Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Mongolia

Self-employed in Mongolia in 2025 — 41.2%. Ranked 74 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 14.7 pp.

2025 41.2% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 74of 182
Period maximum 60.7%2006
Period minimum 41.2%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Mongolia, 1991–202540455055606519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 55.8%1992: 56%1993: 56.2%1994: 56.3%1995: 56.3%1996: 56.4%1997: 56.4%1998: 56.5%1999: 56.5%2000: 56.5%2001: 57.2%2002: 58%2003: 58.7%2004: 59.4%2005: 60%2006: 60.7%2007: 60.7%2008: 60.1%2009: 59.2%2010: 54.2%2011: 53.1%2012: 49.5%2013: 48%2014: 47.5%2015: 48.2%2016: 45.4%2017: 47.2%2018: 46%2019: 45.7%2020: 45.1%2021: 44.3%2022: 43.5%2023: 42%2024: 41.6%2025: 41.2%
Change over the period: −14.7 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mongolia 41.2%
World 46.4%
Eastern Asia computed 35.3%
Self-employed — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.2 −0.4 pp
2024 41.6 −0.5 pp
2023 42 −1.4 pp
2022 43.5 −0.8 pp
2021 44.3 −0.8 pp
2020 45.1 −0.6 pp
2019 45.7 −0.3 pp
2018 46 −1.2 pp
2017 47.2 +1.8 pp
2016 45.4 −2.8 pp
2015 48.2 +0.7 pp
2014 47.5 −0.5 pp
2013 48 −1.5 pp
2012 49.5 −3.7 pp
2011 53.1 −1 pp
2010 54.2 −5 pp
2009 59.2 −0.9 pp
2008 60.1 −0.6 pp
2007 60.7 −0 pp
2006 60.7 +0.7 pp
2005 60 +0.7 pp
2004 59.4 +0.7 pp
2003 58.7 +0.7 pp
2002 58 +0.7 pp
2001 57.2 +0.8 pp
2000 56.5 −0 pp
1999 56.5 +0 pp
1998 56.5 +0.1 pp
1997 56.4 −0 pp
1996 56.4 +0.1 pp
1995 56.3 +0 pp
1994 56.3 +0.1 pp
1993 56.2 +0.2 pp
1992 56 +0.2 pp
1991 55.8

Eastern 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.