37.2%2004: 36.9%2005: 36.7%2006: 36.5%2007: 36.4%2008: 36.1%2009: 36.2%2010: 36.3%2011: 37.2%2012: 37%2013: 42.1%2014: 42.4%2015: 40%2016: 38.3%2017: 35.2%2018: 35%2019: 33%2020: 34%2021: 32.3%2022: 32.1%2023: 31.5%2024: 31%2025: 30.5%
Change over the period: −4.4 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kyrgyzstan 30.5%
World 46.4%
Central Asia computed 36.1%
Self-employed — Kyrgyzstan, by year Kyrgyzstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.5 −0.5 pp
2024 31 −0.5 pp
2023 31.5 −0.6 pp
2022 32.1 −0.2 pp
2021 32.3 −1.7 pp
2020 34 +0.9 pp
2019 33 −2 pp
2018 35 −0.2 pp
2017 35.2 −3.1 pp
2016 38.3 −1.7 pp
2015 40 −2.3 pp
2014 42.4 +0.2 pp
2013 42.1 +5.2 pp
2012 37 −0.2 pp
2011 37.2 +0.9 pp
2010 36.3 +0.2 pp
2009 36.2 +0 pp
2008 36.1 −0.3 pp
2007 36.4 −0.2 pp
2006 36.5 −0.1 pp
2005 36.7 −0.2 pp
2004 36.9 −0.4 pp
2003 37.2 −0.3 pp
2002 37.5 −0.2 pp
2001 37.8 −0.3 pp
2000 38 −0.2 pp
1999 38.3 −0.1 pp
1998 38.4 +0.1 pp
1997 38.3 +0.2 pp
1996 38.1 +0.4 pp
1995 37.6 +0.9 pp
1994 36.8 +1 pp
1993 35.7 +0.6 pp
1992 35.1 +0.2 pp
1991 34.9

Central Asia, 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.