Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Chad
Chad: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 88.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Chad, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Chad recorded 88.1% for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Chad peaked at 91.8% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 86.7%, in 2015.
Chad ranks 1st of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Chad, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 91.2% | — |
| 1992 | 91.0% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 91.4% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 91.5% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 91.6% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 91.8% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 91.8% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 91.6% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 91.6% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 91.6% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 91.4% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 91.2% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 90.7% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 89.6% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 88.6% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 87.9% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 87.4% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 87.2% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 87.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 86.9% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 86.8% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 86.7% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 86.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 86.7% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 86.7% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 87.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 87.4% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 87.3% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 87.5% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 88.3% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 87.6% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 87.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 87.9% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 88.0% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 88.1% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.5% | 91.0% | 91.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 89.3% | 87.2% | 91.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.0% | 86.7% | 87.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 87.6% | 88.3% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Chad?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Chad was 88.1% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 91.8% in 1996.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.7% in 2015.
- How does Chad rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Chad ranks 1st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, male (% of male 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.