Self-employment - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Self-employment, percent of total employment, 2025:

The average for 2025 based on 176 countries was 38.92 percent. The highest value was in Chad: 91.56 percent and the lowest value was in Qatar: 0.83 percent. The indicator is available from 1991 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Self-employment, 2025 Global rank Available data
Chad 91.56 1 1991 - 2025
Niger 89.48 2 1991 - 2025
Sierra Leone 88.81 3 1991 - 2025
Madagascar 88.32 4 1991 - 2025
Nigeria 86.15 5 1991 - 2025
C.A. Republic 85.4 6 1991 - 2025
Tanzania 85.34 7 1991 - 2025
Mozambique 85.31 8 1991 - 2025
DR Congo 85.08 9 1991 - 2025
Burundi 84.85 10 1991 - 2025
Ethiopia 84.31 11 1991 - 2025
Afghanistan 83.4 12 1991 - 2025
Burkina Faso 82.6 13 1991 - 2025
Guinea 81.95 14 1991 - 2025
Uganda 80.53 15 1991 - 2025
Benin 79.83 16 1991 - 2025
Papua N.G. 78.67 17 1991 - 2025
Nepal 78.58 18 1991 - 2025
Liberia 78.34 19 1991 - 2025
Laos 77.14 20 1991 - 2025
Haiti 76.83 21 1991 - 2025
R. of Congo 76.76 22 1991 - 2025
Togo 76.62 23 1991 - 2025
Mali 76.35 24 1991 - 2025
Angola 75.9 25 1991 - 2025
G.-Bissau 75.47 26 1991 - 2025
India 74.9 27 1991 - 2025
Zambia 71.73 28 1991 - 2025
Ivory Coast 70.97 29 1991 - 2025
Zimbabwe 70.78 30 1991 - 2025
Solomon Isl. 69.94 31 1991 - 2025
Bhutan 69.51 32 1991 - 2025
Cameroon 69.28 33 1991 - 2025
Gambia 68.61 34 1991 - 2025
Ghana 67.46 35 1991 - 2025
Azerbaijan 66.98 36 1991 - 2025
Bolivia 66.27 37 1991 - 2025
Burma 65.47 38 1991 - 2025
Kenya 64.8 39 1991 - 2025
Senegal 64.32 40 1991 - 2025
North Korea 62.05 41 1991 - 2025
Malawi 61.26 42 1991 - 2025
Bangladesh 61.04 43 1991 - 2025
Vanuatu 60.62 44 1991 - 2025
Moldova 58.78 45 1991 - 2025
Comoros 57.9 46 1991 - 2025
Mauritania 57.45 47 1991 - 2025
Pakistan 57 48 1991 - 2025
Cambodia 55.52 49 1991 - 2025
Vietnam 53.35 50 1991 - 2025
Indonesia 53.34 51 1991 - 2025
Yemen 52.64 52 1991 - 2025
Eritrea 52.37 53 1991 - 2025
Ecuador 52.33 54 1991 - 2025
Somalia 52.18 55 1991 - 2025
Peru 51.35 56 1991 - 2025
Djibouti 51.12 57 1991 - 2025
Thailand 50.7 58 1991 - 2025
Albania 50.28 59 1991 - 2025
Georgia 46.07 60 1991 - 2025
Colombia 45.64 61 1991 - 2025
Uzbekistan 45.44 62 1991 - 2025
Samoa 44.51 63 1991 - 2025
Nicaragua 44.27 64 1991 - 2025
Honduras 44.11 65 1991 - 2025
S.T.&Principe 43.99 66 1991 - 2025
Iran 42.94 67 1991 - 2025
Syria 42.44 68 1991 - 2025
Domin. Rep. 42.1 69 1991 - 2025
Sri Lanka 42.07 70 1991 - 2025
Tonga 41.79 71 1991 - 2025
Paraguay 41.25 72 1991 - 2025
Mongolia 41.18 73 1991 - 2025
Panama 40.58 74 1991 - 2025
Rwanda 40.45 75 1991 - 2025
Venezuela 40.42 76 1991 - 2025
Morocco 40.06 77 1991 - 2025
Guatemala 39.08 78 1991 - 2025
Lesotho 38.52 79 1991 - 2025
Cape Verde 38.46 80 1991 - 2025
China 37.67 81 1991 - 2025
Namibia 36.54 82 1991 - 2025
