Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Tunisia

Self-employed in Tunisia in 2025 — 24.9%. Ranked 115 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 8.4 pp.

2025 24.9% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 115of 182
Period maximum 33.3%1991
Period minimum 24.5%2017

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Tunisia, 1991–202522.52527.53032.53519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 33.3%1992: 32.8%1993: 32.6%1994: 32.3%1995: 32.3%1996: 32%1997: 31.6%1998: 31.3%1999: 30.9%2000: 30.4%2001: 30.1%2002: 30.1%2003: 29.8%2004: 29.4%2005: 29.2%2006: 30%2007: 28.3%2008: 28.2%2009: 29.2%2010: 29.7%2011: 27%2012: 26.7%2013: 26.1%2014: 26.1%2015: 26.4%2016: 26.6%2017: 24.5%2018: 25.4%2019: 26.3%2020: 25.7%2021: 25.2%2022: 25.1%2023: 25.1%2024: 25%2025: 24.9%
Change over the period: −8.4 pp Annual average: -0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tunisia 24.9%
World 46.4%
Northern Africa computed 29.8%
Self-employed — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24.9 −0.1 pp
2024 25 −0.1 pp
2023 25.1 +0.1 pp
2022 25.1 −0.2 pp
2021 25.2 −0.5 pp
2020 25.7 −0.5 pp
2019 26.3 +0.9 pp
2018 25.4 +0.8 pp
2017 24.5 −2.1 pp
2016 26.6 +0.3 pp
2015 26.4 +0.3 pp
2014 26.1 −0 pp
2013 26.1 −0.7 pp
2012 26.7 −0.2 pp
2011 27 −2.7 pp
2010 29.7 +0.5 pp
2009 29.2 +1 pp
2008 28.2 −0.2 pp
2007 28.3 −1.7 pp
2006 30 +0.8 pp
2005 29.2 −0.2 pp
2004 29.4 −0.4 pp
2003 29.8 −0.3 pp
2002 30.1 −0 pp
2001 30.1 −0.4 pp
2000 30.4 −0.4 pp
1999 30.9 −0.4 pp
1998 31.3 −0.3 pp
1997 31.6 −0.4 pp
1996 32 −0.3 pp
1995 32.3 −0.1 pp
1994 32.3 −0.2 pp
1993 32.6 −0.3 pp
1992 32.8 −0.5 pp
1991 33.3

Northern Africa, 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.