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Unpaid or self-employed workers, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
104
Highest
0.7%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Belarus
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,400

What the numbers show

Unpaid or self-employed workers, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Belarus.

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

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 553.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 195.3%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 96.8%).

Unpaid or self-employed workers, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 0.7% 2019 up 10.0% rising
2 Nepal 0.7% 2014 up 25.5% rising
3 Togo 0.7% 2018 down 0.0% rising
4 Madagascar 0.7% 2012 up 3.0% rising
5 Ghana 0.6% 2016 up 1.2% rising
6 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 20.8% falling
7 Tanzania 0.6% 2020 down 2.9% rising
8 Uganda 0.5% 2016 down 18.6% rising
9 Bolivia 0.5% 2021 up 26.4% rising
10 Guinea 0.5% 2018 down 31.1% falling
11 Mozambique 0.5% 2014 down 37.8% rising
12 Laos 0.5% 2018 down 30.6% falling
13 Niger 0.5% 2018 up 13.5% flat
14 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 up 35.5% rising
15 India 0.4% 2019 down 6.5% rising
16 Peru 0.4% 2021 up 9.2% flat
17 Ethiopia 0.4% 2021 down 3.1% rising
18 Cambodia 0.4% 2012 down 7.9% rising
19 Georgia 0.4% 2020 down 18.3% rising
20 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 5.9% rising
21 Armenia 0.4% 2020 down 4.0% falling
22 Gambia 0.4% 2020 down 18.5% rising
23 Senegal 0.4% 2018 up 5.8% rising
24 Bangladesh 0.4% 2016 down 25.7% falling
25 Jamaica 0.3% 2002 up 14.7% rising
26 Thailand 0.3% 2021 down 1.1% rising
27 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 down 3.5% rising
28 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 up 3.2% rising
29 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 62.8% rising
30 Paraguay 0.3% 2021 up 14.3% falling
31 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 down 17.0% rising
32 Venezuela 0.3% 2006 up 23.1% rising
33 Honduras 0.3% 2019 up 8.8% rising
34 Morocco 0.3% 2013 up 43.3% falling
35 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2013 up 5.6% rising
36 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 up 41.2% rising
37 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 up 18.7% falling
38 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 down 16.0% flat
39 Kosovo 0.3% 2017 up 195.3% rising
39 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.3% 2017 up 195.3% rising
41 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 20.8% falling
42 Brazil 0.2% 2021 up 46.2% rising
43 El Salvador 0.2% 2019 up 5.5% rising
44 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 up 24.7% falling
45 Mongolia 0.2% 2021 down 27.5% falling
46 Guatemala 0.2% 2019 down 12.6% falling
47 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 8.0% rising
48 Argentina 0.2% 2021 up 22.8% rising
49 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 2.3% flat
50 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 11.6% falling
51 South Korea 0.2% 2017 down 17.5% falling
52 Albania 0.2% 2019 down 53.9% falling
53 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 up 6.1% flat
54 Italy 0.2% 2016 down 2.9% falling
55 Turkey 0.2% 2019 down 10.8% falling
56 Palestine 0.2% 2017 down 36.4% falling
57 Poland 0.2% 2019 down 2.8% falling
58 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 35.3% rising
59 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 12.6% falling
60 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 — volatile
61 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 7.6% rising
62 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 up 13.8% rising
63 Moldova 0.1% 2021 down 55.3% rising
64 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 up 85.0% rising
65 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 down 7.5% falling
66 Romania 0.1% 2018 down 42.9% flat
67 Austria 0.1% 2003 down 4.7% flat
68 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 down 18.3% falling
69 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 49.2% falling
70 Spain 0.1% 2016 up 20.4% falling
71 Serbia 0.1% 2018 down 18.7% volatile
72 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 3.8% falling
73 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 38.3% flat
74 Djibouti 0.1% 2017 up 31.8% falling
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 down 13.7% rising
76 United Kingdom 0.1% 2016 up 16.9% rising
77 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 20.7% rising
78 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 14.5% falling
79 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 up 0.6% flat
80 France 0.1% 2016 up 65.5% rising
81 North Macedonia 0.1% 2020 down 24.8% rising
82 Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 2.5% flat
83 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 up 54.3% falling
84 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 up 0.1% falling
85 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 49.3% falling
86 Portugal 0.1% 2016 up 0.3% flat
87 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 23.0% rising
88 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 13.3% falling
89 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 19.0% falling
90 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 12.4% falling
91 Iceland 0.1% 2015 down 18.5% falling
92 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 10.9% rising
93 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 47.1% falling
94 Sweden 0.1% 2016 up 6.9% rising
95 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 30.1% falling
96 Croatia 0.1% 2016 up 6.9% flat
97 Ukraine 0.1% 2014 up 11.9% volatile
98 Montenegro 0.1% 2010 up 5.8% flat
99 United States 0.1% 2018 down 40.5% falling
100 Denmark 0.0% 2016 down 16.2% rising
101 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 61.3% falling
102 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 down 18.5% falling
103 Russia 0.0% 2016 down 74.0% volatile
104 Belarus 0.0% 2010 down 96.8% falling

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Indicator
Unpaid or self-employed workers, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
104 places, 1,400 data points, 1970–2021
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