Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Solomon Islands

Self-employed in the Solomon Islands in 2025 — 69.9%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.9 pp.

2025 69.9% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 32of 182
Period maximum 74.8%1991
Period minimum 69.9%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Solomon Islands, 1991–2025687072747619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 74.8%1992: 74.5%1993: 74.2%1994: 73.9%1995: 73.5%1996: 73.2%1997: 73.1%1998: 73%1999: 73%2000: 73.2%2001: 73.7%2002: 73.9%2003: 74%2004: 73.9%2005: 73.7%2006: 73.4%2007: 73%2008: 72.6%2009: 72.3%2010: 71.8%2011: 71.4%2012: 71.1%2013: 70.8%2014: 70.6%2015: 70.5%2016: 70.4%2017: 70.2%2018: 70.1%2019: 70%2020: 71%2021: 70.4%2022: 70.3%2023: 70.2%2024: 70.1%2025: 69.9%
Change over the period: −4.9 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Solomon Islands 69.9%
World 46.4%
Melanesia computed 72.1%
Self-employed — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.9 −0.2 pp
2024 70.1 −0.1 pp
2023 70.2 −0.1 pp
2022 70.3 −0.1 pp
2021 70.4 −0.6 pp
2020 71 +1 pp
2019 70 −0.1 pp
2018 70.1 −0.1 pp
2017 70.2 −0.1 pp
2016 70.4 −0.2 pp
2015 70.5 −0.1 pp
2014 70.6 −0.2 pp
2013 70.8 −0.3 pp
2012 71.1 −0.3 pp
2011 71.4 −0.5 pp
2010 71.8 −0.4 pp
2009 72.3 −0.4 pp
2008 72.6 −0.4 pp
2007 73 −0.3 pp
2006 73.4 −0.3 pp
2005 73.7 −0.2 pp
2004 73.9 −0.1 pp
2003 74 +0.1 pp
2002 73.9 +0.3 pp
2001 73.7 +0.4 pp
2000 73.2 +0.3 pp
1999 73 −0.1 pp
1998 73 −0.1 pp
1997 73.1 −0.1 pp
1996 73.2 −0.3 pp
1995 73.5 −0.4 pp
1994 73.9 −0.3 pp
1993 74.2 −0.3 pp
1992 74.5 −0.3 pp
1991 74.8

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.