Self-employed workers, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24) by country

Countries reporting
103
Highest
0.4%
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0%
Russia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,488

What the numbers show

Self-employed workers, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 0.4% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in Russia.

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

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 249.2%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).

Self-employed workers, aged 15-24: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 0.4% 2014 up 43.3% rising
1 Djibouti 0.2% 2017 up 57.3% rising
2 Guinea 0.4% 2018 up 38.1% rising
3 Gambia 0.4% 2020 down 8.5% falling
4 Nigeria 0.4% 2012 down 20.0% rising
5 Zambia 0.4% 2015 down 47.5% volatile
6 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 15.0% rising
7 Kenya 0.4% 2019 up 80.6% rising
8 Romania 0.3% 2018 up 65.2% flat
9 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2013 up 10.0% rising
10 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 up 16.6% rising
11 Madagascar 0.3% 2012 up 3.8% volatile
12 Venezuela 0.3% 2006 up 33.3% rising
13 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 up 3.0% rising
14 Tanzania 0.3% 2020 down 47.4% volatile
15 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 77.4% falling
16 Togo 0.3% 2018 down 16.3% falling
17 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 110.1% volatile
18 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 14.5% falling
19 Niger 0.2% 2018 down 69.4% falling
20 Argentina 0.2% 2021 up 123.2% rising
21 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 9.1% falling
22 Bolivia 0.2% 2021 up 28.2% rising
23 Senegal 0.2% 2018 down 55.3% volatile
24 Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 46.0% rising
25 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 up 65.0% rising
26 Uganda 0.2% 2016 down 17.4% volatile
27 Armenia 0.2% 2020 up 137.8% rising
28 Ghana 0.2% 2016 down 34.1% volatile
29 Brazil 0.2% 2021 up 43.7% rising
30 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 86.5% falling
31 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 down 56.6% falling
32 India 0.1% 2019 up 17.6% falling
33 Paraguay 0.1% 2021 up 17.4% falling
34 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 volatile
35 Laos 0.1% 2018 down 83.1% volatile
36 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 1.4% falling
37 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 249.2% volatile
38 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 51.1% falling
39 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 up 5.8% rising
40 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 40.2% falling
41 Morocco 0.1% 2013 up 64.9% rising
42 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 down 33.7% falling
43 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 39.6% rising
44 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 6.4% falling
45 Honduras 0.1% 2019 down 10.9% rising
46 Malawi 0.1% 2019 down 85.7% volatile
47 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 down 15.0% flat
48 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 up 15.8% rising
49 Palestine 0.1% 2017 down 7.9% rising
50 Montenegro 0.1% 2010 up 218.9% volatile
51 Italy 0.1% 2016 up 34.8% rising
52 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 11.5% falling
53 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 5.0% rising
54 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 up 15.8% flat
55 Cambodia 0.1% 2012 down 42.9% falling
56 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 10.1% falling
57 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 down 29.2% falling
58 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 up 77.9% rising
59 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 30.0% rising
60 Mexico 0.1% 2020 up 6.7% rising
62 Greece 0.1% 2016 up 39.0% rising
63 Czechia 0.1% 2016 up 31.1% rising
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 down 31.8% falling
65 Serbia 0.1% 2018 down 6.2% volatile
66 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 down 4.0% falling
67 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 85.8% volatile
68 Georgia 0.1% 2020 down 36.3% volatile
69 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 up 45.3% rising
70 Mauritius 0.0% 2017 down 24.3% falling
71 Netherlands 0.0% 2016 up 24.2% rising
72 Portugal 0.0% 2016 up 152.6% volatile
73 Jordan 0.0% 2016 up 45.9% flat
74 Belgium 0.0% 2003 down 37.3% falling
75 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 down 30.6% rising
76 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2005 up 35.4% rising
77 United Kingdom 0.0% 2016 up 116.7% flat
78 Spain 0.0% 2016 up 91.7% falling
79 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 up 14.1% falling
80 Latvia 0.0% 2016 up 149.8% rising
81 Cyprus 0.0% 2016 down 24.2% falling
82 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 up 60.1% volatile
83 Turkey 0.0% 2019 down 39.3% falling
84 Finland 0.0% 2016 up 9.2% falling
85 South Korea 0.0% 2017 up 43.5% falling
86 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 4.8% volatile
87 Poland 0.0% 2019 down 48.1% falling
88 France 0.0% 2016 down 26.2% volatile
89 United States 0.0% 2018 down 24.2% falling
90 Malta 0.0% 2016 down 41.5% falling
91 Norway 0.0% 2016 up 27.3% falling
92 Austria 0.0% 2003 up 14.8% rising
93 Croatia 0.0% 2016 down 33.5% falling
94 Hungary 0.0% 2016 down 69.1% falling
95 Iceland 0.0% 2015 up 1.0% flat
96 Sweden 0.0% 2016 down 23.9% falling
97 Estonia 0.0% 2016 down 20.0% volatile
98 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 58.0% volatile
99 Denmark 0.0% 2016 down 69.3% volatile
100 Ireland 0.0% 2016 down 75.8% volatile
101 Belarus 0.0% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
102 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
102 Russia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Self-employed workers, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24)
Unit
% of employed population aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
105 places, 1,488 data points, 1970–2021
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