Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — New Caledonia

Self-employed in New Caledonia in 2025 — 17.1%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.6 pp.

2025 17.1% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 130of 182
Period maximum 17.1%2025
Period minimum 14.2%2019

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — New Caledonia, 1991–2025141516171819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 15.5%1992: 15.4%1993: 15.3%1994: 15.3%1995: 15.3%1996: 15.3%1997: 15.2%1998: 15.3%1999: 15.4%2000: 15.4%2001: 15.5%2002: 15.4%2003: 15.4%2004: 15.3%2005: 15.2%2006: 15%2007: 14.8%2008: 14.8%2009: 14.8%2010: 14.6%2011: 14.5%2012: 14.4%2013: 14.3%2014: 14.3%2015: 14.3%2016: 14.3%2017: 14.3%2018: 14.2%2019: 14.2%2020: 16.9%2021: 16.9%2022: 16.9%2023: 16.9%2024: 17%2025: 17.1%
Change over the period: +1.6 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

New Caledonia 17.1%
World 46.4%
Melanesia computed 72.1%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — New Caledonia, by year New Caledonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.1 +0.2 pp
2024 17 +0.1 pp
2023 16.9 +0 pp
2022 16.9 +0 pp
2021 16.9 −0.1 pp
2020 16.9 +2.7 pp
2019 14.2 −0 pp
2018 14.2 −0 pp
2017 14.3 −0 pp
2016 14.3 +0 pp
2015 14.3 −0 pp
2014 14.3 −0.1 pp
2013 14.3 −0.1 pp
2012 14.4 −0.1 pp
2011 14.5 −0.1 pp
2010 14.6 −0.2 pp
2009 14.8 −0.1 pp
2008 14.8 +0 pp
2007 14.8 −0.2 pp
2006 15 −0.2 pp
2005 15.2 −0.1 pp
2004 15.3 −0.1 pp
2003 15.4 −0.1 pp
2002 15.4 −0 pp
2001 15.5 +0.1 pp
2000 15.4 −0 pp
1999 15.4 +0 pp
1998 15.3 +0.1 pp
1997 15.2 −0.1 pp
1996 15.3 +0 pp
1995 15.3 −0 pp
1994 15.3 −0 pp
1993 15.3 −0.1 pp
1992 15.4 −0.1 pp
1991 15.5

Melanesia, 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.