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Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2

Name: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of total employment, self, employed, total, employment, modeled, ilo, estimate, series

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

38.7% of total employment

Median: 31.8% of total employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Chad

91.6% of total employment

Lowest

Qatar

0.8% of total employment

Top 5 Countries

1Chad91.6% of total employment

2Niger89.5% of total employment

3Sierra Leone88.8% of total employment

4Madagascar88.3% of total employment

5Nigeria86.2% of total employment

By Region

Africa54.8% of total employment(9 countries)

Other47.3% of total employment(106 countries)

South America36.7% of total employment(7 countries)

Asia32.5% of total employment(26 countries)

North America22.2% of total employment(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.8% of total employment)High (91.6% of total employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 38.7% of total 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	91.6% of total employment
2	Niger	89.5% of total employment
3	Sierra Leone	88.8% of total employment
4	Madagascar	88.3% of total employment
5	Nigeria	86.2% of total employment
6	Central African Republic	85.4% of total employment
7	United Republic of Tanzania	85.3% of total employment
8	Mozambique	85.3% of total employment
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	85.1% of total employment
10	Burundi	84.9% of total employment
11	Ethiopia	84.3% of total employment
12	Afghanistan	83.4% of total employment
13	Burkina Faso	82.6% of total employment
14	South Sudan	82.5% of total employment
15	Guinea	81.9% of total employment
16	Uganda	80.5% of total employment
17	Benin	79.8% of total employment
18	Papua New Guinea	78.7% of total employment
19	Nepal	78.6% of total employment
20	Liberia	78.3% of total employment
21	Lao People's Democratic Republic	77.1% of total employment
22	Haiti	76.8% of total employment
23	Republic of the Congo	76.8% of total employment
24	Togo	76.6% of total employment
25	Mali	76.4% of total employment
26	Angola	75.9% of total employment
27	Guinea-Bissau	75.5% of total employment
28	India	74.9% of total employment
29	Timor-Leste	74.9% of total employment
30	Zambia	71.7% of total employment
31	Cote d'Ivoire	71.0% of total employment
32	Zimbabwe	70.8% of total employment
33	Solomon Islands	69.9% of total employment
34	Bhutan	69.5% of total employment
35	Cameroon	69.3% of total employment
36	Republic of The Gambia	68.6% of total employment
37	Ghana	67.5% of total employment
38	Azerbaijan	67.0% of total employment
39	Bolivia	66.3% of total employment
40	Myanmar	65.5% of total employment
41	Kenya	64.8% of total employment
42	Senegal	64.3% of total employment
43	North Korea	62.1% of total employment
44	Malawi	61.3% of total employment
45	Bangladesh	61.0% of total employment
46	Vanuatu	60.6% of total employment
47	Moldova, Republic of	58.8% of total employment
48	Comoros	57.9% of total employment
49	Mauritania	57.4% of total employment
50	Pakistan	57.0% of total employment
51	Cambodia	55.5% of total employment
52	Vietnam	53.3% of total employment
53	Indonesia	53.3% of total employment
54	Yemen	52.6% of total employment
55	Eritrea	52.4% of total employment
56	Ecuador	52.3% of total employment
57	Somalia	52.2% of total employment
58	Peru	51.3% of total employment
59	Djibouti	51.1% of total employment
60	Thailand	50.7% of total employment
61	Albania	50.3% of total employment
62	Sudan	46.5% of total employment
63	Georgia	46.1% of total employment
64	Colombia	45.6% of total employment
65	Uzbekistan	45.4% of total employment
66	Samoa	44.5% of total employment
67	Nicaragua	44.3% of total employment
68	Honduras	44.1% of total employment
69	Sao Tome and Principe	44.0% of total employment
70	Islamic Republic of Iran	42.9% of total employment
71	Syrian Arab Republic	42.4% of total employment
72	Dominican Republic	42.1% of total employment
73	Sri Lanka	42.1% of total employment
74	Tonga	41.8% of total employment
75	Paraguay	41.3% of total employment
76	Mongolia	41.2% of total employment
77	Panama	40.6% of total employment
78	Rwanda	40.4% of total employment
79	Venezuela	40.4% of total employment
80	Morocco	40.1% of total employment
81	Guatemala	39.1% of total employment
82	Lesotho	38.5% of total employment
