Non-agricultural self-employed workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
93
Highest
0.5%
Gambia
Lowest
0.0%
North Macedonia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,312

What the numbers show

Non-agricultural self-employed workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) is currently reported for 93 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in Gambia; the lowest is 0.0% in North Macedonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 4,341.6%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 100.0%).

Non-agricultural self-employed workers, aged 15-64, urban: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gambia 0.5% 2020 up 2.8% rising
2 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% 2020 up 1,762.6% volatile
3 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2021 up 32.3% rising
4 Colombia 0.4% 2021 down 1.6% rising
5 Zambia 0.4% 2015 up 0.6% falling
6 Ghana 0.4% 2016 up 4.1% volatile
7 Ecuador 0.3% 2021 up 12.6% rising
8 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 down 12.9% rising
9 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2013 up 3.6% rising
10 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 3.9% falling
11 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 down 14.2% falling
12 Peru 0.3% 2021 up 4.5% falling
13 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2002 up 66.0% rising
14 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 down 2.8% falling
15 Madagascar 0.3% 2012 up 19.2% rising
16 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 up 11.5% rising
17 Morocco 0.3% 2013 volatile
18 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 up 39.0% rising
19 Mozambique 0.3% 2014 up 73.6% rising
20 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 62.9% rising
21 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 volatile
22 Uganda 0.3% 2016 down 24.2% rising
23 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 down 16.1% falling
24 Brazil 0.2% 2021 up 31.1% rising
25 India 0.2% 2019 down 15.4% falling
26 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 up 12.6% rising
27 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 up 18.8% falling
28 Argentina 0.2% 2021 up 29.0% rising
29 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2020 up 4,341.6% volatile
30 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 0.6% flat
31 Thailand 0.2% 2021 down 6.3% rising
32 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 5.1% rising
33 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 up 54.4% volatile
33 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 up 54.4% volatile
35 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 up 14.2% flat
36 Belize 0.2% 1999 up 44.2% rising
37 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 1.9% flat
38 Philippines 0.2% 2019 down 10.3% falling
39 Armenia 0.2% 2020 up 87.0% rising
40 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 32.2% falling
41 Italy 0.1% 2016 down 3.1% falling
42 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 5.9% falling
43 Greece 0.1% 2016 up 6.5% rising
44 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 158.8% volatile
45 Czechia 0.1% 2016 up 12.2% falling
46 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 9.7% falling
47 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 up 1.4% flat
48 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 up 73.1% rising
49 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 down 17.6% falling
50 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 6.4% rising
51 Spain 0.1% 2016 up 17.0% falling
52 Jordan 0.1% 2016 up 5.6% flat
53 Türkiye 0.1% 2013 down 22.2% falling
54 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 16.5% falling
55 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 16.6% volatile
56 Poland 0.1% 2019 up 34.6% falling
57 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2017 volatile
58 Netherlands 0.1% 2004 up 2.8% flat
59 Austria 0.1% 2003 up 21.1% rising
60 France 0.1% 2016 up 104.7% rising
61 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 7.4% falling
62 Portugal 0.1% 2016 down 20.2% falling
63 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 14.2% falling
64 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 98.3% falling
65 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 25.6% volatile
66 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 1.8% rising
67 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 up 68.8% volatile
68 United States 0.1% 2018 down 32.8% falling
69 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 60.7% rising
70 Latvia 0.0% 2016 up 125.5% falling
71 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 down 50.5% falling
72 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 55.1% falling
73 Sweden 0.0% 2016 down 13.4% falling
74 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 up 43.4% volatile
75 Denmark 0.0% 2016 up 33.5% volatile
76 Norway 0.0% 2016 up 9.7% rising
77 Croatia 0.0% 2016 down 11.8% falling
78 Serbia 0.0% 2018 volatile
78 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
78 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
78 Russian Federation 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
78 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
78 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
78 Honduras 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
78 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling
78 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% rising
78 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 volatile
78 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 volatile
78 Namibia 0.0% 2015 volatile
78 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
78 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
78 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
78 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 volatile

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Indicator
Non-agricultural self-employed workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,312 data points, 1970–2021
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