ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in United States of America

United States of America: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 7.7 % in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
7.7 %
Change on year
down 2.5%
Rank
2nd
of 2 groups
All-time high
10.2 %
in 2005
All-time low
7.7 %
in 2025
Years of data
21
2005–2025

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in United States of America, 2005–2025

02.557.5102005201520252005: 10.2 %2006: 9.9 %2007: 9.7 %2008: 9.4 %2009: 9.1 %2010: 9 %2011: 9 %2012: 8.7 %2013: 8.7 %2014: 8.4 %2015: 8.7 %2016: 8.7 %2017: 8.5 %2018: 8.3 %2019: 8.2 %2020: 9 %2021: 8.7 %2022: 8.2 %2023: 7.9 %2024: 7.9 %2025: 7.7 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2025, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in United States of America stood at 7.7 %. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.

The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in United States of America peaked at 10.2 % in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7.7 %, in 2025.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in United States of America, 2005 to 2025.
Year % Change
2005 10.2 %
2006 9.9 % -2.9%
2007 9.7 % -2.0%
2008 9.4 % -3.1%
2009 9.1 % -3.2%
2010 9 % -1.1%
2011 9 % +0.0%
2012 8.7 % -3.3%
2013 8.7 % +0.0%
2014 8.4 % -3.4%
2015 8.7 % +3.6%
2016 8.7 % +0.0%
2017 8.5 % -2.3%
2018 8.3 % -2.4%
2019 8.2 % -1.2%
2020 9 % +9.8%
2021 8.7 % -3.3%
2022 8.2 % -5.7%
2023 7.9 % -3.7%
2024 7.9 % +0.0%
2025 7.7 % -2.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 9.66 % 9.1 % 10.2 % 5
2010s 8.62 % 8.2 % 9 % 10
2020s 8.23 % 7.7 % 9 % 6

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in United States of America?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in United States of America was 7.7 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 10.2 % in 2005.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 7.7 % in 2025.
How does United States of America rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
United States of America ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2025.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United States of America data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.