Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment was 47.66 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Dominican Republic, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Dominican Republic stood at 47.66 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Dominican Republic peaked at 60.77 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 35.84 %, in 2014.
Dominican Republic ranks 38th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38.35 % | — |
| 2001 | 36.91 % | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 46.04 % | +24.7% |
| 2003 | 43.78 % | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 45.67 % | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 47.93 % | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 44.62 % | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 37.47 % | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 58.46 % | +56.0% |
| 2009 | 50.24 % | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 51.7 % | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 50.19 % | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 49.9 % | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 39.96 % | -19.9% |
| 2014 | 35.84 % | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 60.77 % | +69.6% |
| 2016 | 59.87 % | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 54.78 % | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 53.76 % | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 50.91 % | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 55.14 % | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 57.12 % | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 51.27 % | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 50.86 % | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 48.28 % | -5.1% |
| 2025 | 47.66 % | -1.3% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 47.66 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 59.54 %, 80% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 47.66 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47.66 %, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +69.6% | 35.84 % | 60.77 % |
| 2008 | +56.0% | 37.47 % | 58.46 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.95 % | 36.91 % | 58.46 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.77 % | 35.84 % | 60.77 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.72 % | 47.66 % | 57.12 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More agriculture & rural data for Dominican Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.046 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 509.02 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4279 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2748 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Dominican Republic?
- Share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Dominican Republic was 47.66 % 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 60.77 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.84 % in 2014.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment?
- Dominican Republic ranks 38th out of 67 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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 — Female — 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.