Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Russia

Self-employed in Russia in 2025 — 6.3%. Ranked 174 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.5 pp.

2025 6.3% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 174of 182
Period maximum 7.7%1997
Period minimum 3.8%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Russia, 1991–202534567819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 3.8%1992: 4.3%1993: 4.8%1994: 5.4%1995: 5.9%1996: 6.1%1997: 7.7%1998: 7.6%1999: 7.6%2000: 7.5%2001: 7.3%2002: 7.2%2003: 7.2%2004: 7.1%2005: 7.1%2006: 7%2007: 6.9%2008: 6.8%2009: 7%2010: 6.8%2011: 7.1%2012: 6.9%2013: 7.3%2014: 7.3%2015: 7.3%2016: 7.5%2017: 6.7%2018: 6.9%2019: 6.8%2020: 6.8%2021: 6.7%2022: 6.5%2023: 6.6%2024: 6.4%2025: 6.3%
Change over the period: +2.5 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Russia 6.3%
World 46.4%
Eastern Europe computed 10.3%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Russia, by year Russia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.3 −0.1 pp
2024 6.4 −0.2 pp
2023 6.6 +0 pp
2022 6.5 −0.2 pp
2021 6.7 −0.1 pp
2020 6.8 +0 pp
2019 6.8 −0.1 pp
2018 6.9 +0.2 pp
2017 6.7 −0.9 pp
2016 7.5 +0.3 pp
2015 7.3 +0 pp
2014 7.3 −0.1 pp
2013 7.3 +0.4 pp
2012 6.9 −0.2 pp
2011 7.1 +0.3 pp
2010 6.8 −0.2 pp
2009 7 +0.2 pp
2008 6.8 −0.1 pp
2007 6.9 −0.1 pp
2006 7 −0.1 pp
2005 7.1 −0 pp
2004 7.1 −0.1 pp
2003 7.2 −0.1 pp
2002 7.2 −0.1 pp
2001 7.3 −0.2 pp
2000 7.5 −0.1 pp
1999 7.6 +0 pp
1998 7.6 −0.1 pp
1997 7.7 +1.6 pp
1996 6.1 +0.2 pp
1995 5.9 +0.5 pp
1994 5.4 +0.6 pp
1993 4.8 +0.6 pp
1992 4.3 +0.4 pp
1991 3.8

Eastern 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.