Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Fiji
Fiji: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 34.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Fiji, 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 Fiji is 34.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Fiji peaked at 47.1% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 34.1%, in 2025.
Fiji ranks 90th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Fiji, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 39.2% | — |
| 1992 | 39.0% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 38.8% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 38.5% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 38.3% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 38.0% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 37.9% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 37.8% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 37.7% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 37.7% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 37.7% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 37.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 37.9% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 38.1% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 38.4% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 39.8% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 41.2% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 42.7% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 44.2% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 45.6% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 47.1% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 45.9% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 44.6% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 43.2% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 39.2% | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 35.4% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 35.2% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 35.0% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 34.8% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 35.5% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 35.1% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 34.9% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 34.7% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 34.4% | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 34.1% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.4% | 37.7% | 39.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 39.5% | 37.7% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.6% | 34.8% | 47.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.8% | 34.1% | 35.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Fiji?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Fiji was 34.1% 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 Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 47.1% in 2011.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.1% in 2025.
- How does Fiji rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Fiji ranks 90th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Fiji 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.