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Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
0.6%
Madagascar
Lowest
0.0%
Russian Federation
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,503

What the numbers show

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in Madagascar; the lowest is 0.0% in Russian Federation.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 142.9%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 100.0%).

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Madagascar 0.6% 2012 up 3.3% falling
2 Guinea 0.6% 2018 up 4.6% rising
3 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 13.7% falling
4 Ethiopia 0.6% 2021 down 10.6% rising
5 Togo 0.6% 2018 down 0.9% falling
6 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6% 2020 down 7.9% falling
7 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 down 9.9% falling
8 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2013 up 3.0% rising
9 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% 2021 up 30.5% rising
10 Gambia 0.5% 2020 down 9.3% falling
11 Niger 0.5% 2018 down 41.7% falling
12 Nigeria 0.5% 2012 down 24.5% falling
13 Colombia 0.5% 2021 up 5.5% rising
14 Bangladesh 0.5% 2016 down 8.6% falling
15 Ghana 0.4% 2016 down 14.9% falling
16 Uganda 0.4% 2016 down 20.4% falling
17 Senegal 0.4% 2018 down 27.0% falling
18 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 down 2.1% falling
19 Jamaica 0.4% 2002 down 4.5% falling
20 Kenya 0.4% 2019 up 25.5% rising
21 India 0.4% 2019 up 5.1% falling
22 Thailand 0.4% 2021 down 0.7% falling
23 Armenia 0.4% 2020 up 42.1% rising
24 Peru 0.3% 2021 up 7.9% flat
25 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2006 up 8.1% rising
26 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 down 22.8% falling
27 Morocco 0.3% 2013 up 2.2% rising
28 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 23.1% falling
29 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 down 32.7% falling
30 Georgia 0.3% 2020 down 12.8% volatile
31 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 136.1% volatile
32 Mongolia 0.3% 2021 down 2.8% falling
33 Ecuador 0.3% 2021 up 3.6% rising
34 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 down 0.3% rising
35 Brazil 0.3% 2021 up 11.2% rising
36 Paraguay 0.3% 2021 down 0.9% falling
37 Kosovo 0.3% 2017 up 0.6% rising
37 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.3% 2017 up 0.6% rising
39 Uruguay 0.3% 2021 up 20.4% falling
40 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 up 9.3% rising
41 Greece 0.3% 2016 up 5.2% falling
42 Philippines 0.2% 2019 down 18.6% falling
43 Romania 0.2% 2018 up 13.9% falling
44 Honduras 0.2% 2019 up 2.1% falling
45 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 down 12.5% falling
46 Argentina 0.2% 2021 up 19.7% rising
47 Djibouti 0.2% 2017 up 1.6% falling
48 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 76.2% falling
49 Belize 0.2% 1999 up 12.8% rising
50 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2% 2018 down 71.2% falling
51 El Salvador 0.2% 2019 down 8.3% flat
52 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 up 11.9% falling
53 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% 2011 up 15.6% rising
54 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 4.0% falling
55 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 52.0% rising
56 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 6.0% falling
57 Mauritius 0.2% 2017 up 13.0% flat
58 Malawi 0.2% 2019 down 68.5% volatile
59 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 down 16.3% falling
60 Guatemala 0.2% 2019 down 27.5% falling
61 Italy 0.2% 2016 down 2.9% falling
62 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2017 down 17.2% falling
63 Serbia 0.2% 2018 down 19.7% volatile
64 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 10.8% falling
65 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 11.0% falling
66 Belgium 0.2% 2003 down 12.5% falling
67 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 up 52.6% rising
68 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 20.2% rising
69 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 44.0% falling
70 Spain 0.1% 2016 up 19.8% falling
71 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 — volatile
72 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 30.1% rising
73 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 14.2% falling
74 Austria 0.1% 2003 up 6.7% rising
75 Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 9.2% falling
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 down 20.2% rising
77 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 38.3% flat
78 France 0.1% 2016 up 78.3% rising
79 North Macedonia 0.1% 2020 down 30.6% rising
80 Montenegro 0.1% 2010 up 142.9% rising
81 Jordan 0.1% 2016 up 2.6% flat
82 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 10.2% falling
83 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 21.0% rising
84 Albania 0.1% 2019 down 70.7% falling
85 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 up 29.6% falling
86 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 38.3% falling
87 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 18.8% falling
88 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 up 24.0% falling
89 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 16.4% falling
90 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 17.0% rising
91 Portugal 0.1% 2016 down 25.8% falling
92 Iceland 0.1% 2015 down 23.4% falling
93 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 77.5% volatile
94 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 39.8% falling
95 Sweden 0.1% 2016 up 2.9% flat
96 Ukraine 0.1% 2014 up 53.8% rising
97 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 28.1% falling
98 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 51.1% falling
99 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 29.6% falling
100 United States of America 0.1% 2018 down 42.8% falling
101 Croatia 0.1% 2016 down 11.6% falling
102 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 16.9% volatile
103 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 64.1% falling
104 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 down 36.4% falling
105 Belarus 0.0% 2010 down 95.9% falling
106 Russian Federation 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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