Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Slovakia
Slovakia: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 14.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Slovakia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 14.9% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Slovakia peaked at 16.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 1991.
That places Slovakia 143rd out of 187 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 Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9.7% | — |
| 1992 | 10.7% | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 11.0% | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 11.0% | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 11.2% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 11.0% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 11.0% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 10.6% | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 11.2% | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 11.5% | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 11.8% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 12.1% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 12.7% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 13.4% | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 13.9% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 14.4% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 15.0% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 15.9% | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 16.3% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 15.8% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 15.9% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 15.5% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 15.8% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 15.6% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 15.4% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 15.0% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 15.2% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 14.9% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 14.9% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.8% | 9.7% | 11.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 11.5% | 15.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.7% | 15.2% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.0% | 14.9% | 15.3% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Slovakia?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Slovakia was 14.9% 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 Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 1991.
- How does Slovakia rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Slovakia ranks 143rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.