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Employers total percentage of total employment modeled ILO estimate

Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, 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), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).Source:
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Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)Year
1
Azerbaijan
13.2%
2018
2
Honduras
11.62%
2018
3
Egypt
10.47%
2018
4
Lebanon
9.35%
2018
5
Montenegro
8.6%
2018
6
Kenya
8.01%
2018
7
Greece
7.32%
2018
8
Yemen
7.19%
2018
9
Tunisia
7.13%
2018
10
Belize
6.73%
2018
11
New Zealand
6.16%
2018
12
Italy
6.15%
2018
13
Australia
6.15%
2018
14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5.94%
2018
15
Sudan
5.94%
2018
16
Saint Lucia
5.88%
2018
17
Jordan
5.85%
2018
18
Switzerland
5.8%
2018
19
Ghana
5.65%
2018
20
Virgin Islands (US)
5.48%
2018
21
South Africa
5.44%
2018
22
Nicaragua
5.39%
2018
23
Paraguay
5.36%
2018
24
Trinidad and Tobago
5.34%
2018
25
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5.18%
2018
26
Spain
5.09%
2018
27
Comoros
5.07%
2018
28
Samoa
4.93%
2018
29
Croatia
4.85%
2018
30
Cape Verde
4.84%
2018
31
Singapore
4.82%
2018
32
Portugal
4.76%
2018
33
Brazil
4.73%
2018
34
Latvia
4.68%
2018
35
Malta
4.68%
2018
36
Syria
4.65%
2018
37
Estonia
4.64%
2018
38
Austria
4.64%
2018
39
Hungary
4.63%
2018
40
Mexico
4.57%
2018
41
Namibia
4.55%
2018
42
Turkey
4.54%
2018
43
Republic of Macedonia
4.52%
2018
44
Canada
4.5%
2018
45
The Bahamas
4.49%
2018
46
Chile
4.45%
2018
47
Bangladesh
4.43%
2018
48
Republic of Ireland
4.4%
2018
49
Bolivia
4.35%
2018
50
Germany
4.35%
2018
51
Mauritius
4.31%
2018
52
Angola
4.3%
2018
53
Algeria
4.18%
2018
54
France
4.17%
2018
55
Maldives
4.16%
2018
56
New Caledonia
4.14%
2018
57
Israel
4.11%
2018
58
Costa Rica
4.1%
2018
59
Colombia
4.08%
2018
60
Uruguay
4.07%
2018
61
Belgium
4.07%
2018
62
Poland
4.04%
2018
63
Puerto Rico
4.01%
2018
64
Netherlands
3.96%
2018
65
Finland
3.92%
2018
66
El Salvador
3.92%
2018
67
Peru
3.91%
2018
68
Argentina
3.84%
2018
69
Iceland
3.84%
2018
70
Madagascar
3.83%
2018
71
Slovenia
3.82%
2018
72
Iran
3.82%
2018
73
Guyana
3.77%
2018
74
French Polynesia
3.74%
2018
75
Philippines
3.72%
2018
76
Bulgaria
3.66%
2018
77
Sweden
3.59%
2018
78
Jamaica
3.58%
2018
79
Venezuela
3.53%
2018
80
Luxembourg
3.53%
2018
81
Malaysia
3.46%
2018
82
Indonesia
3.45%
2018
83
Dominican Republic
3.45%
2018
84
Guam
3.37%
2018
85
Serbia
3.34%
2018
86
Iraq
3.32%
2018
87
Uganda
3.21%
2018
88
Slovakia
3.19%
2018
89
Czech Republic
3.13%
2018
90
Denmark
3.11%
2018
91
Cameroon
3.1%
2018
92
Nigeria
3.09%
2018
93
China
3.09%
2018
94
Sri Lanka
3.03%
2018
95
Macao
3.03%
2018
96
Ecuador
3%
2018
97
Myanmar
2.97%
2018
98
Guatemala
2.94%
2018
99
Thailand
2.86%
2018
100
South Sudan
2.81%
2018
101
Hong Kong
2.78%
2018
102
Brunei
2.75%
2018
103
United Arab Emirates
2.74%
2018
104
Tanzania
2.74%
2018
105
Botswana
2.72%
2018
106
Mauritania
2.7%
2018
107
Sierra Leone
2.69%
2018
108
Panama
2.64%
2018
109
Morocco
2.61%
2018
110
United States
2.47%
2018
111
Lithuania
2.44%
2018
112
Mozambique
2.43%
2018
113
Albania
2.43%
2018
114
Gabon
2.41%
2018
115
United Kingdom
2.39%
2018
116
Djibouti
2.26%
2018
117
Swaziland
2.19%
2018
118
Cyprus
2.11%
2018
119
Liberia
2.06%
2018
120
Vietnam
2.04%
2018
121
Georgia
2%
2018
122
Democratic Republic Of Congo
2%
2018
123
Ivory Coast
1.98%
2018
124
Japan
1.98%
2018
125
Suriname
1.94%
2018
126
Turkmenistan
1.9%
2018
127
Saudi Arabia
1.86%
2018
128
Equatorial Guinea
1.81%
2018
129
Norway
1.78%
2018
130
South Korea
1.75%
2018
131
Somalia
1.74%
2018
132
Papua New Guinea
1.71%
2018
133
Guinea
1.71%
2018
134
Bahrain
1.7%
2018
135
East Timor
1.65%
2018
136
Uzbekistan
1.64%
2018
137
São Tomé and Príncipe
1.63%
2018
138
India
1.62%
2018
139
Kyrgyzstan
1.59%
2018
140
Togo
1.54%
2018
141
Vanuatu
1.49%
2018
142
Gambia
1.49%
2018
143
Kazakhstan
1.35%
2018
144
Pakistan
1.35%
2018
145
Russia
1.34%
2018
146
Cuba
1.34%
2018
147
Haiti
1.31%
2018
148
Benin
1.3%
2018
149
Solomon Islands
1.28%
2018
150
Oman
1.25%
2018
151
Fiji
1.2%
2018
152
Malawi
1.14%
2018
153
Tonga
1.13%
2018
154
Eritrea
1.11%
2018
155
Republic of the Congo
1.11%
2018
156
North Korea
1.1%
2018
157
Guinea-Bissau
1.08%
2018
158
Armenia
1.06%
2018
159
Romania
1.05%
2018
160
Nepal
1.03%
2018
161
Mongolia
0.99%
2018
162
Central African Republic
0.95%
2018
163
Libya
0.91%
2018
164
Niger
0.91%
2018
165
Belarus
0.9%
2018
166
Ukraine
0.88%
2018
167
Barbados
0.86%
2018
168
Senegal
0.85%
2018
169
Lesotho
0.69%
2018
170
Kuwait
0.68%
2018
171
Burkina Faso
0.68%
2018
172
Mali
0.59%
2018
173
Laos
0.55%
2018
174
Ethiopia
0.54%
2018
175
Afghanistan
0.51%
2018
176
Zimbabwe
0.48%
2018
177
Tajikistan
0.42%
2018
178
Cambodia
0.41%
2018
179
Moldova
0.34%
2018
180
Zambia
0.3%
2018
181
Qatar
0.28%
2018
182
Chad
0.24%
2018
183
Bhutan
0.1%
2018
184
Burundi
0.07%
2018
185
Rwanda
0.06%
2018
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