Honduras: Self-employment

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 Honduras

Self-employment, percent of total employment

 Latest value 44.11
 Year 2025
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1991 - 2025
 Average 46.99
 Min - Max 42.75 - 51.32
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2025 is 44.11 percent, a decline from 44.37 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 38.92 percent, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for Honduras from 1991 to 2025 is 46.99 percent. The minimum value, 42.75 percent, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 51.32 percent was recorded in 2012. 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
Honduras - Self-employment - Recent values chart

Historical series
Honduras - 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 4.34 2025 million people
 Unemployment rate 4.92 2025 percent
 Female unemployment 6.40 2025 percent
 Male unemployment 4.12 2025 percent
 Youth unemployment 8.53 2025 percent
 Labor force participation 56.56 2025 percent
 Labor force: percent female 35.02 2025 percent
 Female labor force participation 39.59 2025 percent
 Male labor force participation 73.54 2025 percent
 Self-employment 44.11 2025 percent
 Informal employment 82.60 2017 percent
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