In 2022, 13 percent of workers in the United Kingdom were self-employed, which was the lowest self-employment rate since 2009 and a significant fall compared with 2019 when the self-employment rate reached a peak of 15.3 percent, just prior to the arrival of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Share of workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2022
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Other statistics that may interest you UK self-employment
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Freelancers
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- Premium Statistic Number of freelance workers in the UK 2008-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of people working in leading freelance professions UK 2022
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Economic environment
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- Premium Statistic Usual weekly hours of work for the self-employed in the UK 1995-2024, by weekly hours
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- Premium Statistic Value of claims made to the self-employment support scheme in the UK 2021
International Comparison
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- Premium Statistic Number of self-employed people in the EU 2002-2022
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- Premium Statistic Projection of the number of self-employed workers by occupation 2022
- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: share of self-employed workers 2021, by country
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (December 9, 2022). Share of workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/318208/uk-self-employment-rate/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Share of workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2022." Chart. December 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/318208/uk-self-employment-rate/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Share of workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/318208/uk-self-employment-rate/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Share of Workforce That Are Self-employed in The United Kingdom from 1st Quarter 2005 to 2nd Quarter 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Dec 2022, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/318208/uk-self-employment-rate/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Share of workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2022 Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/318208/uk-self-employment-rate/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Share of workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2022 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), December 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/318208/uk-self-employment-rate/