Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Mali

Self-employed in Mali in 2025 — 76.4%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 10 pp.

2025 76.4% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 24of 182
Period maximum 86.4%1991
Period minimum 76.4%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Mali, 1991–20257580859019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 86.4%1992: 86.3%1993: 86.2%1994: 86%1995: 85.9%1996: 85.8%1997: 85.6%1998: 85.3%1999: 85.1%2000: 84.9%2001: 84.6%2002: 84.3%2003: 84%2004: 83.8%2005: 83.5%2006: 83.3%2007: 83.1%2008: 83%2009: 82.8%2010: 82.6%2011: 82.5%2012: 82.4%2013: 82.3%2014: 82.2%2015: 82.2%2016: 81.1%2017: 80.5%2018: 81%2019: 82.7%2020: 85.3%2021: 81.1%2022: 77.2%2023: 77%2024: 76.9%2025: 76.4%
Change over the period: −10 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mali 76.4%
World 46.4%
Western Africa computed 82%
Low-income countries computed 78.5%
Self-employed — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 76.4 −0.5 pp
2024 76.9 −0.2 pp
2023 77 −0.1 pp
2022 77.2 −3.9 pp
2021 81.1 −4.2 pp
2020 85.3 +2.6 pp
2019 82.7 +1.7 pp
2018 81 +0.6 pp
2017 80.5 −0.7 pp
2016 81.1 −1.1 pp
2015 82.2 +0 pp
2014 82.2 −0 pp
2013 82.3 −0.1 pp
2012 82.4 −0.1 pp
2011 82.5 −0.1 pp
2010 82.6 −0.2 pp
2009 82.8 −0.2 pp
2008 83 −0.2 pp
2007 83.1 −0.2 pp
2006 83.3 −0.2 pp
2005 83.5 −0.2 pp
2004 83.8 −0.2 pp
2003 84 −0.3 pp
2002 84.3 −0.3 pp
2001 84.6 −0.3 pp
2000 84.9 −0.2 pp
1999 85.1 −0.3 pp
1998 85.3 −0.2 pp
1997 85.6 −0.2 pp
1996 85.8 −0.2 pp
1995 85.9 −0.1 pp
1994 86 −0.1 pp
1993 86.2 −0.1 pp
1992 86.3 −0.1 pp
1991 86.4

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.