Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 71.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Cote d'Ivoire, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Cote d'Ivoire stood at 71.0%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 82.1% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 71.0%, in 2025.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 31st of 187 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) (modeled ILO estimate) in Cote d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 81.9% | — |
| 1992 | 82.0% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 82.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 82.1% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 82.0% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 81.9% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 81.6% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 81.4% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 81.2% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 81.1% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 81.1% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 81.1% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 81.2% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 81.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 81.1% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 81.0% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 80.9% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 80.7% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 80.2% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 79.6% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 79.3% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 78.9% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 76.7% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 75.8% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 74.8% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 73.9% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 74.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 74.0% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 73.7% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 73.9% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 72.9% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 72.0% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 71.6% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 71.3% | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 71.0% | -0.5% |
Cote d'Ivoire compared with similar countries
- Cote d'Ivoire's 71.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 64.6%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cote d'Ivoire's 71.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 71.0%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.8% | 81.2% | 82.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 81.0% | 80.2% | 81.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.1% | 73.7% | 79.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.1% | 71.0% | 73.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cote d'Ivoire
More work & labour data for Cote d'Ivoire
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 6,814 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 67.05 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 13,867 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.41 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.53 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 19,166 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,805 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 65.43 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.05 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.96 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Cote d'Ivoire was 71.0% 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 Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 82.1% in 1994.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.0% in 2025.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 31st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire 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.