Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Uzbekistan

Self-employed in Uzbekistan in 2025 — 45.4%. Ranked 63 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 7.5 pp.

2025 45.4% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 63of 182
Period maximum 53.1%1996
Period minimum 45.4%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Uzbekistan, 1991–202544464850525419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 52.9%1992: 52.8%1993: 53%1994: 53%1995: 53%1996: 53.1%1997: 52.9%1998: 52.8%1999: 52.6%2000: 52.3%2001: 52%2002: 51.7%2003: 51.3%2004: 50.9%2005: 50.5%2006: 50.1%2007: 49.7%2008: 49.3%2009: 48.9%2010: 48.6%2011: 48.2%2012: 47.9%2013: 47.7%2014: 47.4%2015: 47.1%2016: 46.9%2017: 46.7%2018: 46.5%2019: 46.3%2020: 46.6%2021: 46.3%2022: 46.1%2023: 45.9%2024: 45.7%2025: 45.4%
Change over the period: −7.5 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Uzbekistan 45.4%
World 46.4%
Central Asia computed 36.1%
Self-employed — Uzbekistan, by year Uzbekistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.4 −0.2 pp
2024 45.7 −0.2 pp
2023 45.9 −0.2 pp
2022 46.1 −0.2 pp
2021 46.3 −0.3 pp
2020 46.6 +0.3 pp
2019 46.3 −0.2 pp
2018 46.5 −0.2 pp
2017 46.7 −0.2 pp
2016 46.9 −0.2 pp
2015 47.1 −0.2 pp
2014 47.4 −0.3 pp
2013 47.7 −0.3 pp
2012 47.9 −0.3 pp
2011 48.2 −0.4 pp
2010 48.6 −0.4 pp
2009 48.9 −0.4 pp
2008 49.3 −0.4 pp
2007 49.7 −0.4 pp
2006 50.1 −0.4 pp
2005 50.5 −0.4 pp
2004 50.9 −0.4 pp
2003 51.3 −0.3 pp
2002 51.7 −0.3 pp
2001 52 −0.3 pp
2000 52.3 −0.3 pp
1999 52.6 −0.2 pp
1998 52.8 −0.1 pp
1997 52.9 −0.1 pp
1996 53.1 +0 pp
1995 53 +0.1 pp
1994 53 +0 pp
1993 53 +0.2 pp
1992 52.8 −0.1 pp
1991 52.9

Central Asia, 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.