Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Finland
Finland: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 12.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Finland, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Finland recorded 12.5% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Finland peaked at 16.7% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 12.3%, in 2008.
Finland ranks 159th 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 Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 15.9% | — |
| 1992 | 16.3% | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 16.6% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 16.7% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 15.8% | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 16.6% | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 15.5% | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 14.6% | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 13.8% | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 13.5% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 13.0% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 12.9% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 12.8% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 12.5% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 12.5% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 13.1% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 12.3% | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 13.5% | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 13.9% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 13.1% | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 13.2% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 13.0% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 14.3% | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 13.8% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 12.9% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 13.2% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 13.9% | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 13.5% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 12.9% | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 12.5% | -2.6% |
| 2025 | 12.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.7% | 13.8% | 16.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 12.9% | 12.3% | 13.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 12.9% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 12.5% | 13.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Finland?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Finland was 12.5% 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 1994.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.3% in 2008.
- How does Finland rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Finland ranks 159th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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.