Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Georgia
Georgia: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 46.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Georgia, 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 Georgia is 46.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Georgia peaked at 66.4% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 46.1%, in 2025.
Georgia ranks 63rd 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 Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 50.7% | — |
| 1992 | 51.7% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 53.0% | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 54.2% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 55.2% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 55.8% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 56.2% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 56.1% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 56.9% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 62.0% | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 64.5% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 64.6% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 66.1% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 66.4% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 65.7% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 65.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 63.5% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 61.2% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 60.9% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 59.3% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 58.6% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 57.0% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 57.9% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 56.3% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 54.1% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 53.5% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 52.0% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 49.6% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 50.1% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 49.9% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 49.1% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 48.8% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 47.2% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 46.6% | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 46.1% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.4% | 50.7% | 56.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 64.0% | 60.9% | 66.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.9% | 49.6% | 59.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.9% | 46.1% | 49.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Georgia?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Georgia was 46.1% 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 66.4% in 2004.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.1% in 2025.
- How does Georgia rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Georgia ranks 63rd out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Georgia 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.