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Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
104
Highest
0.8%
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
0.3%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,438

What the numbers show

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 0.8% in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0% in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 0.3%.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 271.4%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 100.0%).

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 0.8% 2021 up 7.4% rising
2 Gambia 0.7% 2020 down 4.5% flat
3 Togo 0.7% 2018 up 1.3% falling
4 Zambia 0.7% 2015 down 23.1% falling
5 Mozambique 0.7% 2014 up 44.8% rising
6 Guinea 0.6% 2018 down 10.5% flat
7 Bolivia 0.6% 2021 up 31.7% rising
8 Ghana 0.6% 2016 up 5.3% rising
9 Colombia 0.6% 2021 up 9.0% rising
10 Senegal 0.6% 2018 down 13.9% volatile
11 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 up 8.3% rising
12 Tanzania 0.5% 2020 up 1.4% falling
13 Niger 0.5% 2018 down 36.8% falling
14 Ethiopia 0.5% 2021 down 3.1% rising
15 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 down 0.7% falling
16 United Kingdom 0.5% 2016 — volatile
17 Peru 0.5% 2021 up 9.6% rising
18 Jamaica 0.5% 2002 down 6.6% falling
19 Greece 0.5% 2016 up 41.6% rising
20 Bangladesh 0.5% 2016 up 13.6% rising
21 Panama 0.5% 2021 up 17.0% rising
22 Uganda 0.5% 2016 down 4.2% falling
23 Venezuela 0.5% 2006 up 16.2% rising
24 Kenya 0.5% 2019 up 14.6% rising
25 Paraguay 0.5% 2021 down 9.5% falling
26 Georgia 0.4% 2020 up 4.4% volatile
27 Ecuador 0.4% 2021 up 2.8% rising
28 Indonesia 0.4% 2019 down 5.5% falling
29 Djibouti 0.4% 2017 up 48.4% rising
30 Thailand 0.4% 2021 up 11.1% rising
31 Romania 0.4% 2018 down 22.1% flat
32 Cambodia 0.4% 2012 down 10.4% falling
33 Serbia 0.4% 2018 up 14.3% falling
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% 2019 up 2.9% rising
35 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 0.5% falling
36 Brazil 0.4% 2021 up 16.3% rising
37 Honduras 0.4% 2019 up 1.6% flat
38 Armenia 0.4% 2020 down 0.6% rising
39 Nicaragua 0.4% 2014 down 12.6% rising
40 India 0.4% 2019 up 12.8% falling
41 Morocco 0.3% 2013 up 21.6% rising
42 El Salvador 0.3% 2019 down 5.0% rising
43 Uruguay 0.3% 2021 up 16.4% rising
44 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 7.2% falling
45 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 up 52.6% volatile
46 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 up 7.7% rising
47 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 271.4% volatile
48 Argentina 0.3% 2021 up 11.1% rising
49 Guatemala 0.3% 2019 down 17.1% falling
50 Chile 0.3% 2017 up 10.2% falling
51 Albania 0.3% 2019 down 19.8% falling
52 Belize 0.3% 1999 up 13.2% rising
53 Turkey 0.3% 2019 down 11.4% falling
54 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% 2011 up 13.0% rising
55 Costa Rica 0.3% 2021 up 14.9% rising
56 Laos 0.3% 2018 down 71.9% falling
57 North Macedonia 0.3% 2020 down 11.0% rising
58 Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 24.1% rising
59 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 1.6% flat
60 Montenegro 0.2% 2010 — volatile
61 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 down 11.7% rising
61 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 down 11.7% rising
63 Mauritius 0.2% 2017 up 14.1% rising
64 Austria 0.2% 2003 up 108.6% volatile
65 Palestine 0.2% 2017 down 27.6% rising
66 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 5.9% volatile
67 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 up 21.9% rising
68 South Korea 0.2% 2017 down 30.3% falling
69 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 108.0% falling
70 Italy 0.2% 2016 down 16.1% falling
71 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 16.9% falling
72 Malta 0.2% 2016 down 21.6% falling
73 Malawi 0.2% 2019 down 77.0% volatile
74 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 down 2.4% falling
75 Egypt 0.2% 2019 up 10.2% rising
76 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 6.7% rising
77 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 19.5% falling
78 South Africa 0.1% 2020 down 1.1% falling
79 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 70.7% rising
80 Portugal 0.1% 2016 down 29.7% falling
81 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 50.3% falling
82 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 30.0% falling
83 United States 0.1% 2018 down 3.2% rising
84 Croatia 0.1% 2016 down 69.3% falling
85 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 36.7% flat
86 France 0.1% 2016 up 20.6% falling
87 Slovenia 0.1% 2013 down 44.8% volatile
88 Poland 0.0% 2019 down 84.3% falling
89 Norway 0.0% 2016 — volatile
90 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 up 8.0% volatile
91 Sweden 0.0% 2016 down 74.6% falling
92 Denmark 0.0% 2016 — volatile
93 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 85.5% volatile
94 Belarus 0.0% 2010 — volatile
94 Czechia 0.0% 2016 — volatile
94 Estonia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
94 Hungary 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
94 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile
94 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 — volatile
94 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
94 Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
94 Russia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
94 Slovakia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
94 Ukraine 0.0% 2012 — volatile

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Indicator
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
104 places, 1,438 data points, 1970–2021
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