Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Ecuador
Ecuador: Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment was 85.68 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Ecuador, 2001–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 85.68 % for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in 2025.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Ecuador peaked at 88.17 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 77.15 %, in 2014.
Ecuador ranks 21st of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 85.41 % | — |
| 2003 | 80.08 % | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 85.08 % | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 82.43 % | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 84.06 % | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 78.78 % | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 78.24 % | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 80.8 % | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 80.67 % | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 80.3 % | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 79.69 % | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 81.79 % | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 77.15 % | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 80.88 % | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 85.29 % | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 85.38 % | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 86.23 % | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 87.45 % | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 88.17 % | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 87.99 % | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 87.95 % | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 85.7 % | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 88.03 % | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 85.68 % | -2.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 85.68 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 72.61 %, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 85.68 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 58.34 %, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.86 % | 78.24 % | 85.41 % | 8 |
| 2010s | 82.48 % | 77.15 % | 87.45 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.25 % | 85.68 % | 88.17 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Ecuador?
- Share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Ecuador was 85.68 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 88.17 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.15 % in 2014.
- How does Ecuador rank for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment?
- Ecuador ranks 21st out of 65 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Agricultural employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.