Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Lithuania

Self-employed in Lithuania in 2025 — 11.5%. Ranked 159 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 5.1 pp.

2025 11.5% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 159of 182
Period maximum 20.9%2003
Period minimum 10.6%2011

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Lithuania, 1991–20251015202519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 16.6%1992: 17.1%1993: 17.8%1994: 18.7%1995: 19.3%1996: 19.6%1997: 19.7%1998: 19.6%1999: 20.5%2000: 19.7%2001: 20.2%2002: 20.8%2003: 20.9%2004: 18.8%2005: 17.2%2006: 17%2007: 14.6%2008: 11.7%2009: 12%2010: 10.9%2011: 10.6%2012: 11.1%2013: 11.8%2014: 12.1%2015: 12.3%2016: 12.3%2017: 12%2018: 11.7%2019: 11.7%2020: 11.8%2021: 11.6%2022: 11.9%2023: 11.9%2024: 11.7%2025: 11.5%
Change over the period: −5.1 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Lithuania 11.5%
World 46.4%
Northern Europe computed 12%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.5 −0.2 pp
2024 11.7 −0.2 pp
2023 11.9 −0 pp
2022 11.9 +0.3 pp
2021 11.6 −0.1 pp
2020 11.8 +0.1 pp
2019 11.7 −0 pp
2018 11.7 −0.3 pp
2017 12 −0.3 pp
2016 12.3 +0.1 pp
2015 12.3 +0.2 pp
2014 12.1 +0.3 pp
2013 11.8 +0.7 pp
2012 11.1 +0.5 pp
2011 10.6 −0.3 pp
2010 10.9 −1.1 pp
2009 12 +0.3 pp
2008 11.7 −2.9 pp
2007 14.6 −2.4 pp
2006 17 −0.2 pp
2005 17.2 −1.7 pp
2004 18.8 −2.1 pp
2003 20.9 +0.2 pp
2002 20.8 +0.6 pp
2001 20.2 +0.5 pp
2000 19.7 −0.8 pp
1999 20.5 +0.9 pp
1998 19.6 −0.1 pp
1997 19.7 +0 pp
1996 19.6 +0.3 pp
1995 19.3 +0.7 pp
1994 18.7 +0.8 pp
1993 17.8 +0.7 pp
1992 17.1 +0.5 pp
1991 16.6

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.