Angola: Self-employment

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 Angola

Self-employment, percent of total employment

 Latest value 75.90
 Year 2025
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1991 - 2025
 Average 82.62
 Min - Max 74.59 - 89.63
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2025 is 75.9 percent, an increase from 75.86 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 38.92 percent, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for Angola from 1991 to 2025 is 82.62 percent. The minimum value, 74.59 percent, was reached in 2015 while the maximum of 89.63 percent was recorded in 1995. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
Angola - Self-employment - Recent values chart

Historical series
Angola - Self-employment - historical chart - 1991-2025




Definition: 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.

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 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Labor force 16.32 2025 million people
 Unemployment rate 14.11 2025 percent
 Female unemployment 14.26 2025 percent
 Male unemployment 13.96 2025 percent
 Youth unemployment 27.23 2025 percent
 Labor force participation 74.79 2025 percent
 Labor force: percent female 49.38 2025 percent
 Female labor force participation 72.22 2025 percent
 Male labor force participation 77.47 2025 percent
 Self-employment 75.90 2025 percent
 Informal employment 84.30 2011 percent
 Employment 14.33 Q3/2025 million employed people
 Unemployment rate 21.30 Q1/2026 percent
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