Philippines 36.15 83 1991 - 2025
Jamaica 35.75 84 1991 - 2025
El Salvador 35.66 85 1991 - 2025
Belize 35.18 86 1991 - 2025
Fiji 34.08 87 1991 - 2025
Armenia 33.66 88 1991 - 2025
Gabon 32.39 89 1991 - 2025
Turkmenistan 32.03 90 1991 - 2025
Iraq 31.66 91 1991 - 2025
Tajikistan 31.26 92 1991 - 2025
Guyana 31.11 93 1991 - 2025
Mexico 30.85 94 1991 - 2025
Kyrgyzstan 30.5 95 1991 - 2025
Greece 30.46 96 1991 - 2025
Brazil 30.29 97 1991 - 2025
Swaziland 30.22 98 1991 - 2025
Algeria 30.2 99 1991 - 2025
Turkey 28.55 100 1991 - 2025
Botswana 28.11 101 1991 - 2025
Uruguay 27.97 102 1991 - 2025
Eq. Guinea 27.5 103 1991 - 2025
Serbia 27.02 104 1991 - 2025
Egypt 26.98 105 1991 - 2025
Saint Lucia 26.74 106 1991 - 2025
Costa Rica 26.59 107 1991 - 2025
Kazakhstan 26.13 108 1991 - 2025
Libya 25.88 109 1991 - 2025
Tr.&Tobago 25.72 110 1991 - 2025
St. Vincent & ... 25.67 111 1991 - 2025
Argentina 25.58 112 1991 - 2025
Malaysia 25.37 113 1991 - 2025
Tunisia 24.94 114 1991 - 2025
Chile 23.92 115 1991 - 2025
South Korea 22.67 116 1991 - 2025
Suriname 22.48 117 1991 - 2025
Bosnia & Herz. 22.06 118 1991 - 2025
Italy 21.12 119 1991 - 2025
Maldives 20.05 120 1991 - 2025
Barbados 19.55 121 1991 - 2025
Poland 18.89 122 1991 - 2025
New Zealand 18.41 123 1991 - 2025
Mauritius 17.79 124 1991 - 2025
Montenegro 17.36 125 1991 - 2025
South Africa 17.27 126 1991 - 2025
N. Caledonia 17.14 127 1991 - 2025
Bahamas 17.05 128 1991 - 2025
Switzerland 16.86 129 1991 - 2025
Netherlands 16.79 130 1991 - 2025
North Macedonia 16.59 131 1991 - 2025
Australia 16.1 132 1991 - 2025
Czechia 15.72 133 1991 - 2025
Slovakia 14.87 134 1991 - 2025
Belgium 14.59 135 1991 - 2025
Spain 14.54 136 1991 - 2025
Romania 14.46 137 1991 - 2025
Portugal 14.43 138 1991 - 2025
Slovenia 13.96 139 1991 - 2025
Malta 13.9 140 1991 - 2025
Latvia 13.66 141 1991 - 2025
Ireland 13.37 142 1991 - 2025
Iceland 13.3 143 1991 - 2025
France 13.28 144 1991 - 2025
UK 13.15 145 1991 - 2025
Canada 12.91 146 1991 - 2025
Croatia 12.74 147 1991 - 2025
Singapore 12.69 148 1991 - 2025
Puerto Rico 12.61 149 1991 - 2025
Finland 12.54 150 1991 - 2025
Austria 12.2 151 1991 - 2025
Estonia 12.07 152 1991 - 2025
Bulgaria 11.8 153 1991 - 2025
Hungary 11.63 154 1991 - 2025
Lithuania 11.5 155 1991 - 2025
Israel 11.34 156 1991 - 2025
Jordan 11.21 157 1991 - 2025
Luxembourg 10.34 158 1991 - 2025
Sweden 10.24 159 1991 - 2025
Cyprus 10.17 160 1991 - 2025
Japan 9.05 161 1991 - 2025
Germany 8.15 162 1991 - 2025
Denmark 7.91 163 1991 - 2025
Hong Kong 7.69 164 1991 - 2025
Brunei 7.27 165 1991 - 2025
Belarus 6.83 166 1991 - 2025
Macao 6.76 167 1991 - 2025
Russia 6.32 168 1991 - 2025
USA 6.07 169 1991 - 2025
Saudi Arabia 5.55 170 1991 - 2025
UA Emirates 5.07 171 1991 - 2025
Oman 4.96 172 1991 - 2025
Norway 4.87 173 1991 - 2025
Kuwait 3.16 174 1991 - 2025
Bahrain 2.44 175 1991 - 2025
Qatar 0.83 176 1991 - 2025


