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Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of male employment, self, employed, male, employment, modeled, ilo, estimate

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

38.1% of male employment

Median: 32.6% of male employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Chad

88.1% of male employment

Lowest

Qatar

0.7% of male employment

Top 5 Countries

1Chad88.1% of male employment

2Madagascar86.1% of male employment

3Niger84.6% of male employment

4Nigeria83.0% of male employment

5Sierra Leone83.0% of male employment

By Region

Africa52.4% of male employment(9 countries)

Other45.6% of male employment(106 countries)

South America37.1% of male employment(7 countries)

Asia32.8% of male employment(26 countries)

North America21.5% of male employment(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.7% of male employment)High (88.1% of male employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 38.1% of male employment)

Africa (9)

Other (106)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Chad	88.1% of male employment
2	Madagascar	86.1% of male employment
3	Niger	84.6% of male employment
4	Nigeria	83.0% of male employment
5	Sierra Leone	83.0% of male employment
6	Afghanistan	82.8% of male employment
7	Central African Republic	82.7% of male employment
8	Ethiopia	82.6% of male employment
9	United Republic of Tanzania	80.4% of male employment
10	South Sudan	80.3% of male employment
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	79.8% of male employment
12	Mozambique	78.9% of male employment
13	Burundi	78.7% of male employment
14	Burkina Faso	77.2% of male employment
15	Guinea	76.3% of male employment
16	Benin	75.6% of male employment
17	Uganda	73.7% of male employment
18	India	73.3% of male employment
19	Lao People's Democratic Republic	73.1% of male employment
20	Mali	73.0% of male employment
21	Papua New Guinea	72.4% of male employment
22	Nepal	71.4% of male employment
23	Timor-Leste	70.7% of male employment
24	Haiti	70.2% of male employment
25	Togo	68.6% of male employment
26	Liberia	67.0% of male employment
27	Angola	66.5% of male employment
28	Guinea-Bissau	66.2% of male employment
29	Myanmar	65.7% of male employment
30	Zambia	64.5% of male employment
31	Republic of the Congo	64.5% of male employment
32	Cote d'Ivoire	63.4% of male employment
33	Bolivia	63.3% of male employment
34	Zimbabwe	63.3% of male employment
35	Cameroon	62.5% of male employment
36	Azerbaijan	62.4% of male employment
37	Ghana	61.8% of male employment
38	Solomon Islands	61.0% of male employment
39	Bhutan	60.9% of male employment
40	North Korea	60.4% of male employment
41	Bangladesh	58.8% of male employment
42	Vanuatu	58.1% of male employment
43	Moldova, Republic of	57.8% of male employment
44	Senegal	57.5% of male employment
45	Kenya	56.7% of male employment
46	Malawi	55.6% of male employment
47	Republic of The Gambia	55.6% of male employment
48	Uzbekistan	53.6% of male employment
49	Pakistan	52.3% of male employment
50	Yemen	51.9% of male employment
51	Albania	51.8% of male employment
52	Thailand	51.5% of male employment
53	Mauritania	50.7% of male employment
54	Cambodia	50.5% of male employment
55	Dominican Republic	49.5% of male employment
56	Comoros	49.3% of male employment
57	Georgia	49.1% of male employment
58	Vietnam	48.7% of male employment
59	Indonesia	48.7% of male employment
60	Peru	48.6% of male employment
61	Samoa	48.5% of male employment
62	Colombia	47.7% of male employment
63	Djibouti	46.8% of male employment
64	Ecuador	46.6% of male employment
65	Somalia	46.5% of male employment
66	Eritrea	46.4% of male employment
67	Syrian Arab Republic	45.8% of male employment
68	Sudan	44.2% of male employment
69	Morocco	44.0% of male employment
70	Islamic Republic of Iran	44.0% of male employment
71	Sao Tome and Principe	43.6% of male employment
72	Mongolia	42.9% of male employment
73	Sri Lanka	42.9% of male employment
74	Panama	42.9% of male employment
75	Lesotho	42.2% of male employment
76	Venezuela	41.9% of male employment
77	Paraguay	41.4% of male employment
78	Nicaragua	41.1% of male employment
79	Tonga	40.9% of male employment
80	Jamaica	40.1% of male employment
