# Self-employed workers in Malaysia

Self-employed workers in Malaysia was 25.4% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `self_employed_share`
- Place id: `my`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers, whose pay depends directly on the profits of what they produce, as a percentage of total employment. ILO modelled estimates, ages 15 and over.
- Note: ILO modelled estimates: model outputs that fill years without a survey, not survey results. The latest year is a nowcast and is revised as surveys arrive. Includes unpaid family workers, so it is high where small farms dominate and is not a measure of entrepreneurship.
- Source: World Bank, Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.EMP.SELF.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.SELF.ZS)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
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- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.EMP.SELF.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.SELF.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/self-employed-share/malaysia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=self_employed_share&place=my

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 25.4 |
| 2024 | 25.5 |
| 2023 | 25.6 |
| 2022 | 25.7 |
| 2021 | 25.8 |
| 2020 | 26 |
| 2019 | 26 |
| 2018 | 26.1 |
| 2017 | 26.3 |
| 2016 | 26.5 |
| 2015 | 26.6 |
| 2014 | 26.8 |
| 2013 | 26.9 |
| 2012 | 27.1 |
| 2011 | 27.1 |
| 2010 | 27.3 |
| 2009 | 27.4 |
| 2008 | 27.4 |
| 2007 | 27.7 |
| 2006 | 28.1 |
| 2005 | 28.3 |
| 2004 | 28.6 |
| 2003 | 28.9 |
| 2002 | 29.1 |
| 2001 | 29.3 |
| 2000 | 29.5 |
| 1999 | 29.8 |
| 1998 | 29.8 |
| 1997 | 30 |
| 1996 | 30.3 |
| 1995 | 30.7 |
| 1994 | 31.1 |
| 1993 | 31.4 |
| 1992 | 31.8 |
| 1991 | 32.2 |