Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in India
India: Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment was 90.19 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in India, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
India recorded 90.19 % for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in India peaked at 95.8 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 90.19 %, in 2025.
That places India 5th out of 68 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 95.76 % | — |
| 2005 | 95.08 % | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 95.8 % | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 94.83 % | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 92.03 % | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 92 % | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 91.19 % | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 92.05 % | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 92.04 % | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 91.09 % | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 90.36 % | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 90.19 % | -0.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 90.19 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 73.51 %, 1.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.42 % | 95.08 % | 95.76 % | 2 |
| 2010s | 93.66 % | 92 % | 95.8 % | 4 |
| 2020s | 91.15 % | 90.19 % | 92.05 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Bhutan 93.63 % compare
- 2 Timor-Leste 89.97 % compare
- 3 Angola 92.19 % compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 82.17 % compare
- 4 Ghana 91 % compare
- 4 Viet Nam 69.81 % compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 61.32 % compare
- 6 Türkiye 55.82 % compare
- 6 Uganda 90.03 % compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 46.17 % compare
- 7 Zambia 87.01 % compare
- 8 Albania 86.59 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in India?
- Share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in India was 90.19 % 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 95.8 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.19 % in 2025.
- How does India rank for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment?
- India ranks 5th out of 68 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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]: Total AFS employment — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems. 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.