Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Slovakia

Self-employed in Slovakia in 2025 — 14.9%. Ranked 138 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 5.2 pp.

2025 14.9% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 138of 182
Period maximum 16.3%2010
Period minimum 9.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Slovakia, 1991–20258101214161819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 9.7%1992: 10.7%1993: 11%1994: 11%1995: 11.2%1996: 11%1997: 11%1998: 10.6%1999: 11.2%2000: 11.5%2001: 11.8%2002: 12.1%2003: 12.7%2004: 13.4%2005: 13.9%2006: 14.4%2007: 14.8%2008: 15%2009: 15.9%2010: 16.3%2011: 16.3%2012: 15.8%2013: 15.9%2014: 15.5%2015: 15.5%2016: 15.8%2017: 15.6%2018: 15.2%2019: 15.4%2020: 15.3%2021: 14.9%2022: 15%2023: 15.2%2024: 14.9%2025: 14.9%
Change over the period: +5.2 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Slovakia 14.9%
World 46.4%
Eastern Europe computed 10.3%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.9 −0.1 pp
2024 14.9 −0.2 pp
2023 15.2 +0.2 pp
2022 15 +0.1 pp
2021 14.9 −0.3 pp
2020 15.3 −0.1 pp
2019 15.4 +0.2 pp
2018 15.2 −0.4 pp
2017 15.6 −0.2 pp
2016 15.8 +0.3 pp
2015 15.5 +0 pp
2014 15.5 −0.4 pp
2013 15.9 +0.1 pp
2012 15.8 −0.5 pp
2011 16.3 −0 pp
2010 16.3 +0.4 pp
2009 15.9 +0.9 pp
2008 15 +0.2 pp
2007 14.8 +0.5 pp
2006 14.4 +0.4 pp
2005 13.9 +0.5 pp
2004 13.4 +0.7 pp
2003 12.7 +0.6 pp
2002 12.1 +0.3 pp
2001 11.8 +0.4 pp
2000 11.5 +0.2 pp
1999 11.2 +0.7 pp
1998 10.6 −0.4 pp
1997 11 −0.1 pp
1996 11 −0.1 pp
1995 11.2 +0.2 pp
1994 11 −0.1 pp
1993 11 +0.3 pp
1992 10.7 +1 pp
1991 9.7

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.