Data for 1995

Self-Employment Rate, 1995

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 1995
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

1995, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 1995 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 95.630; Qatar is lowest, at 1.746. The middle country reads 39.912. Against 1994, 187 values changed (56 up, 131 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 1995

HighestAfghanistan

95.630

LowestQatar

1.746

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

187countries
1measure
1995the 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	95.630
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	95.104
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	94.830
4	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	94.347
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	93.916
6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	92.692
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	92.174
8	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	90.613
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.542
10	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	89.630
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.823
12	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	86.556
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	86.094
14	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	86.057
15	India`IND`Southern Asia	86.019
16	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	85.920
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	85.775
18	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	85.658
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.246
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	84.991
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	84.567
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	83.813
23	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	83.677
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	83.348
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	83.258
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.850
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.680
28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	82.001
29	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81.365
30	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	80.219
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	79.701
32	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	79.202
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	78.621
34	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.615
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	77.527
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.903
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	76.088
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	76.007
39	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.811
40	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73.501
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	72.246
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	68.730
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.280
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	67.732
45	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.491
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.348
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.338
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	66.310
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	65.666
50	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	65.033
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64.841
52	Peru`PER`South America	63.447
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	62.192
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.497
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	59.724
56	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	57.983
57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	56.747
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.322
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.191
60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	55.045
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	54.838
62	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	54.828
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	54.821
64	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	53.538
65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.085
66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.049
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.632
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	51.090
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.054
70	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	50.581
71	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.454
72	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.175
73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.828
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	49.803
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.325
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.070
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	48.934
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.615
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.423
80	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.541
81	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	46.128
82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	45.114
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.289
84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.280
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.254
86	Colombia`COL`South America	43.083
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.022
88	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	41.828
89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.791
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.428
91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	40.706
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.130
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.986
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.912
95	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.695
96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39.065
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	38.313
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.266
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.234
100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	37.904
101	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	37.645
102	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.836
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.556
104	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	35.746
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	35.212
106	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.551
107	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	34.382
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	33.973
109	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	33.172
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.991
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.259
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32.220
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	31.913
114	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.611
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	31.509
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30.676
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	29.282
118	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.081
119	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	28.777
120	Argentina`ARG`South America	28.746
121	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.414
122	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.168
123	Chile`CHL`South America	26.689
124	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.457
125	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	26.429
126	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.615
127	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.581
128	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	25.324
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.926
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.866
131	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	23.568
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.555
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	22.372
134	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.113
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.636
136	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	20.862
137	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.826
138	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	19.591
139	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.327
140	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.248
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.638
142	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	18.585
143	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.111
144	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	17.941
145	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	17.899
146	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17.878
147	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.462
148	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.860
149	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	16.671
150	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.619
151	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.171
152	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.859
153	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.828
154	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.668
155	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	15.556
156	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	15.290
157	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.245
158	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.084
159	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	14.442
160	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14.294
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.050
162	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.695
163	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.609
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	13.227
165	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	13.060
166	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12.964
167	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12.500
168	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	11.546
169	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.520
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.304
171	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.168
172	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10.751
173	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	10.720
174	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.734
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	9.728
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.543
177	United States`USA`Northern America	9.005
178	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.795
179	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.689
180	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	8.343
181	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.693
182	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.569
183	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.853
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.657
185	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.140
186	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.443
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.746

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan95.630
2Chad95.104
3Nigeria94.830
4Guinea94.347
5Mozambique93.916

Lowest

187Qatar1.746
186United Arab Emirates3.443
185Kuwait4.140
184Bahrain4.657
183Russia5.853

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.912. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
56 · 131rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Dominican Republic42.380 → 44.289+1.908
Liberia82.183 → 83.677+1.494
Czechia11.029 → 12.500+1.471
Sweden11.926 → 13.060+1.134
Georgia54.176 → 55.191+1.015

Fell most

Saint Lucia31.787 → 28.414−3.373
Singapore13.659 → 11.546−2.112
Suriname18.515 → 16.619−1.895
Mexico40.928 → 39.065−1.864
Equatorial Guinea47.710 → 46.128−1.582

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 1995.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1995). Self-Employment Rate, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/1995

0635 held

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