Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Venezuela
Venezuela: Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 3.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela is 3.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela peaked at 6.8% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2025.
That places Venezuela 108th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6.6% | — |
| 1992 | 6.6% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 6.6% | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 6.6% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 5.8% | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | -12.7% |
| 1997 | 5.2% | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 5.2% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 5.3% | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 5.2% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | +29.0% |
| 2002 | 5.7% | -16.2% |
| 2003 | 5.2% | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4.6% | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 3.5% | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 3.2% | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 3.1% | -1.8% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 3.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.1%, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 3.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.7%, 84% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Venezuela changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +29.0% | 5.2% | 6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.9% | 5.1% | 6.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | 3.8% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More work & labour data for Venezuela
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,601 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 51.65 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 11,326 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.73 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.69 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 30,625 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 10,899 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 48.69 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.43 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.9762 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela was 3.1% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2001.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2025.
- How does Venezuela rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Venezuela ranks 108th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Venezuela data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, 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), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).