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

Countries reporting
106
Highest
0.6%
Guinea
Lowest
0.0%
Russian Federation
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,582

What the numbers show

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in Guinea; 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 49 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 227.9%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea 0.6% 2018 down 9.5% rising
2 Mozambique, Republic of 0.6% 2014 up 21.5% rising
3 Togo 0.6% 2018 down 4.8% falling
4 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 22.9% falling
5 Nigeria 0.6% 2012 down 12.0% falling
6 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.5% 2021 up 2.7% rising
7 Gambia, The 0.5% 2020 down 12.7% falling
8 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2020 up 0.0% falling
9 Madagascar, Republic of 0.5% 2012 down 3.3% falling
10 Ghana 0.5% 2016 down 8.1% rising
11 Senegal 0.5% 2018 down 17.9% falling
12 Niger 0.5% 2018 down 42.1% falling
13 Kenya 0.5% 2019 up 27.1% rising
14 Bolivia 0.4% 2021 up 28.2% rising
15 Bangladesh 0.4% 2016 up 7.0% flat
16 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 2.0% rising
17 Uganda 0.4% 2016 down 14.1% falling
18 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2013 up 1.5% rising
19 Peru 0.4% 2021 up 10.5% flat
20 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 down 0.3% falling
21 Jamaica 0.4% 2002 down 5.4% falling
22 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 0.3% 2006 up 13.4% rising
23 Ecuador 0.3% 2021 up 7.7% rising
24 India 0.3% 2019 up 6.1% falling
25 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 down 14.6% falling
26 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 down 21.9% falling
27 Thailand 0.3% 2021 up 4.5% rising
28 Armenia, Republic of 0.3% 2020 up 25.5% falling
29 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 33.4% falling
30 Morocco 0.3% 2013 up 15.6% rising
31 Paraguay 0.3% 2021 down 5.1% falling
32 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 227.9% volatile
33 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 down 3.3% flat
34 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 up 3.8% rising
35 Honduras 0.3% 2019 down 4.7% flat
36 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 up 13.8% flat
37 El Salvador 0.3% 2019 down 8.5% flat
38 Brazil 0.3% 2021 up 10.4% flat
39 Mongolia 0.3% 2021 down 12.2% falling
40 Georgia 0.3% 2020 down 14.9% volatile
41 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 12.5% falling
42 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 up 19.5% flat
43 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 down 2.3% rising
44 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 112.9% falling
45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2% 2018 down 73.0% falling
46 Argentina 0.2% 2021 up 28.2% falling
47 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 7.0% falling
48 Guatemala 0.2% 2019 down 23.5% falling
49 Belize 0.2% 1999 up 16.8% rising
50 Romania 0.2% 2018 up 23.6% falling
51 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 3.9% falling
52 Kyrgyz Republic 0.2% 2020 down 0.6% rising
53 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 4.0% falling
54 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 up 8.5% falling
55 Malawi 0.2% 2019 down 73.5% volatile
56 Albania 0.2% 2019 down 41.7% falling
57 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% 2011 up 3.9% rising
58 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 down 20.8% falling
59 Mauritius 0.2% 2017 up 0.4% falling
60 Italy 0.2% 2016 down 4.6% falling
61 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 12.9% falling
62 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 39.7% falling
63 Moldova, Republic of 0.1% 2021 down 65.4% rising
64 Korea 0.1% 2017 down 20.0% falling
65 Serbia, Republic of 0.1% 2018 down 12.1% volatile
66 Czechia 0.1% 2016 up 13.3% falling
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 down 10.4% rising
68 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.1% 2019 up 16.9% rising
69 Slovak Republic 0.1% 2016 up 75.1% rising
70 Spain 0.1% 2016 up 9.1% falling
71 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.1% 2018 — volatile
72 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 20.1% rising
73 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 38.5% flat
74 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 65.9% falling
75 United Kingdom 0.1% 2016 up 17.5% falling
76 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 5.0% rising
77 Jordan 0.1% 2016 up 2.1% flat
78 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 25.4% rising
79 France 0.1% 2016 up 74.9% rising
80 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 8.7% falling
81 Montenegro 0.1% 2010 up 152.9% rising
82 Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 10.7% falling
83 Portugal 0.1% 2016 down 32.8% falling
84 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 12.2% falling
85 Australia 0.1% 2015 down 18.0% falling
86 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 up 36.5% falling
87 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 45.2% falling
88 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 up 6.4% falling
89 Iceland 0.1% 2015 down 13.9% falling
90 Austria 0.1% 2016 up 64.4% falling
91 Belgium 0.1% 2016 down 12.6% falling
92 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 21.0% falling
93 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 48.4% falling
94 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 20.5% falling
95 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 11.9% rising
96 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 1.0% flat
97 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 50.1% falling
98 Ukraine 0.1% 2014 up 47.7% rising
99 United States 0.1% 2018 down 39.7% falling
100 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 25.3% falling
101 Croatia 0.0% 2016 down 8.5% falling
102 Denmark 0.0% 2016 down 11.4% volatile
103 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 59.1% falling
104 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 down 15.5% falling
105 Belarus, Republic of 0.0% 2010 down 96.7% falling
106 Russian Federation 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,582 data points, 1970–2021
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