The bar chart illustrates the presentage of self employed workers of the total workforce in five countries changed in two-year intervals between 1998 and 2008. Overall, the percentage of self employers increased substantially in three nations such as, Russian public, Slovakia and Czech Repuplic over the period, while Greece and Turkey declined. Czech Republic self employers showed the most dramatic rise, whereas Turkey remained the most widely employed of the total workforce despite its gradual fall.
In 1998, just over 5% of Russians was self employed workers of the total workforce. This figure rose slightly to almost 10% by 2008. Slovakia also experienced strong growth, doubled from approximately 6% in 1998 to 12% in 2008. Czech Republic was around 11% to increase to 13%, by the end of the period.
By contrast, the proportion of Greece self employers fell sharply from roughly around 43% in 1998 to around 35% in 2008. Turkey self employers also declined, though more gradually, dropping from just around 58% to also 50% in 2008.
