Croatia vs United Kingdom: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Croatia
12.7%
in 2025
United Kingdom
13.1%
in 2025
Croatia rank
156th
United Kingdom rank
154th

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time

  • Croatia
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 13.1% against 12.7% in Croatia, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 156th and United Kingdom ranks 154th of 187 countries.

Croatia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1990s 27.2% 13.3% 13.8% Croatia
2000s 21.8% 12.9% 8.9% Croatia
2010s 17.4% 14.8% 2.6% Croatia
2020s 13.9% 13.5% 0.3% Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Croatia or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 13.1% against 12.7% in Croatia as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Croatia and United Kingdom?
0.4%, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and United Kingdom?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Croatia and United Kingdom rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Croatia ranks 156th and United Kingdom ranks 154th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.