Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 30.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 30.5% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 42.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 30.5%, in 2025.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 98th of 187 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 Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 34.9% | — |
| 1992 | 35.1% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 35.7% | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 36.8% | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 37.6% | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 38.1% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 38.3% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 38.4% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 38.3% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 38.0% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 37.8% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 37.5% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 37.2% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 36.9% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 36.7% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 36.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 36.4% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 36.1% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 36.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 36.3% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 37.2% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 37.0% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 42.1% | +14.1% |
| 2014 | 42.4% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 40.0% | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 38.3% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 35.2% | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 35.0% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 33.0% | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 34.0% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 32.3% | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 32.1% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 31.5% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 31.0% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 30.5% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.0% | 34.9% | 38.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 36.9% | 36.1% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.7% | 33.0% | 42.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.9% | 30.5% | 34.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 42.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.5% in 2025.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 98th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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.