Data for 1993

Self-Employment Rate, 1993

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 1993
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1993, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 1993 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 95.547; Qatar is lowest, at 1.941. The middle country reads 40.188. Against 1992, 187 values changed (79 up, 108 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 1993

HighestAfghanistan

95.547

LowestQatar

1.941

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

187countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Self-Employment Rate, 1993, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Self-Employment Rate, 1993: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	95.547
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	95.139
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	95.009
4	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	94.520
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	94.211
6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	92.297
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	92.253
8	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	91.328
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.481
10	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	89.099
11	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	86.998
12	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	86.886
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	86.533
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.464
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	86.247
16	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	86.152
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	85.967
18	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	85.844
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.066
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	84.902
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	84.714
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	83.881
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	83.759
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	82.994
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.536
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	82.025
27	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.864
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81.618
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	80.915
30	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.643
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	80.341
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	79.706
33	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.767
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	78.762
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	78.083
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77.289
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	77.059
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	76.609
39	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.372
40	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	74.247
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	72.125
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	68.748
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.401
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	68.228
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.414
46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.034
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	66.537
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.163
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	65.548
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	65.508
51	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	65.059
52	Peru`PER`South America	63.715
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	62.735
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	60.913
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	59.615
56	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	57.552
57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.020
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.219
59	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	56.212
60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	55.766
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.120
62	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	54.528
63	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	54.363
64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	52.974
65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	52.964
66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.283
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.174
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.925
69	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.885
70	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.814
71	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	51.489
72	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	51.061
73	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.056
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	49.872
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.867
76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	49.054
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	48.956
78	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	48.941
79	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.904
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.595
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.663
82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	45.899
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.874
84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.238
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.422
86	Colombia`COL`South America	43.170
87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.220
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.611
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	41.400
90	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	41.313
91	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	41.284
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.120
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.031
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.188
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.060
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.996
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	38.874
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.760
99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	38.386
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.003
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.116
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.862
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	35.901
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.748
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	35.480
106	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	35.473
107	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	35.324
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	35.066
109	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	33.466
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.956
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.589
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	32.315
113	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	31.947
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31.443
115	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	31.323
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.089
117	Argentina`ARG`South America	29.127
118	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	28.529
119	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	28.115
120	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.895
121	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	27.837
122	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.523
123	Chile`CHL`South America	27.100
124	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.263
125	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	26.247
126	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26.145
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.665
128	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.560
129	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	24.356
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	24.045
131	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.981
132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	23.726
133	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.369
134	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.971
135	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	21.433
136	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	20.227
137	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.021
138	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.580
139	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19.442
140	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.200
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.716
142	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	18.140
143	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.125
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18.110
145	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.008
146	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17.926
147	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	17.913
148	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.847
149	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.586
150	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.770
151	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.602
152	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.233
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.792
154	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.721
155	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	15.349
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15.127
157	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	15.077
158	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.841
159	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.737
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.235
161	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.166
162	France`FRA`Western Europe	14.112
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.565
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	13.480
165	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.439
166	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.888
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.598
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.084
169	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.020
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10.913
171	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.761
172	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.571
173	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	10.331
174	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.294
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	9.965
176	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9.903
177	United States`USA`Northern America	9.357
178	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.196
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.651
180	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	8.468
181	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.022
182	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.912
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.096
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.092
185	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.813
186	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.421
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.941

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan95.547
2Nigeria95.139
3Chad95.009
4Guinea94.520
5Mozambique94.211

Lowest

187Qatar1.941
186United Arab Emirates3.421
185Russia4.813
184Kuwait5.092
183Bahrain5.096

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 40.188. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
79 · 108rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Estonia13.174 → 15.127+1.953
Liberia78.891 → 80.643+1.752
Latvia11.459 → 12.888+1.429
Georgia51.726 → 52.974+1.248
Barbados13.007 → 14.166+1.158

Fell most

Thailand69.266 → 66.163−3.103
Hungary20.511 → 18.110−2.401
Dominican Republic46.859 → 44.874−1.985
Jamaica43.310 → 41.400−1.910
Iceland19.284 → 18.008−1.275

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1993.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1993). Self-Employment Rate, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/1993

0635 held

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