Global ranking - Self-employed 2022
| Description | % of total employment; modeled ILO estimate. Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers. |
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| Unit of measure | % |
| Aggregate operator | Average |
| 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Niger (1°) | 94.0 |
| Central African Republic (2°) | 93.3 |
| Chad (3°) | 90.9 |
| South Sudan (4°) | 88.9 |
| Madagascar (5°) | 88.8 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo (6°) | 86.4 |
| Nigeria (7°) | 85.9 |
| Tanzania (8°) | 85.6 |
| Mali (9°) | 85.4 |
| Ethiopia (10°) | 85.2 |
| Mozambique (11°) | 84.8 |
| North Korea (12°) | 83.0 |
| Guinea (13°) | 81.8 |
| Afghanistan (14°) | 81.7 |
| Uganda (15°) | 81.2 |
| Liberia (16°) | 78.6 |
| Benin (17°) | 78.6 |
| Nepal (18°) | 78.5 |
| India (19°) | 76.9 |
| Ghana (20°) | 75.1 |
| Cameroon (21°) | 75.0 |
| Gambia (22°) | 74.9 |
| Haiti (23°) | 74.6 |
| Ivory Coast (24°) | 74.0 |
| Mauritania (25°) | 73.0 |
| Zambia (26°) | 73.0 |
| Eritrea (27°) | 72.1 |
| Bolivia (28°) | 68.8 |
| Azerbaijan (29°) | 67.1 |
| Angola (30°) | 64.8 |
| Myanmar (31°) | 64.5 |
| Senegal (32°) | 64.4 |
| Rwanda (33°) | 64.0 |
| Zimbabwe (34°) | 63.5 |
| Armenia (35°) | 62.5 |
| Kenya (36°) | 61.4 |
| Sudan (37°) | 59.7 |
| Moldova (38°) | 59.1 |
| Bangladesh (39°) | 58.1 |
| Pakistan (40°) | 57.9 |
| Yemen (41°) | 54.5 |
| Vietnam (42°) | 53.8 |
| Indonesia (43°) | 53.4 |
| Ecuador (44°) | 53.3 |
| Djibouti (45°) | 52.9 |
| Albania (46°) | 52.8 |
| Cambodia (47°) | 52.3 |
| Thailand (48°) | 52.0 |
| Peru (49°) | 51.9 |
| Somalia (50°) | 51.2 |
| Georgia (51°) | 48.9 |
| Morocco (52°) | 48.2 |
| Colombia (53°) | 47.1 |
| Uzbekistan (54°) | 46.2 |
| Honduras (55°) | 45.9 |
| China (56°) | 45.8 |
| Panama (57°) | 44.3 |
| Guatemala (58°) | 43.9 |
| Dominican Republic (59°) | 43.6 |
| Nicaragua (60°) | 42.9 |
| Iran (61°) | 42.5 |
| Mongolia (62°) | 42.3 |
| Sri Lanka (63°) | 42.2 |
| Paraguay (64°) | 42.2 |
| Venezuela (65°) | 40.1 |
| Namibia (66°) | 39.0 |
| Jamaica (67°) | 38.2 |
| Greece (68°) | 37.1 |
| Syria (69°) | 36.7 |
| El Salvador (70°) | 36.5 |
| Philippines (71°) | 36.1 |
| Gabon (72°) | 33.7 |
| Kyrgyzstan (73°) | 33.1 |
| Brazil (74°) | 32.1 |
| Mexico (75°) | 31.8 |
| Iraq (76°) | 31.1 |
| Algeria (77°) | 31.0 |
| Botswana (78°) | 30.9 |
| Lebanon (79°) | 29.8 |
| Turkey (80°) | 29.7 |
| South Africa (81°) | 29.0 |
| Uruguay (82°) | 28.4 |
| Argentina (83°) | 27.6 |
| Egypt (84°) | 27.4 |
| Costa Rica (85°) | 27.4 |
| Tajikistan (86°) | 27.2 |
| Serbia (87°) | 26.9 |
| Cuba (88°) | 25.9 |
| Kazakhstan (89°) | 25.6 |
| Tunisia (90°) | 25.4 |
| Bosnia Herzegovina (91°) | 24.8 |
| Malaysia (92°) | 24.7 |
| Chile (93°) | 24.6 |
| Palestine (94°) | 23.8 |
| South Korea (95°) | 23.5 |
| Romania (96°) | 23.2 |
| New Zealand (97°) | 23.1 |
| Italy (98°) | 21.5 |
| Montenegro (99°) | 21.1 |
| Poland (100°) | 19.9 |
| New Caledonia (101°) | 16.9 |
| North Macedonia (102°) | 16.5 |
| Switzerland (103°) | 16.4 |
| Netherlands (104°) | 16.4 |
| Czech Repubblic (105°) | 16.0 |
| Australia (106°) | 15.9 |
| United Kingdom (107°) | 15.7 |
| Spain (108°) | 15.3 |
| Portugal (109°) | 15.2 |
| Belgium (110°) | 15.1 |
| Malta (111°) | 15.1 |
| Slovakia (112°) | 15.0 |
| Libya (113°) | 14.8 |
| Slovenia (114°) | 14.0 |
| Ireland (115°) | 14.0 |
| Finland (116°) | 13.9 |
| Iceland (117°) | 13.7 |
| Canada (118°) | 13.6 |
| Singapore (119°) | 13.6 |
| Croatia (120°) | 13.5 |
| Latvia (121°) | 13.4 |
| France (122°) | 13.1 |
| Austria (123°) | 12.7 |
| Hungary (124°) | 12.7 |
| Lithuania (125°) | 12.2 |
| Jordan (126°) | 11.7 |
| Israel (127°) | 11.4 |
| Bulgaria (128°) | 11.1 |
| Luxembourg (129°) | 10.7 |
| Estonia (130°) | 10.5 |
| Sweden (131°) | 10.5 |
| Japan (132°) | 9.7 |
| Germany (133°) | 8.7 |
| Denmark (134°) | 8.6 |
| Brunei (135°) | 7.9 |
| Russian Federation (136°) | 6.6 |
| Saudi Arabia (137°) | 6.4 |
| United States (138°) | 6.3 |
| Belarus (139°) | 4.7 |
| Norway (140°) | 4.6 |
| United Arab Emirates (141°) | 4.5 |
| Oman (142°) | 4.4 |
| Bahrain (143°) | 2.7 |
| Kuwait (144°) | 2.1 |
| Qatar (145°) | 0.4 |
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