| # | Flag | Country | 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 |