Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China
Macau, China: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 6.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Macau, China recorded 6.8% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China peaked at 11.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2018.
Macau, China ranks 178th of 187 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 Macau, China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11.2% | — |
| 1992 | 11.0% | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 10.9% | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 10.8% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 10.8% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 10.7% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 9.6% | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 9.7% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 10.9% | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 11.8% | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 10.7% | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 10.5% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 11.6% | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 10.4% | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 9.3% | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 8.6% | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 7.4% | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 7.9% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 7.3% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 6.8% | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 6.4% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 6.7% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 6.8% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 7.3% | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 7.1% | -3.1% |
| 2025 | 6.8% | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.6% | 9.6% | 11.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 7.4% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 6.3% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Macau, China
- 175 Hong Kong, China 7.7% compare
- 176 Brunei Darussalam 7.3% compare
- 177 Belarus 6.8% compare
- 179 Russian Federation 6.3% compare
- 180 United States of America 6.1% compare
- 181 Saudi Arabia 5.5% compare
More work & labour data for Macau, China
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.82 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 420.81 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 208.94 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 117,019 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 206,074 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.38 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.2761 % change on previous year (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.99 (2027)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Macau, China was 6.8% 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 Macau, China?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Macau, China?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2018.
- How does Macau, China rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Macau, China ranks 178th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Macau, China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Macau, China 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.