83	Cape Verde	38.5% of total employment
84	People's Republic of China	37.7% of total employment
85	Namibia	36.5% of total employment
86	Philippines	36.1% of total employment
87	Jamaica	35.7% of total employment
88	El Salvador	35.7% of total employment
89	Belize	35.2% of total employment
90	Fiji	34.1% of total employment
91	Armenia	33.7% of total employment
92	Gabon	32.4% of total employment
93	Turkmenistan	32.0% of total employment
94	Iraq	31.7% of total employment
95	Tajikistan	31.3% of total employment
96	Guyana	31.1% of total employment
97	Mexico	30.8% of total employment
98	Kyrgyzstan	30.5% of total employment
99	Greece	30.5% of total employment
100	Brazil	30.3% of total employment
101	Eswatini	30.2% of total employment
102	Algeria	30.2% of total employment
103	Türkiye	28.5% of total employment
104	Lebanon	28.4% of total employment
105	Botswana	28.1% of total employment
106	Uruguay	28.0% of total employment
107	Equatorial Guinea	27.5% of total employment
108	Serbia	27.0% of total employment
109	Egypt	27.0% of total employment
110	Saint Lucia	26.7% of total employment
111	Costa Rica	26.6% of total employment
112	Kazakhstan	26.1% of total employment
113	Libya	25.9% of total employment
114	Trinidad and Tobago	25.7% of total employment
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25.7% of total employment
116	Argentina	25.6% of total employment
117	Malaysia	25.4% of total employment
118	Tunisia	24.9% of total employment
119	Cuba	24.9% of total employment
120	Chile	23.9% of total employment
121	State of Palestine	23.8% of total employment
122	South Korea	22.7% of total employment
123	Suriname	22.5% of total employment
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.1% of total employment
125	Italy	21.1% of total employment
126	Ukraine	21.0% of total employment
127	Maldives	20.0% of total employment
128	Barbados	19.5% of total employment
129	Poland	18.9% of total employment
130	New Zealand	18.4% of total employment
131	French Polynesia	18.2% of total employment
132	Mauritius	17.8% of total employment
133	Montenegro	17.4% of total employment
134	South Africa	17.3% of total employment
135	New Caledonia	17.1% of total employment
136	Bahamas	17.1% of total employment
137	Switzerland	16.9% of total employment
138	Netherlands	16.8% of total employment
139	The Republic of North Macedonia	16.6% of total employment
140	Australia	16.1% of total employment
141	Czech Republic	15.7% of total employment
142	Guam	15.5% of total employment
143	Slovakia	14.9% of total employment
144	Belgium	14.6% of total employment
145	Spain	14.5% of total employment
146	Romania	14.5% of total employment
147	Portugal	14.4% of total employment
148	Slovenia	14.0% of total employment
149	Malta	13.9% of total employment
150	Latvia	13.7% of total employment
151	Ireland	13.4% of total employment
152	Iceland	13.3% of total employment
153	France	13.3% of total employment
154	United Kingdom	13.1% of total employment
155	Canada	12.9% of total employment
156	Croatia	12.7% of total employment
157	Singapore	12.7% of total employment
158	Puerto Rico	12.6% of total employment
159	Finland	12.5% of total employment
160	Austria	12.2% of total employment
161	Estonia	12.1% of total employment
162	Bulgaria	11.8% of total employment
163	Hungary	11.6% of total employment
164	Lithuania	11.5% of total employment
165	Israel	11.3% of total employment
166	Jordan	11.2% of total employment
167	Luxembourg	10.3% of total employment
168	Sweden	10.2% of total employment
169	Cyprus	10.2% of total employment
170	Virgin Islands, U.S.	9.1% of total employment
171	Japan	9.1% of total employment
172	Germany	8.1% of total employment
173	Denmark	7.9% of total employment
174	Hong Kong	7.7% of total employment
175	Brunei Darussalam	7.3% of total employment
176	Belarus	6.8% of total employment
177	Macao	6.8% of total employment
178	Russian Federation	6.3% of total employment
179	United States of America	6.1% of total employment
180	Saudi Arabia	5.5% of total employment
181	United Arab Emirates	5.1% of total employment
182	Oman	5.0% of total employment
183	Norway	4.9% of total employment
184	Kuwait	3.2% of total employment
185	Bahrain	2.4% of total employment
186	Qatar	0.8% of total employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

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Data Source

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

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