Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 63.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Côte d'Ivoire recorded 63.4% for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire peaked at 75.7% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 63.4%, in 2025.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 32nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 75.6% | — |
| 1992 | 75.6% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 75.7% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 75.7% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 75.6% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 75.5% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 75.1% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 74.9% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 74.5% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 74.3% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 74.2% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 74.0% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 74.0% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 73.9% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 73.8% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 73.5% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 73.3% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 72.9% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 72.2% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 71.5% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 71.0% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 70.4% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 68.8% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 67.9% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 67.1% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 66.3% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 68.7% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 68.0% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 67.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 67.3% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 65.9% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 64.6% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 64.2% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 63.8% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 63.4% | -0.6% |
Côte d'Ivoire compared with similar countries
- Côte d'Ivoire's 63.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58.5%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Côte d'Ivoire's 63.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.4%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 75.3% | 74.5% | 75.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 73.6% | 72.2% | 74.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.7% | 66.3% | 71.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.9% | 63.4% | 67.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Côte d'Ivoire
More work & labour data for Côte d'Ivoire
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 6,814 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 67.05 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 13,867 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.41 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.53 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 19,166 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,805 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 65.43 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.05 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.96 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire was 63.4% 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 Côte d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 75.7% in 1994.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Côte d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.4% in 2025.
- How does Côte d'Ivoire rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Côte d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Côte d'Ivoire 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.