Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Luxembourg

Self-employed in Luxembourg in 2025 — 10.3%. Ranked 162 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 0.5 pp.

2025 10.3% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 162of 182
Period maximum 11.9%2021
Period minimum 6.5%2008

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Luxembourg, 1991–202568101219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 10.8%1992: 10.2%1993: 11.1%1994: 10.9%1995: 11.3%1996: 9.7%1997: 9.2%1998: 9.5%1999: 9.1%2000: 9.4%2001: 7.3%2002: 7.9%2003: 7.9%2004: 8.2%2005: 8%2006: 7.9%2007: 7.2%2008: 6.5%2009: 8.6%2010: 8.3%2011: 8.7%2012: 9%2013: 9.2%2014: 8.7%2015: 11.2%2016: 11.5%2017: 10.2%2018: 9.1%2019: 10.3%2020: 9.5%2021: 11.9%2022: 10.8%2023: 10.3%2024: 10.3%2025: 10.3%
Change over the period: −0.5 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Luxembourg 10.3%
World 46.4%
Western Europe computed 11.6%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Luxembourg, by year Luxembourg All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.3 +0 pp
2024 10.3 +0 pp
2023 10.3 −0.5 pp
2022 10.8 −1.1 pp
2021 11.9 +2.4 pp
2020 9.5 −0.8 pp
2019 10.3 +1.2 pp
2018 9.1 −1.1 pp
2017 10.2 −1.3 pp
2016 11.5 +0.2 pp
2015 11.2 +2.5 pp
2014 8.7 −0.5 pp
2013 9.2 +0.2 pp
2012 9 +0.3 pp
2011 8.7 +0.4 pp
2010 8.3 −0.3 pp
2009 8.6 +2.1 pp
2008 6.5 −0.7 pp
2007 7.2 −0.6 pp
2006 7.9 −0.2 pp
2005 8 −0.2 pp
2004 8.2 +0.3 pp
2003 7.9 −0 pp
2002 7.9 +0.6 pp
2001 7.3 −2.2 pp
2000 9.4 +0.3 pp
1999 9.1 −0.4 pp
1998 9.5 +0.3 pp
1997 9.2 −0.5 pp
1996 9.7 −1.6 pp
1995 11.3 +0.4 pp
1994 10.9 −0.2 pp
1993 11.1 +0.9 pp
1992 10.2 −0.6 pp
1991 10.8

Western Europe, 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.