Montenegro: Self-employment

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
 Montenegro

Self-employment, percent of total employment

 Latest value 21.06
 Year 2022
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1991 - 2022
 Average 18.13
 Min - Max 15.86 - 21.86
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2022 is 21.06 percent, a decline from 21.4 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 40.56 percent, based on data from 179 countries. Historically, the average for Montenegro from 1991 to 2022 is 18.13 percent. The minimum value, 15.86 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 21.86 percent was recorded in 2018. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Recent data
Montenegro - Self-employment - Recent values chart

Historical series
Montenegro - Self-employment - historical chart - 1991-2022




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 four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Selected articles from our guide:

Are trade deficits bad for the economy?

Sources of economic growth

Currency values and investment returns

How to write an economics research paper

All articles



 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Labor force 0.25 2024 million people
 Unemployment rate 14.10 2024 percent
 Female unemployment 12.67 2024 percent
 Male unemployment 15.29 2024 percent
 Youth unemployment 25.92 2024 percent
 Labor force participation 48.03 2024 percent
 Labor force: percent female 45.38 2024 percent
 Female labor force participation 41.36 2024 percent
 Male labor force participation 55.45 2024 percent
 Self-employment 21.06 2022 percent
 Employment 0.28 Q2/2025 million employed people
 Unemployment rate 10.50 Q2/2025 percent
 Labor cost 157.68 9/2025 index points
This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK