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As of the second quarter of 2024, the self-employment rate for people aged between 16 and 24 was 5.1 percent, rising to 10.9 percent for those aged 25 to 49, 17.5 percent for the 50-64 age group, and 34.4 percent for those aged 65 and over.

Share of the workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 4th quarter 2004 to 2nd quarter 2024, by age group

Characteristic	16-24	25-49	50-64	65+
Q4 2004	3.7%	12.1%	17.5%	35.8%
Q1 2005	3.8%	12.2%	17.5%	36.2%
Q2 2005	3.8%	12.2%	17.7%	35.4%
Q3 2005	3.8%	12.3%	17.7%	35%
Q4 2005	3.7%	12.4%	17.5%	34.5%
Q1 2006	3.9%	12.4%	17.5%	36%
Q2 2006	3.9%	12.5%	17.4%	35.5%
Q3 2006	4%	12.5%	17.6%	36.4%
Q4 2006	4.1%	12.5%	17.5%	35.8%
Q1 2007	4.1%	12.5%	17.6%	35.2%
Q2 2007	4.1%	12.5%	17.5%	35.6%
Q3 2007	3.9%	12.5%	17.5%	35.3%
Q4 2007	4%	12.6%	17.6%	35%
Q1 2008	3.9%	12.7%	17.7%	35.1%
Q2 2008	3.9%	12.7%	17.4%	34.3%
Q3 2008	3.8%	12.6%	17.3%	33.1%
Q4 2008	3.6%	12.5%	17.1%	34%
Q1 2009	3.7%	12.5%	16.9%	33.1%
Q2 2009	3.8%	12.4%	17.1%	33.2%
Q3 2009	3.9%	12.5%	17.3%	33.6%
Q4 2009	4%	12.7%	17.3%	33.9%
Q1 2010	4%	12.7%	17.6%	34.6%
Q2 2010	3.9%	12.7%	17.7%	35.2%
Q3 2010	4%	12.7%	18%	35.4%
Q4 2010	4.1%	12.6%	18.4%	36.3%
Q1 2011	4.2%	12.5%	18.1%	36.5%
Q2 2011	4.3%	12.6%	18.1%	37%
Q3 2011	4.5%	12.7%	18.2%	38.2%
Q4 2011	4.7%	12.8%	18.3%	38.6%
Q1 2012	4.7%	13%	18.6%	38.7%
Q2 2012	4.8%	13.1%	18.8%	38.6%
Q3 2012	4.8%	13.2%	18.7%	38.2%
Q4 2012	4.6%	13.3%	18.5%	38.1%
Q1 2013	4.4%	13.1%	18.3%	38%
Q2 2013	4.4%	13.2%	18.2%	37.7%
Q3 2013	4.4%	13.2%	18.1%	37.8%
Q4 2013	4.8%	13.3%	18.3%	37.3%
Q1 2014	5%	13.5%	18.4%	38%
Q2 2014	4.8%	13.6%	18.4%	38.8%
Q3 2014	4.7%	13.7%	18.6%	37.9%
Q4 2014	4.6%	13.6%	18.6%	38.3%
Q1 2015	4.7%	13.5%	18.7%	38.4%
Q2 2015	5%	13.5%	18.8%	38.6%
Q3 2015	5.2%	13.5%	18.7%	39.7%
Q4 2015	4.8%	13.4%	18.7%	40.6%
Q1 2016	4.7%	13.5%	18.6%	40.5%
Q2 2016	4.8%	13.6%	19%	40.2%
Q3 2016	4.7%	13.7%	19.2%	39.8%
Q4 2016	4.7%	13.9%	19.5%	39.1%
Q1 2017	4.8%	13.9%	19.5%	39.6%
Q2 2017	4.7%	14%	19.2%	40.3%
Q3 2017	4.8%	13.9%	19%	40.6%
Q4 2017	4.9%	13.9%	18.8%	40.6%
Q1 2018	4.7%	13.9%	18.9%	40.6%
Q2 2018	4.6%	13.6%	19.1%	40.3%
Q3 2018	4.6%	13.6%	19.1%	39.3%
Q4 2018	4.7%	13.6%	19%	39.3%
Q1 2019	5%	13.7%	18.9%	39%
Q2 2019	5%	13.5%	19.1%	38.2%
Q3 2019	5.2%	13.6%	19.3%	38.3%
Q4 2019	5.4%	13.7%	19.3%	37.3%
Q1 2020	5.2%	13.6%	19%	36.9%
Q2 2020	5%	13.5%	18.9%	35.2%
Q3 2020	4.9%	12.9%	18.6%	35%
Q4 2020	4.7%	12.3%	18.1%	35.1%
Q1 2021	4.7%	11.8%	18%	34.5%
Q2 2021	4.7%	11.6%	17.7%	34.8%
Q3 2021	4.8%	11.6%	17.6%	34.4%
Q4 2021	4.6%	11.4%	17.3%	34.3%
Q1 2022	4.8%	11.4%	17.1%	33.3%
Q2 2022	4.6%	11.2%	16.9%	33.2%
Q3 2022	4.8%	11.2%	17.1%	33.7%
Q4 2022	4.7%	11.3%	17.3%	33.3%
Q1 2023	4.5%	11.3%	17%	34.5%
Q2 2023	4.9%	11.3%	17.3%	35.4%
Q3 2023	5.1%	11%	17.3%	35.3%
Q4 2023	5.5%	11.1%	17.4%	35%
Q1 2024	5.4%	10.8%	17.4%	35.1%
Q2 2024	5.1%	10.9%	17.5%	34.4%

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q4 2004 to Q2 2024

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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