Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Madagascar

Self-employed in Madagascar in 2025 — 88.3%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5.8 pp.

2025 88.3% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 4of 182
Period maximum 89.4%2020
Period minimum 82.5%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Madagascar, 1991–2025828486889019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 82.5%1992: 82.5%1993: 82.5%1994: 82.6%1995: 82.7%1996: 82.7%1997: 82.8%1998: 82.8%1999: 82.8%2000: 82.8%2001: 82.8%2002: 83.1%2003: 83.3%2004: 84.2%2005: 85.1%2006: 85.9%2007: 86.6%2008: 87.3%2009: 88.2%2010: 89.1%2011: 89.1%2012: 89%2013: 89.2%2014: 89.3%2015: 89.4%2016: 89.3%2017: 89.1%2018: 89%2019: 88.8%2020: 89.4%2021: 89%2022: 88.8%2023: 88.7%2024: 88.5%2025: 88.3%
Change over the period: +5.8 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Madagascar 88.3%
World 46.4%
Eastern Africa computed 78.1%
Low-income countries computed 78.5%
Self-employed — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 88.3 −0.2 pp
2024 88.5 −0.2 pp
2023 88.7 −0.1 pp
2022 88.8 −0.1 pp
2021 89 −0.5 pp
2020 89.4 +0.7 pp
2019 88.8 −0.2 pp
2018 89 −0.2 pp
2017 89.1 −0.2 pp
2016 89.3 −0.1 pp
2015 89.4 +0.1 pp
2014 89.3 +0.1 pp
2013 89.2 +0.2 pp
2012 89 −0.1 pp
2011 89.1 −0 pp
2010 89.1 +0.9 pp
2009 88.2 +0.9 pp
2008 87.3 +0.7 pp
2007 86.6 +0.8 pp
2006 85.9 +0.8 pp
2005 85.1 +0.8 pp
2004 84.2 +0.9 pp
2003 83.3 +0.2 pp
2002 83.1 +0.3 pp
2001 82.8 +0 pp
2000 82.8 +0 pp
1999 82.8 −0 pp
1998 82.8 +0 pp
1997 82.8 +0 pp
1996 82.7 +0.1 pp
1995 82.7 +0.1 pp
1994 82.6 +0.1 pp
1993 82.5 +0 pp
1992 82.5 +0 pp
1991 82.5

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.