| # | Flag | Country | Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 92.1% | 2018 | |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 92.03% | 2018 | |
| 3 | Chad | 88.65% | 2018 | |
| 4 | Niger | 88.62% | 2018 | |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 86.71% | 2018 | |
| 6 | Madagascar | 86.61% | 2018 | |
| 7 | South Sudan | 86.46% | 2018 | |
| 8 | Mali | 86.45% | 2018 | |
| 9 | Guinea | 86.24% | 2018 | |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 84.57% | 2018 | |
| 11 | Haiti | 84.34% | 2018 | |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 83.86% | 2018 | |
| 13 | Benin | 83.69% | 2018 | |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 82.85% | 2018 | |
| 15 | Tanzania | 81.28% | 2018 | |
| 16 | Solomon Islands | 78.4% | 2018 | |
| 17 | India | 77.63% | 2018 | |
| 18 | Somalia | 77% | 2018 | |
| 19 | Nigeria | 76.95% | 2018 | |
| 20 | Mozambique | 76.26% | 2018 | |
| 21 | Laos | 74.91% | 2018 | |
| 22 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 72.44% | 2018 | |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 72.3% | 2018 | |
| 24 | Eritrea | 72.15% | 2018 | |
| 25 | Uganda | 72.04% | 2018 | |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 72% | 2018 | |
| 27 | Togo | 71.81% | 2018 | |
| 28 | Liberia | 69.96% | 2018 | |
| 29 | Nepal | 69.47% | 2018 | |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 69.11% | 2018 | |
| 31 | East Timor | 69.01% | 2018 | |
| 32 | Cameroon | 68.89% | 2018 | |
| 33 | Zambia | 68.86% | 2018 | |
| 34 | Ghana | 67.04% | 2018 | |
| 35 | Ivory Coast | 66.36% | 2018 | |
| 36 | Gambia | 65.78% | 2018 | |
| 37 | Republic of the Congo | 65.22% | 2018 | |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 63.95% | 2018 | |
| 39 | Bhutan | 63.11% | 2018 | |
| 40 | Myanmar | 62.65% | 2018 | |
| 41 | Lesotho | 61.92% | 2018 | |
| 42 | Senegal | 61.16% | 2018 | |
| 43 | Bolivia | 60.18% | 2018 | |
| 44 | Comoros | 60.12% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Angola | 59.61% | 2018 | |
| 46 | Rwanda | 58.52% | 2018 | |
| 47 | Albania | 58.46% | 2018 | |
| 48 | North Korea | 58.35% | 2018 | |
| 49 | Guyana | 57.78% | 2018 | |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 56.82% | 2018 | |
| 51 | Pakistan | 56.69% | 2018 | |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 56.43% | 2018 | |
| 53 | Malawi | 55.42% | 2018 | |
| 54 | Mongolia | 53.02% | 2018 | |
| 55 | Colombia | 52.46% | 2018 | |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 52.29% | 2018 | |
| 57 | Vietnam | 51.84% | 2018 | |
| 58 | Tonga | 51.77% | 2018 | |
| 59 | Georgia | 51.54% | 2018 | |
| 60 | Yemen | 51.43% | 2018 | |
| 61 | Peru | 50.27% | 2018 | |
| 62 | Thailand | 49.99% | 2018 | |
| 63 | Equatorial Guinea | 49.92% | 2018 | |
| 64 | Mauritania | 49.51% | 2018 | |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 49.05% | 2018 | |
| 66 | Honduras | 48.71% | 2018 | |
| 67 | Morocco | 47.61% | 2018 | |
| 68 | Kenya | 46.76% | 2018 | |
| 69 | Indonesia | 46.24% | 2018 | |
| 70 | Sudan | 45.85% | 2018 | |
| 71 | China | 45.53% | 2018 | |
| 72 | Cambodia | 45.51% | 2018 | |
| 73 | Iran | 45.34% | 2018 | |
| 74 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 44.43% | 2018 | |
| 75 | Jamaica | 44.31% | 2018 | |
| 76 | Djibouti | 43.28% | 2018 | |
| 77 | Lebanon | 43.18% | 2018 | |
| 78 | Ecuador | 42.81% | 2018 | |
| 79 | Paraguay | 42.61% | 2018 | |
| 80 | Armenia | 42.13% | 2018 | |
| 81 | Fiji | 42.03% | 2018 | |
| 82 | Syria | 41.96% | 2018 | |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 41.87% | 2018 | |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 41.41% | 2018 | |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 40.92% | 2018 | |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 39.88% | 2018 | |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.53% | 2018 | |
| 88 | Moldova | 38.97% | 2018 | |
