Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — United States Virgin Islands

Self-employed in the United States Virgin Islands in 2025 — 9.1%. Ranked 165 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.5 pp.

2025 9.1% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 165of 182
Period maximum 9.2%2021
Period minimum 7.6%2008

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — United States Virgin Islands, 1991–20257.588.599.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 8.6%1992: 8.5%1993: 8.5%1994: 8.4%1995: 8.3%1996: 8.3%1997: 8.2%1998: 8.1%1999: 8.1%2000: 8%2001: 7.9%2002: 7.9%2003: 7.9%2004: 7.8%2005: 7.8%2006: 7.7%2007: 7.6%2008: 7.6%2009: 7.6%2010: 7.6%2011: 7.7%2012: 7.9%2013: 8.1%2014: 8.3%2015: 8.4%2016: 8.5%2017: 8.6%2018: 8.6%2019: 8.5%2020: 9.2%2021: 9.2%2022: 9.2%2023: 9.1%2024: 9.1%2025: 9.1%
Change over the period: +0.5 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands 9.1%
World 46.4%
High-income countries computed 11%
Self-employed — United States Virgin Islands, by year United States Virgin Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.1 −0 pp
2024 9.1 −0 pp
2023 9.1 −0.1 pp
2022 9.2 −0.1 pp
2021 9.2 +0 pp
2020 9.2 +0.7 pp
2019 8.5 −0.1 pp
2018 8.6 +0 pp
2017 8.6 +0.1 pp
2016 8.5 +0.1 pp
2015 8.4 +0.1 pp
2014 8.3 +0.2 pp
2013 8.1 +0.2 pp
2012 7.9 +0.2 pp
2011 7.7 +0.1 pp
2010 7.6 +0 pp
2009 7.6 +0 pp
2008 7.6 −0 pp
2007 7.6 −0.1 pp
2006 7.7 −0 pp
2005 7.8 −0.1 pp
2004 7.8 −0 pp
2003 7.9 −0 pp
2002 7.9 −0 pp
2001 7.9 −0.1 pp
2000 8 −0.1 pp
1999 8.1 −0.1 pp
1998 8.1 −0.1 pp
1997 8.2 −0.1 pp
1996 8.3 −0.1 pp
1995 8.3 −0.1 pp
1994 8.4 −0.1 pp
1993 8.5 −0 pp
1992 8.5 −0 pp
1991 8.6

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.