# Self-employed workers in North Korea

Self-employed workers in North Korea was 62.1% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `self_employed_share`
- Place id: `kp`
- 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
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- 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/north-korea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=self_employed_share&place=kp

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 62.1 |
| 2024 | 62.1 |
| 2023 | 62.2 |
| 2022 | 62.3 |
| 2021 | 62.2 |
| 2020 | 62.7 |
| 2019 | 61.6 |
| 2018 | 61.6 |
| 2017 | 61.5 |
| 2016 | 61.5 |
| 2015 | 61.5 |
| 2014 | 61.5 |
| 2013 | 61.5 |
| 2012 | 61.6 |
| 2011 | 61.6 |
| 2010 | 61.6 |
| 2009 | 61.6 |
| 2008 | 61.6 |
| 2007 | 61.7 |
| 2006 | 61.7 |
| 2005 | 61.8 |
| 2004 | 62 |
| 2003 | 62.1 |
| 2002 | 62.2 |
| 2001 | 62.3 |
| 2000 | 62.3 |
| 1999 | 62.3 |
| 1998 | 62.3 |
| 1997 | 62.1 |
| 1996 | 61.8 |
| 1995 | 61.5 |
| 1994 | 61.2 |
| 1993 | 60.9 |
| 1992 | 60.6 |
| 1991 | 60.3 |