Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Channel Islands
Channel Islands: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 8.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Channel Islands, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Channel Islands recorded 8.6% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Channel Islands peaked at 10.1% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2008.
That places Channel Islands 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Channel Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10.1% | — |
| 1992 | 10.0% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 10.0% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 9.9% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 9.7% | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 9.6% | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 9.4% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 9.3% | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 9.1% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 9.0% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 8.9% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 8.8% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 8.8% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 8.7% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 8.6% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 8.6% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 8.5% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 8.5% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 8.5% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 8.6% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 8.8% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 8.9% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 9.0% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 9.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 8.9% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 8.9% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 8.6% | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 8.6% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.7% | 9.1% | 10.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 8.5% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 8.6% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.6% | 9.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Channel Islands
More work & labour data for Channel Islands
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 49.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 48.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 77.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 56.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 63.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 45.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 64.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 71.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Channel Islands?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Channel Islands was 8.6% 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 Channel Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 10.1% in 1991.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Channel Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2008.
- How does Channel Islands rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Channel Islands ranks 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Channel Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Channel Islands 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.