Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Croatia
Croatia: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) was 8.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Croatia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Croatia is 8.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Croatia peaked at 28.2% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2025.
That places Croatia 160th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 26.9% | — |
| 1992 | 27.3% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 27.7% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 28.0% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 28.2% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 27.9% | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 25.1% | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 23.3% | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 23.4% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 22.0% | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 20.9% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 20.6% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 19.8% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 18.4% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 17.4% | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 16.2% | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 15.5% | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 15.3% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 16.0% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 16.2% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 14.6% | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 13.0% | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 12.6% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 11.6% | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 10.4% | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 9.2% | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | -4.4% |
| 2025 | 8.5% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.4% | 23.3% | 28.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 18.1% | 15.2% | 22.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.9% | 10.2% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.4% | 8.5% | 10.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Croatia?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Croatia was 8.5% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2% in 1995.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2025.
- How does Croatia rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Croatia ranks 160th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.