Self-employment in 2017 – More than 1 in 5 self-employed in the EU had seized a suitable opportunity to run their own business

European Commission – EUROSTAT Brussels, 11 December 2018 Around 30% of self-employed reported no difficulties in their work In 2017, in the European Union (EU), there were more than 228 million employed people, and about 33 million of them were self-employed.
Source: Comunicati Stampa EU