81	People's Republic of China	39.6% of male employment
82	Honduras	38.8% of male employment
83	Rwanda	37.4% of male employment
84	Fiji	34.9% of male employment
85	Greece	34.9% of male employment
86	Brazil	34.5% of male employment
87	Turkmenistan	34.4% of male employment
88	Belize	34.1% of male employment
89	Kyrgyzstan	33.7% of male employment
90	Saint Lucia	33.7% of male employment
91	Lebanon	33.0% of male employment
92	Armenia	33.0% of male employment
93	Philippines	32.6% of male employment
94	Guyana	32.6% of male employment
95	Guatemala	32.1% of male employment
96	Trinidad and Tobago	32.0% of male employment
97	Cape Verde	31.6% of male employment
98	Namibia	31.6% of male employment
99	Algeria	31.4% of male employment
100	Iraq	31.0% of male employment
101	El Salvador	30.8% of male employment
102	Mexico	30.7% of male employment
103	Uruguay	30.0% of male employment
104	Serbia	29.7% of male employment
105	Malaysia	29.6% of male employment
106	Tajikistan	29.3% of male employment
107	Türkiye	29.2% of male employment
108	Gabon	29.0% of male employment
109	Costa Rica	28.8% of male employment
110	Tunisia	28.8% of male employment
111	Cuba	28.7% of male employment
112	Botswana	28.1% of male employment
113	Argentina	27.6% of male employment
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.5% of male employment
115	Libya	27.1% of male employment
116	Kazakhstan	26.8% of male employment
117	Egypt	26.2% of male employment
118	Eswatini	25.8% of male employment
119	Barbados	25.7% of male employment
120	South Korea	25.3% of male employment
121	Italy	25.0% of male employment
122	Equatorial Guinea	24.9% of male employment
123	Chile	24.8% of male employment
124	State of Palestine	24.0% of male employment
125	Suriname	23.7% of male employment
126	Poland	23.4% of male employment
127	Bahamas	23.2% of male employment
128	Ukraine	22.6% of male employment
129	Mauritius	22.5% of male employment
130	Montenegro	22.3% of male employment
131	New Caledonia	21.7% of male employment
132	New Zealand	21.5% of male employment
133	Slovakia	21.0% of male employment
134	French Polynesia	20.6% of male employment
135	Netherlands	20.4% of male employment
136	The Republic of North Macedonia	20.4% of male employment
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.6% of male employment
138	Australia	19.5% of male employment
139	South Africa	19.4% of male employment
140	Czech Republic	19.3% of male employment
141	Switzerland	18.5% of male employment
142	Ireland	18.3% of male employment
143	Belgium	17.7% of male employment
144	Spain	17.5% of male employment
145	Portugal	17.5% of male employment
146	Guam	17.4% of male employment
147	Slovenia	17.3% of male employment
148	Iceland	17.2% of male employment
149	Romania	17.0% of male employment
150	Malta	16.9% of male employment
151	Puerto Rico	16.7% of male employment
152	Finland	16.6% of male employment
153	Croatia	16.6% of male employment
154	Maldives	16.5% of male employment
155	Estonia	16.5% of male employment
156	Singapore	16.2% of male employment
157	United Kingdom	16.2% of male employment
158	Latvia	15.9% of male employment
159	France	15.6% of male employment
160	Canada	15.3% of male employment
161	Austria	14.5% of male employment
162	Lithuania	14.4% of male employment
163	Bulgaria	14.3% of male employment
164	Israel	14.2% of male employment
165	Hungary	14.1% of male employment
166	Sweden	13.8% of male employment
167	Jordan	12.9% of male employment
168	Virgin Islands, U.S.	11.8% of male employment
169	Cyprus	11.8% of male employment
170	Hong Kong	10.9% of male employment
171	Luxembourg	10.8% of male employment
172	Japan	10.3% of male employment
173	Germany	10.1% of male employment
174	Denmark	9.9% of male employment
175	Macao	9.4% of male employment
176	United States of America	8.0% of male employment
177	Russian Federation	7.0% of male employment
178	Belarus	7.0% of male employment
179	Brunei Darussalam	6.3% of male employment
180	Norway	6.2% of male employment
181	Saudi Arabia	5.3% of male employment
182	United Arab Emirates	5.0% of male employment
183	Oman	4.7% of male employment
184	Kuwait	3.7% of male employment
185	Bahrain	2.2% of male employment
186	Qatar	0.7% of male employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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