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Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country, 2025
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Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Chad	91.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Niger	89.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Sierra Leone	88.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Madagascar	88.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Nigeria	86.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
6	Central African Republic	85.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Tanzania	85.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
8	Mozambique	85.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Congo, Dem. Rep.	85.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Burundi	84.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Ethiopia	84.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Afghanistan	83.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
13	Burkina Faso	82.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Guinea	81.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Uganda	80.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Benin	79.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Papua New Guinea	78.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
18	Nepal	78.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
19	Liberia	78.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Lao PDR	77.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
21	Haiti	76.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
22	Congo, Rep.	76.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Togo	76.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Mali	76.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Angola	75.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Guinea-Bissau	75.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	India	74.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
28	Timor-Leste	74.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
29	Zambia	71.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Cote d'Ivoire	71	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Zimbabwe	70.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Solomon Islands	69.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
33	Bhutan	69.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
34	Cameroon	69.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Gambia, The	68.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Ghana	67.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Azerbaijan	67	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
38	Bolivia	66.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
39	Myanmar	65.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
40	Kenya	64.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Senegal	64.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	62.1	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
43	Malawi	61.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Bangladesh	61	South Asia	Lower middle income
45	Vanuatu	60.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
46	Moldova	58.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
47	Comoros	57.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Mauritania	57.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Pakistan	57	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
50	Cambodia	55.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
51	Viet Nam	53.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
52	Indonesia	53.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
53	Yemen, Rep.	52.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
54	Eritrea	52.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
55	Ecuador	52.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	52.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Peru	51.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Djibouti	51.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
59	Thailand	50.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
60	Albania	50.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Georgia	46.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
62	Colombia	45.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Uzbekistan	45.4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
64	Samoa	44.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
65	Nicaragua	44.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
66	Honduras	44.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
67	Sao Tome and Principe	44	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Iran, Islamic Rep.	42.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
69	Syrian Arab Republic	42.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
70	Dominican Republic	42.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Sri Lanka	42.1	South Asia	Upper middle income
72	Tonga	41.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
73	Paraguay	41.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Mongolia	41.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
75	Panama	40.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Rwanda	40.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
77	Venezuela, RB	40.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
78	Morocco	40.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
79	Guatemala	39.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Lesotho	38.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
81	Cabo Verde	38.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
82	China	37.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
83	Namibia	36.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Philippines	36.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	Jamaica	35.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	El Salvador	35.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Belize	35.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Fiji	34.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
89	Armenia	33.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Gabon	32.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
91	Turkmenistan	32	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Iraq	31.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
93	Tajikistan	31.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
94	Guyana	31.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
95	Mexico	30.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	Kyrgyz Republic	30.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
97	Greece	30.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Brazil	30.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Eswatini	30.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Algeria	30.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
101	Turkiye	28.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	Botswana	28.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
103	Uruguay	28	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Equatorial Guinea	27.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
105	Serbia	27	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Egypt, Arab Rep.	27	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
107	St. Lucia	26.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Costa Rica	26.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Kazakhstan	26.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Libya	25.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
111	Trinidad and Tobago	25.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
112	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	25.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Argentina	25.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Malaysia	25.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
115	Tunisia	24.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
116	Cuba	24.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Chile	23.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Korea, Rep.	22.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
119	Suriname	22.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Italy	21.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Maldives	20	South Asia	Upper middle income
123	Barbados	19.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Poland	18.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	New Zealand	18.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
126	French Polynesia	18.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
127	Mauritius	17.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128	Montenegro	17.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	South Africa	17.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
130	New Caledonia	17.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
131	Bahamas, The	17.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Switzerland	16.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Netherlands	16.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	North Macedonia	16.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
135	Australia	16.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Czechia	15.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Guam	15.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
138	Slovak Republic	14.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Belgium	14.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Spain	14.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Romania	14.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Portugal	14.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Slovenia	14	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Malta	13.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
145	Latvia	13.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Ireland	13.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Iceland	13.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	France	13.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	United Kingdom	13.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Canada	12.9	North America	High income
151	Croatia	12.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	Singapore	12.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
153	Puerto Rico (US)	12.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	Finland	12.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Austria	12.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Estonia	12.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Bulgaria	11.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Hungary	11.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Lithuania	11.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Israel	11.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
161	Jordan	11.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
162	Luxembourg	10.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Sweden	10.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	Cyprus	10.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	9.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
166	Japan	9.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
167	Channel Islands	8.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Germany	8.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Denmark	7.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Hong Kong SAR, China	7.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
171	Brunei Darussalam	7.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
172	Belarus	6.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
173	Macao SAR, China	6.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
174	Russian Federation	6.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	United States	6.1	North America	High income
176	Saudi Arabia	5.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
177	United Arab Emirates	5.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
178	Oman	5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
179	Norway	4.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Kuwait	3.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
181	Bahrain	2.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
182	Qatar	0.83	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)