| 89 | Greece | 37.44% | 2018 | |
| 90 | Venezuela | 37.22% | 2018 | |
| 91 | Panama | 36.88% | 2018 | |
| 92 | Brazil | 36.59% | 2018 | |
| 93 | Philippines | 35.8% | 2018 | |
| 94 | Samoa | 35.28% | 2018 | |
| 95 | El Salvador | 34.63% | 2018 | |
| 96 | Belize | 34.01% | 2018 | |
| 97 | Serbia | 33.73% | 2018 | |
| 98 | Cape Verde | 33.26% | 2018 | |
| 99 | Guatemala | 32.52% | 2018 | |
| 100 | Algeria | 31.84% | 2018 | |
| 101 | Mexico | 31.28% | 2018 | |
| 102 | Uruguay | 31% | 2018 | |
| 103 | Turkey | 30.96% | 2018 | |
| 104 | Tunisia | 30.7% | 2018 | |
| 105 | Egypt | 30.57% | 2018 | |
| 106 | Swaziland | 30.17% | 2018 | |
| 107 | Gabon | 30.14% | 2018 | |
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.13% | 2018 | |
| 109 | Chile | 29.09% | 2018 | |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 28.34% | 2018 | |
| 111 | Argentina | 28.1% | 2018 | |
| 112 | Iraq | 27.7% | 2018 | |
| 113 | Romania | 27.65% | 2018 | |
| 114 | Italy | 27.6% | 2018 | |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 27.51% | 2018 | |
| 116 | South Korea | 27.27% | 2018 | |
| 117 | Montenegro | 27.07% | 2018 | |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.04% | 2018 | |
| 119 | Republic of Macedonia | 26.38% | 2018 | |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 26.24% | 2018 | |
| 121 | Botswana | 25.84% | 2018 | |
| 122 | Malaysia | 24.79% | 2018 | |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.34% | 2018 | |
| 124 | Namibia | 24.24% | 2018 | |
| 125 | Mauritius | 24.1% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Poland | 23.82% | 2018 | |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 23.52% | 2018 | |
| 128 | New Zealand | 21.66% | 2018 | |
| 129 | Republic of Ireland | 21.63% | 2018 | |
| 130 | Barbados | 21.39% | 2018 | |
| 131 | Portugal | 21.03% | 2018 | |
| 132 | Australia | 20.71% | 2018 | |
| 133 | Czech Republic | 20.41% | 2018 | |
| 134 | Spain | 20% | 2018 | |
| 135 | New Caledonia | 19.86% | 2018 | |
| 136 | Maldives | 19.68% | 2018 | |
| 137 | Virgin Islands (US) | 19.68% | 2018 | |
| 138 | Netherlands | 19.6% | 2018 | |
| 139 | The Bahamas | 19.49% | 2018 | |
| 140 | United Kingdom | 19.15% | 2018 | |
| 141 | Slovakia | 19.11% | 2018 | |
| 142 | Malta | 18.92% | 2018 | |
| 143 | Singapore | 18.77% | 2018 | |
| 144 | Canada | 18.27% | 2018 | |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 18.19% | 2018 | |
| 146 | Guam | 17.73% | 2018 | |
| 147 | Ukraine | 17.66% | 2018 | |
| 148 | Belgium | 17.34% | 2018 | |
| 149 | South Africa | 17.02% | 2018 | |
| 150 | Finland | 16.95% | 2018 | |
| 151 | Slovenia | 16.92% | 2018 | |
| 152 | Jordan | 16.58% | 2018 | |
| 153 | Switzerland | 16.56% | 2018 | |
| 154 | Suriname | 16.01% | 2018 | |
| 155 | Cyprus | 15.94% | 2018 | |
| 156 | Iceland | 15.5% | 2018 | |
| 157 | Israel | 15.35% | 2018 | |
| 158 | Latvia | 14.89% | 2018 | |
| 159 | Lithuania | 14.69% | 2018 | |
| 160 | Austria | 14.52% | 2018 | |
| 161 | Croatia | 14.39% | 2018 | |
| 162 | Bulgaria | 14.37% | 2018 | |
| 163 | France | 14.35% | 2018 | |
| 164 | Estonia | 13.69% | 2018 | |
| 165 | Sweden | 13.55% | 2018 | |
| 166 | Germany | 12.48% | 2018 | |
| 167 | Hungary | 12.09% | 2018 | |
| 168 | Hong Kong | 12.01% | 2018 | |
| 169 | Japan | 11.54% | 2018 | |
| 170 | Denmark | 10.85% | 2018 | |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 10.63% | 2018 | |
| 172 | Cuba | 10.58% | 2018 | |
| 173 | Brunei | 9.03% | 2018 | |
| 174 | Macao | 8.86% | 2018 | |
| 175 | Norway | 8.51% | 2018 | |
| 176 | Russia | 7.66% | 2018 | |
| 177 | Libya | 7.16% | 2018 | |
| 178 | United States | 7.05% | 2018 | |
| 179 | Belarus | 5.92% | 2018 | |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 5.4% | 2018 | |
| 181 | Oman | 3.73% | 2018 | |
| 182 | United Arab Emirates | 3.63% | 2018 | |
| 183 | Bahrain | 2.64% | 2018 | |
| 184 | Kuwait | 2.25% | 2018 | |
| 185 | Qatar | 0.41% | 2018 |