Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 10.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Luxembourg, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Luxembourg is 10.8%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Luxembourg peaked at 13.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2008.
That places Luxembourg 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11.1% | — |
| 1992 | 10.9% | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 11.6% | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 11.6% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 12.0% | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 10.7% | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 10.1% | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 10.6% | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 10.0% | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 8.0% | -24.8% |
| 2002 | 8.8% | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 8.8% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 9.3% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 8.2% | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 7.3% | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 9.6% | +31.6% |
| 2010 | 9.3% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 10.4% | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 9.9% | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | +29.1% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 10.4% | -8.7% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | +24.4% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | -13.6% |
| 2023 | 10.9% | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 10.8% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 10.8% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.9% | 10.0% | 12.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 8.9% | 7.3% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 9.3% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 10.4% | 13.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Luxembourg?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Luxembourg was 10.8% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 13.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2008.
- How does Luxembourg rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Luxembourg ranks 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.