Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Togo
Togo: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 68.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Togo, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Togo recorded 68.6% for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Togo peaked at 76.6% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 68.6%, in 2025.
That places Togo 25th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 76.1% | — |
| 1992 | 76.2% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 76.6% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 76.6% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 76.5% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 76.3% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 75.9% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 75.7% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 75.5% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 75.4% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 75.4% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 75.3% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 75.2% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 75.1% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 75.2% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 75.3% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 75.3% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 75.4% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 75.3% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 75.2% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 75.0% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 74.7% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 74.4% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 74.0% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 73.6% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 73.2% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 72.8% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 72.3% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 72.0% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 72.7% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 71.0% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 69.7% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 69.4% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 69.0% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 68.6% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.1% | 75.5% | 76.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 75.3% | 75.1% | 75.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.7% | 72.0% | 75.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.1% | 68.6% | 72.7% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Togo?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Togo was 68.6% 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 76.6% in 1994.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.6% in 2025.
- How does Togo rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Togo ranks 25th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.