Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Czechia
Czechia: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 15.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Czechia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Czechia stood at 15.7%.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Czechia peaked at 18.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 1991.
That places Czechia 141st out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9.3% | — |
| 1992 | 9.6% | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 9.9% | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 11.0% | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 12.5% | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 12.8% | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 12.9% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 14.3% | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 15.1% | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 15.0% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 15.1% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 16.0% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 17.1% | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 16.8% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 16.1% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 16.2% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 16.8% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 18.1% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 18.4% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 17.6% | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 18.0% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 17.3% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 17.1% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 16.8% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 16.9% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 16.0% | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 16.5% | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 16.2% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 15.9% | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 15.7% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.9% | 9.3% | 15.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 16.1% | 15.0% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.5% | 16.8% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.2% | 15.7% | 16.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Czechia?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Czechia was 15.7% 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 Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 1991.
- How does Czechia rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Czechia ranks 141st out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia 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.