Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Togo

Self-employed in Togo in 2025 — 76.6%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 6.9 pp.

2025 76.6% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 23of 182
Period maximum 83.9%1994
Period minimum 76.6%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Togo, 1991–2025767880828419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 83.6%1992: 83.6%1993: 83.9%1994: 83.9%1995: 83.8%1996: 83.7%1997: 83.4%1998: 83.3%1999: 83.1%2000: 83.1%2001: 83%2002: 83%2003: 82.9%2004: 82.9%2005: 82.9%2006: 82.9%2007: 82.9%2008: 82.9%2009: 82.9%2010: 82.7%2011: 82.6%2012: 82.4%2013: 82.1%2014: 81.8%2015: 81.5%2016: 81.2%2017: 80.8%2018: 80.4%2019: 80%2020: 80.4%2021: 78.9%2022: 77.5%2023: 77.3%2024: 77%2025: 76.6%
Change over the period: −6.9 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Togo 76.6%
World 46.4%
Western Africa computed 82%
Low-income countries computed 78.5%
Self-employed — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 76.6 −0.4 pp
2024 77 −0.2 pp
2023 77.3 −0.3 pp
2022 77.5 −1.3 pp
2021 78.9 −1.5 pp
2020 80.4 +0.4 pp
2019 80 −0.3 pp
2018 80.4 −0.4 pp
2017 80.8 −0.4 pp
2016 81.2 −0.3 pp
2015 81.5 −0.3 pp
2014 81.8 −0.3 pp
2013 82.1 −0.3 pp
2012 82.4 −0.2 pp
2011 82.6 −0.2 pp
2010 82.7 −0.1 pp
2009 82.9 −0.1 pp
2008 82.9 +0 pp
2007 82.9 +0 pp
2006 82.9 −0 pp
2005 82.9 +0 pp
2004 82.9 −0 pp
2003 82.9 −0.1 pp
2002 83 −0 pp
2001 83 −0 pp
2000 83.1 −0.1 pp
1999 83.1 −0.1 pp
1998 83.3 −0.1 pp
1997 83.4 −0.3 pp
1996 83.7 −0.1 pp
1995 83.8 −0.1 pp
1994 83.9 +0 pp
1993 83.9 +0.3 pp
1992 83.6 +0 pp
1991 83.6

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.