New - World map: Self-employment




Definition: 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 sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.

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1. Chad
2. Niger
3. Sierra Leone
4. Madagascar
5. Nigeria
6. C.A. Republic
7. Tanzania
8. Mozambique
9. DR Congo
10. Burundi
11. Ethiopia
12. Afghanistan
13. Burkina Faso
14. Guinea
15. Uganda
16. Benin
17. Papua N.G.
18. Nepal
19. Liberia
20. Laos
21. Haiti
22. R. of Congo
23. Togo
24. Mali
25. Angola
26. G.-Bissau
27. India
28. Zambia
29. Ivory Coast
30. Zimbabwe
31. Solomon Isl.
32. Bhutan
33. Cameroon
34. Gambia
35. Ghana
36. Azerbaijan
37. Bolivia
38. Burma
39. Kenya
40. Senegal
41. North Korea
42. Malawi
43. Bangladesh
44. Vanuatu
45. Moldova
46. Comoros
47. Mauritania
48. Pakistan
49. Cambodia
50. Vietnam
51. Indonesia
52. Yemen
53. Eritrea
54. Ecuador
55. Somalia
56. Peru
57. Djibouti
58. Thailand
59. Albania
60. Georgia
61. Colombia
62. Uzbekistan
63. Samoa
64. Nicaragua
65. Honduras
66. S.T.&Principe
67. Iran
68. Syria
69. Domin. Rep.
70. Sri Lanka
71. Tonga
72. Paraguay
73. Mongolia
74. Panama
75. Rwanda
76. Venezuela
77. Morocco
78. Guatemala
79. Lesotho
80. Cape Verde
81. China
82. Namibia
83. Philippines
84. Jamaica
85. El Salvador
86. Belize
87. Fiji
88. Armenia
89. Gabon
90. Turkmenistan
91. Iraq
92. Tajikistan
93. Guyana
94. Mexico
95. Kyrgyzstan
96. Greece
97. Brazil
98. Swaziland
99. Algeria
100. Turkey
101. Botswana
102. Uruguay
103. Eq. Guinea
104. Serbia
105. Egypt
106. Saint Lucia
107. Costa Rica
108. Kazakhstan
109. Libya
110. Tr.&Tobago
111. St. Vincent & ...
112. Argentina
113. Malaysia
114. Tunisia
115. Chile
116. South Korea
117. Suriname
118. Bosnia & Herz.
119. Italy
120. Maldives
121. Barbados
122. Poland
123. New Zealand
124. Mauritius
125. Montenegro
126. South Africa
127. N. Caledonia
128. Bahamas
129. Switzerland
130. Netherlands
131. North Macedonia
132. Australia
133. Czechia
134. Slovakia
135. Belgium
136. Spain
137. Romania
138. Portugal
139. Slovenia
140. Malta
141. Latvia
142. Ireland
143. Iceland
144. France
145. UK
146. Canada
147. Croatia
148. Singapore
149. Puerto Rico
150. Finland
151. Austria
152. Estonia
153. Bulgaria
154. Hungary
155. Lithuania
156. Israel
157. Jordan
158. Luxembourg
159. Sweden
160. Cyprus
161. Japan
162. Germany
163. Denmark
164. Hong Kong
165. Brunei
166. Belarus
167. Macao
168. Russia
169. USA
170. Saudi Arabia
171. UA Emirates
172. Oman
173. Norway
174. Kuwait
175. Bahrain
176. Qatar
91.56
89.48
88.81
88.32
86.15
85.40
85.34
85.31
85.08
84.85
84.31
83.40
82.60
81.95
80.53
79.83
78.67
78.58
78.34
77.14
76.83
76.76
76.62
76.35
75.90
75.47
74.90
71.73
70.97
70.78
69.94
69.51
69.28
68.61
67.46
66.98
66.27
65.47
64.80
64.32
62.05
61.26
61.04
60.62
58.78
57.90
57.45
57.00
55.52
53.35
53.34
52.64
52.37
52.33
52.18
51.35
51.12
50.70
50.28
46.07
45.64
45.44
44.51
44.27
44.11
43.99
42.94
42.44
42.10
42.07
41.79
41.25
41.18
40.58
40.45
40.42
40.06
39.08
38.52
38.46
37.67
36.54
36.15
35.75
35.66
35.18
34.08
33.66
32.39
32.03
31.66
31.26
31.11
30.85
30.50
30.46
30.29
30.22
30.20
28.55
28.11
27.97
27.50
27.02
26.98
26.74
26.59
26.13
25.88
25.72
25.67
25.58
25.37
24.94
23.92
22.67
22.48
22.06
21.12
20.05
19.55
18.89
18.41
17.79
17.36
17.27
17.14
17.05
16.86
16.79
16.59
16.10
15.72
14.87
14.59
14.54
14.46
14.43
13.96
13.90
13.66
13.37
13.30
13.28
13.15
12.91
12.74
12.69
12.61
12.54
12.20
12.07
11.80
11.63
11.50
11.34
11.21
10.34
10.24
10.17
9.05
8.15
7.91
7.69
7.27
6.83
6.76
6.32
6.07
5.55
5.07
4.96
4.87
3.16
2.44
0.83
0
22.9
45.8
68.7
91.56


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