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Self-employed total percentage 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.Source:
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Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)Year
1
Burundi
94.72%
2018
2
Central African Republic
94.57%
2018
3
Chad
93.34%
2018
4
Guinea
91.65%
2018
5
Mali
90.21%
2018
6
South Sudan
90.04%
2018
7
Niger
89.97%
2018
8
Afghanistan
89.89%
2018
9
Benin
89.26%
2018
10
Madagascar
89.08%
2018
11
Sierra Leone
88.91%
2018
12
Burkina Faso
87.09%
2018
13
Ethiopia
86.52%
2018
14
Haiti
86.25%
2018
15
Mozambique
85.51%
2018
16
Tanzania
85.46%
2018
17
Democratic Republic Of Congo
81.69%
2018
18
Solomon Islands
81.52%
2018
19
Nigeria
81.43%
2018
20
Laos
80.5%
2018
21
Nepal
80.41%
2018
22
Papua New Guinea
80.04%
2018
23
Liberia
79.77%
2018
24
Somalia
79.44%
2018
25
Guinea-Bissau
79.42%
2018
26
Eritrea
79.31%
2018
27
Togo
78.92%
2018
28
Uganda
78.33%
2018
29
India
78.32%
2018
30
Zambia
78.08%
2018
31
Republic of the Congo
78.05%
2018
32
Cameroon
76.85%
2018
33
Ghana
74.51%
2018
34
Ivory Coast
74.33%
2018
35
Gambia
73.79%
2018
36
East Timor
72.77%
2018
37
Vanuatu
72.22%
2018
38
Bhutan
71.46%
2018
39
Angola
71.39%
2018
40
Comoros
69.74%
2018
41
Rwanda
68.71%
2018
42
Azerbaijan
68.24%
2018
43
North Korea
66.92%
2018
44
Zimbabwe
66.13%
2018
45
Senegal
65.91%
2018
46
Myanmar
62.51%
2018
47
Bolivia
62.45%
2018
48
Kenya
61.5%
2018
49
Malawi
60.67%
2018
50
Pakistan
60.6%
2018
51
Guyana
60.59%
2018
52
Bangladesh
59.92%
2018
53
Equatorial Guinea
57.61%
2018
54
Albania
57.28%
2018
55
Vietnam
56.6%
2018
56
Mauritania
55.51%
2018
57
Lesotho
55.44%
2018
58
Peru
54.87%
2018
59
Tonga
54.4%
2018
60
Yemen
52.59%
2018
61
Honduras
52.17%
2018
62
Morocco
51.42%
2018
63
Georgia
51.24%
2018
64
Cambodia
51.18%
2018
65
Colombia
50.92%
2018
66
Indonesia
50.67%
2018
67
Thailand
50.18%
2018
68
Mongolia
49.9%
2018
69
Djibouti
49.53%
2018
70
Ecuador
49.12%
2018
71
São Tomé and Príncipe
48.47%
2018
72
China
46.91%
2018
73
Sudan
45.97%
2018
74
Tajikistan
45.55%
2018
75
Iran
45.06%
2018
76
Nicaragua
44.78%
2018
77
Fiji
44.48%
2018
78
Paraguay
43.81%
2018
79
Dominican Republic
43.67%
2018
80
Sri Lanka
41.92%
2018
81
Uzbekistan
41.69%
2018
82
Armenia
41.27%
2018
83
El Salvador
39.99%
2018
84
Jamaica
39.31%
2018
85
Syria
39.02%
2018
86
Philippines
37.56%
2018
87
Guatemala
37.46%
2018
88
Lebanon
36.93%
2018
89
Venezuela
36.46%
2018
90
Samoa
35.88%
2018
91
Kyrgyzstan
35.46%
2018
92
Saint Lucia
35.14%
2018
93
Swaziland
35.07%
2018
94
Panama
34.85%
2018
95
Moldova
34.6%
2018
96
Greece
33.99%
2018
97
Gabon
33.95%
2018
98
Belize
33.85%
2018
99
Cape Verde
33.62%
2018
100
Turkey
32.55%
2018
101
Brazil
32.25%
2018
102
Egypt
31.81%
2018
103
Mexico
31.39%
2018
104
Algeria
30.94%
2018
105
Serbia
30.45%
2018
106
Namibia
29.28%
2018
107
Iraq
29.18%
2018
108
Chile
28.52%
2018
109
Botswana
28.02%
2018
110
Uruguay
27.98%
2018
111
Tunisia
27.73%
2018
112
Kazakhstan
27.2%
2018
113
Romania
26.26%
2018
114
Turkmenistan
25.46%
2018
115
Argentina
25.35%
2018
116
South Korea
25.27%
2018
117
Malaysia
25.25%
2018
118
Bosnia and Herzegovina
24.45%
2018
119
Costa Rica
24.18%
2018
120
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
23.79%
2018
121
Republic of Macedonia
23.62%
2018
122
Maldives
23.51%
2018
123
Trinidad and Tobago
23.45%
2018
124
Italy
23.15%
2018
125
Montenegro
21.87%
2018
126
Mauritius
20.57%
2018
127
Poland
20.29%
2018
128
New Zealand
18.5%
2018
129
Czech Republic
17.04%
2018
130
New Caledonia
17.02%
2018
131
Puerto Rico
16.99%
2018
132
Portugal
16.98%
2018
133
Australia
16.88%
2018
134
Barbados
16.63%
2018
135
Netherlands
16.62%
2018
136
Spain
16.45%
2018
137
Ukraine
15.7%
2018
138
Virgin Islands (US)
15.68%
2018
139
French Polynesia
15.56%
2018
140
United Kingdom
15.31%
2018
141
Republic of Ireland
15.26%
2018
142
Canada
15.23%
2018
143
South Africa
15.19%
2018
144
Slovakia
15.16%
2018
145
Guam
15.13%
2018
146
Switzerland
14.78%
2018
147
Singapore
14.58%
2018
148
Malta
14.51%
2018
149
The Bahamas
14.44%
2018
150
Jordan
14.44%
2018
151
Slovenia
14.4%
2018
152
Belgium
14.28%
2018
153
Suriname
14.03%
2018
154
Cyprus
13.22%
2018
155
Finland
13.14%
2018
156
Latvia
12.59%
2018
157
Croatia
12.37%
2018
158
Israel
12.33%
2018
159
Austria
12.3%
2018
160
Lithuania
11.96%
2018
161
Bulgaria
11.88%
2018
162
Iceland
11.78%
2018
163
France
11.61%
2018
164
Japan
10.37%
2018
165
Hungary
10.32%
2018
166
Germany
10.17%
2018
167
Estonia
10.15%
2018
168
Sweden
9.83%
2018
169
Luxembourg
9.75%
2018
170
Cuba
9.32%
2018
171
Brunei
8.77%
2018
172
Hong Kong
8.66%
2018
173
Denmark
8.22%
2018
174
Libya
6.62%
2018
175
Russia
6.59%
2018
176
Norway
6.51%
2018
177
Macao
6.25%
2018
178
United States
6.21%
2018
179
Saudi Arabia
4.82%
2018
180
Belarus
4.36%
2018
181
Oman
3.81%
2018
182
United Arab Emirates
3.46%
2018
183
Bahrain
2.74%
2018
184
Kuwait
1.74%
2018
185
Qatar
0.41%
2018
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