Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 10.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg stood at 10.3%.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg peaked at 11.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 2008.
That places Luxembourg 167th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10.8% | — |
| 1992 | 10.2% | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 11.1% | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 10.9% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 11.3% | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 9.7% | -13.8% |
| 1997 | 9.2% | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 9.5% | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 9.1% | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 9.4% | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 7.3% | -22.9% |
| 2002 | 7.9% | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 7.9% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 8.2% | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 7.9% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 7.2% | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 6.5% | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 8.6% | +31.6% |
| 2010 | 8.3% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 9.2% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 8.7% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | +28.9% |
| 2016 | 11.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | -10.4% |
| 2019 | 10.3% | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 9.5% | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 11.9% | +25.1% |
| 2022 | 10.8% | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 10.3% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 10.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.2% | 9.1% | 11.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 7.9% | 6.5% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 8.3% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 9.5% | 11.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg was 10.3% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 2008.
- How does Luxembourg rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Luxembourg ranks 167th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.