Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Belarus
Belarus: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 6.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Belarus, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Belarus stood at 6.8%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Belarus peaked at 15.7% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2025.
Belarus ranks 176th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Belarus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 14.8% | — |
| 1992 | 14.9% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 15.1% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 15.3% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 15.6% | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 15.7% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 15.6% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 15.4% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 15.1% | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 14.7% | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 14.3% | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 13.8% | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 12.6% | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 10.7% | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 7.9% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 7.9% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 7.9% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 7.3% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 7.1% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 6.8% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.3% | 14.8% | 15.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 12.2% | 9.5% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 7.9% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Belarus?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Belarus was 6.8% 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 15.7% in 1996.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2025.
- How does Belarus rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Belarus ranks 176th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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.