Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Greece
Greece: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 30.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Greece, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Greece recorded 30.5% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Greece peaked at 42.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 30.3%, in 2022.
Greece ranks 99th 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 41.4% | — |
| 1992 | 42.0% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 41.3% | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 41.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 40.7% | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 40.3% | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 39.8% | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 39.6% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 38.2% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 38.0% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 37.8% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 37.2% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 36.8% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 36.6% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 36.4% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 36.5% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 35.8% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 35.4% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 35.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 35.7% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 36.3% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 36.8% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 37.1% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 36.1% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 35.1% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 34.2% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 34.2% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 33.6% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 32.0% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 32.0% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 31.8% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 30.3% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 31.0% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 30.7% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 30.5% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.5% | 38.2% | 42.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 36.6% | 35.4% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.1% | 32.0% | 37.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.0% | 30.3% | 32.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Greece?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Greece was 30.5% 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 42.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.3% in 2022.
- How does Greece rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Greece ranks 99th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.