Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Netherlands
Netherlands: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 20.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Netherlands, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 20.4% for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Netherlands peaked at 20.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 1991.
That places Netherlands 135th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11.0% | — |
| 1992 | 11.6% | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 11.9% | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 13.0% | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 13.4% | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 13.0% | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 13.1% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 12.3% | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 12.1% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 12.1% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 12.4% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 12.7% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 12.5% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 13.4% | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 15.4% | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 15.9% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 16.2% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 16.5% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 16.6% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 17.0% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 17.2% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 18.4% | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 18.6% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 18.7% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 18.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 18.5% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 18.5% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 18.3% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 19.9% | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 19.5% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 20.2% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 20.5% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 20.5% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 20.4% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.4% | 11.0% | 13.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 14.4% | 12.1% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 16.6% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.1% | 19.5% | 20.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 132 New Zealand 21.5% compare
- 133 Slovakia 21.0% compare
- 134 French Polynesia 20.6% compare
- 136 North Macedonia 20.4% compare
- 137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.6% compare
- 138 Australia 19.5% compare
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 5,256 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.71 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,535 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.834 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 130,584 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 94,797 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.03 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.4 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.1112 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Netherlands?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Netherlands was 20.4% 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 20.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 1991.
- How does Netherlands rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Netherlands ranks 135th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.