Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Slovenia

Self-employed in Slovenia in 2025 — 14%. Ranked 143 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.2 pp.

2025 14% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 143of 182
Period maximum 21.7%1997
Period minimum 14%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Slovenia, 1991–202512141618202219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 17.2%1992: 17.6%1993: 18.1%1994: 20.3%1995: 19.6%1996: 19.5%1997: 21.7%1998: 21.6%1999: 20.7%2000: 19.4%2001: 19.9%2002: 19.1%2003: 18.4%2004: 19.6%2005: 19%2006: 19%2007: 18.6%2008: 17.7%2009: 19.1%2010: 18.8%2011: 18.2%2012: 17.9%2013: 18.7%2014: 19.8%2015: 17.9%2016: 16.1%2017: 16.4%2018: 16.3%2019: 14.9%2020: 14.8%2021: 14.5%2022: 14.5%2023: 14.3%2024: 14.1%2025: 14%
Change over the period: −3.2 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Slovenia 14%
World 46.4%
Southern Europe computed 19.3%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — Slovenia, by year Slovenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14 −0.2 pp
2024 14.1 −0.2 pp
2023 14.3 −0.2 pp
2022 14.5 −0 pp
2021 14.5 −0.3 pp
2020 14.8 −0.1 pp
2019 14.9 −1.3 pp
2018 16.3 −0.1 pp
2017 16.4 +0.3 pp
2016 16.1 −1.8 pp
2015 17.9 −1.9 pp
2014 19.8 +1.2 pp
2013 18.7 +0.8 pp
2012 17.9 −0.3 pp
2011 18.2 −0.7 pp
2010 18.8 −0.3 pp
2009 19.1 +1.4 pp
2008 17.7 −1 pp
2007 18.6 −0.4 pp
2006 19 −0 pp
2005 19 −0.5 pp
2004 19.6 +1.2 pp
2003 18.4 −0.7 pp
2002 19.1 −0.7 pp
2001 19.9 +0.4 pp
2000 19.4 −1.3 pp
1999 20.7 −0.9 pp
1998 21.6 −0 pp
1997 21.7 +2.2 pp
1996 19.5 −0.1 pp
1995 19.6 −0.7 pp
1994 20.3 +2.2 pp
1993 18.1 +0.6 pp
1992 17.6 +0.4 pp
1991 17.2

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.