Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Ukraine

Self-employed in Ukraine in 2021 — 21%. Ranked 128 in the world out of 187. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2021 21% −0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 128of 187
Period maximum 23.1%1998
Period minimum 20.6%1991

Trend over time

1991–2021 · % of employment

Self-employed — Ukraine, 1991–20212021222324199119941997200020032006200920122015201820211991: 20.6%1992: 21%1993: 21.4%1994: 22%1995: 22.4%1996: 22.7%1997: 23%1998: 23.1%1999: 23.1%2000: 23%2001: 22.8%2002: 22.6%2003: 22.3%2004: 22%2005: 21.6%2006: 21.3%2007: 21.1%2008: 20.9%2009: 20.8%2010: 20.7%2011: 20.6%2012: 20.7%2013: 20.7%2014: 20.7%2015: 20.7%2016: 20.7%2017: 20.8%2018: 20.8%2019: 21.5%2020: 21.3%2021: 21%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Ukraine 21%
World 46.6%
Eastern Europe computed 12.7%
Self-employed — Ukraine, by year Ukraine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 21 −0.3 pp
2020 21.3 −0.2 pp
2019 21.5 +0.6 pp
2018 20.8 +0 pp
2017 20.8 +0.1 pp
2016 20.7 +0.1 pp
2015 20.7 +0 pp
2014 20.7 −0 pp
2013 20.7 +0 pp
2012 20.7 +0 pp
2011 20.6 −0.1 pp
2010 20.7 −0.1 pp
2009 20.8 −0.1 pp
2008 20.9 −0.2 pp
2007 21.1 −0.2 pp
2006 21.3 −0.3 pp
2005 21.6 −0.3 pp
2004 22 −0.3 pp
2003 22.3 −0.3 pp
2002 22.6 −0.2 pp
2001 22.8 −0.2 pp
2000 23 −0.1 pp
1999 23.1 −0 pp
1998 23.1 +0.1 pp
1997 23 +0.3 pp
1996 22.7 +0.4 pp
1995 22.4 +0.4 pp
1994 22 +0.6 pp
1993 21.4 +0.5 pp
1992 21 +0.4 pp
1991 20.6

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.