Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Madagascar
Madagascar: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 88.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Madagascar, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 88.3% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Madagascar peaked at 89.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 82.5%, in 1991.
That places Madagascar 4th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 82.5% | — |
| 1992 | 82.5% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 82.5% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 82.6% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 82.7% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 82.7% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 82.8% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 82.8% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 83.1% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 83.3% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 84.2% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 85.1% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 85.9% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 86.6% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 87.3% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 88.2% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 89.1% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 89.0% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 89.2% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 89.3% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 89.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 89.3% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 89.1% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 89.0% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 88.8% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 89.4% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 89.0% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 88.8% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 88.7% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 88.5% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 88.3% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.7% | 82.5% | 82.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 84.9% | 82.8% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.1% | 88.8% | 89.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.8% | 88.3% | 89.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 1 Chad 91.6% compare
- 2 Niger 89.5% compare
- 3 Sierra Leone 88.8% compare
- 5 Nigeria 86.2% compare
- 6 Central African Republic 85.4% compare
- 7 Tanzania, United Republic of 85.3% compare
More work & labour data for Madagascar
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.445 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4265 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4632 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3514 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 31,158 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 22,645 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 43,120 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 42,221 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 85,341 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Madagascar?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Madagascar was 88.3% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 89.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.5% in 1991.
- How does Madagascar rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Madagascar ranks 4th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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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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.