Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Angola
Angola: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 75.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Angola, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Angola is 75.9%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Angola peaked at 89.6% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 74.6%, in 2015.
Angola ranks 26th of 186 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, total (% of total employment) in Angola, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 88.5% | — |
| 1992 | 88.6% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 89.1% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 89.5% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 89.6% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 89.5% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 89.2% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 88.8% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 88.6% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 88.3% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 88.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 87.6% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 87.3% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 86.9% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 86.3% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 85.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 85.3% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 84.5% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 83.8% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 83.3% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 83.0% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 80.3% | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 77.5% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 74.7% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 74.6% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 74.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 74.7% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 74.8% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 74.8% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 75.4% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 75.3% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 75.8% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 75.9% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 75.9% | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 75.9% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.1% | 88.5% | 89.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 86.4% | 83.8% | 88.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 74.6% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.7% | 75.3% | 75.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Angola?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Angola was 75.9% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 89.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.6% in 2015.
- How does Angola rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Angola ranks 26th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, total (% of total 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.