The chart illustrates the self occupied employees of the total workforce in different nations between 1998 and 2008.
Overall, while the proportion of self-employed workers in the Russian republic, Slovakia and the Czech republic witnessed a slight increase over the period, the figure for Greece and Turkey declined significantly. The largest proportion of the self-employed workers was made up of individuals in Turkey in both years.
The proportion of the independent employees in Turkey was about 55% in 1998, after which it experienced a considerable decrease to just under 40% in 2008. Addition, the figure for Greece was lower at around 42% in 1998 and dropped to 35% 10 years later.
The percentage of the Russian republic’s self occupied accounted for 5% of the total labor force in 1998 and witnessed a slight increase to 6% after the 10 years period. Similar changes could be observed in the figure for the Czech republic, which grew about 4% (from 11% to 15%). Meanwhile, the amount of self occupied individuals in Slovakia doubled over 10 years from 6% to 12%.
