Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Venezuela

Self-employed in Venezuela in 2025 — 40.4%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.9 pp.

2025 40.4% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 77of 182
Period maximum 40.9%2000
Period minimum 34%2007

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Venezuela, 1991–2025343638404219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 37.5%1992: 37.3%1993: 37.1%1994: 37.2%1995: 36.8%1996: 37.7%1997: 35.1%1998: 38.6%1999: 39.7%2000: 40.9%2001: 39.9%2002: 38.9%2003: 39.3%2004: 36.8%2005: 36.5%2006: 35.4%2007: 34%2008: 34.6%2009: 35.3%2010: 36.7%2011: 36.5%2012: 35.2%2013: 35%2014: 35%2015: 35%2016: 35.2%2017: 36.2%2018: 37.7%2019: 39.3%2020: 39.7%2021: 38.8%2022: 39.7%2023: 40.2%2024: 40.3%2025: 40.4%
Change over the period: +2.9 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Venezuela 40.4%
World 46.4%
South America computed 35.9%
Self-employed — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.4 +0.1 pp
2024 40.3 +0.1 pp
2023 40.2 +0.5 pp
2022 39.7 +1 pp
2021 38.8 −0.9 pp
2020 39.7 +0.4 pp
2019 39.3 +1.6 pp
2018 37.7 +1.5 pp
2017 36.2 +1 pp
2016 35.2 +0.1 pp
2015 35 +0.1 pp
2014 35 −0 pp
2013 35 −0.2 pp
2012 35.2 −1.3 pp
2011 36.5 −0.2 pp
2010 36.7 +1.5 pp
2009 35.3 +0.6 pp
2008 34.6 +0.6 pp
2007 34 −1.4 pp
2006 35.4 −1.1 pp
2005 36.5 −0.3 pp
2004 36.8 −2.5 pp
2003 39.3 +0.5 pp
2002 38.9 −1 pp
2001 39.9 −1 pp
2000 40.9 +1.2 pp
1999 39.7 +1.2 pp
1998 38.6 +3.5 pp
1997 35.1 −2.6 pp
1996 37.7 +0.8 pp
1995 36.8 −0.4 pp
1994 37.2 +0.1 pp
1993 37.1 −0.2 pp
1992 37.3 −0.2 pp
1991 37.5

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.