Data for 2002

Self-Employment Rate, 2002

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2002
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2002, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2002 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 94.579; Qatar is lowest, at 1.172. The middle country reads 38.680. Against 2001, 187 values changed (57 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2002

HighestChad

94.579

LowestQatar

1.172

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

187countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Self-Employment Rate, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	94.579
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	94.484
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	93.195
4	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	93.051
5	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	92.897
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	91.617
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	91.106
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.731
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.886
10	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	87.594
11	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	87.129
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	86.269
13	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85.581
14	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.286
15	India`IND`Southern Asia	84.579
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.540
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	84.291
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	84.259
19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	84.220
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.833
21	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	83.446
22	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.103
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	83.001
24	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.738
25	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	82.089
26	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81.828
27	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	81.569
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	81.476
29	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.115
30	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	78.670
31	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	78.182
32	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.129
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	77.443
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	76.816
35	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.126
36	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.103
37	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.833
38	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73.916
39	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.893
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	72.870
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	71.579
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	69.436
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.247
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	68.160
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	66.467
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	65.792
47	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.554
48	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	64.040
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.963
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.852
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.177
52	Peru`PER`South America	61.546
53	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.579
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	60.423
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	59.613
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.074
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.956
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	57.437
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	56.595
60	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	55.753
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.963
62	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.595
63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	51.650
64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.765
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	50.471
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.908
67	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	49.750
68	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.470
69	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.209
70	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	49.198
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.863
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	48.731
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.472
74	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.580
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.564
76	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.419
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	47.193
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.205
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.726
80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.459
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.019
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.512
83	Colombia`COL`South America	43.195
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	42.915
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.199
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.919
87	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.634
88	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.499
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	41.442
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.101
91	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	38.968
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.857
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.683
94	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.680
95	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.454
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.377
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.736
98	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	37.540
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.326
100	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.156
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.683
102	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	36.323
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.994
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	34.943
105	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.306
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.134
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	33.064
108	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33.021
109	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	32.657
110	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32.235
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	31.533
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.484
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	30.769
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.076
115	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.574
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.498
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.101
118	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.002
119	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.240
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	27.967
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	27.729
122	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	27.441
123	Chile`CHL`South America	26.422
124	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.240
125	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.633
126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	23.971
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.738
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.036
129	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	23.007
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.756
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	22.590
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.578
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.565
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	22.249
135	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20.772
136	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20.197
137	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.503
138	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	19.133
139	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.977
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.023
141	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.797
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17.746
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.024
144	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.967
145	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.947
146	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	16.926
147	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	16.884
148	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.337
149	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.995
150	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.583
151	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	15.448
152	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.437
153	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.201
154	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.148
155	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.002
156	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.973
157	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.872
158	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.720
159	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.138
160	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.782
161	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	13.779
162	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.969
163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.860
164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12.853
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12.648
166	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.318
167	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.103
168	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.798
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.503
170	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.091
171	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.852
172	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.729
173	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.516
174	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10.493
175	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.885
176	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.828
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.583
178	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.911
179	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	7.895
180	United States`USA`Northern America	7.809
181	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.240
182	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.597
183	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.428
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.224
185	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.667
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.443
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.172

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad94.579
2Afghanistan94.484
3Nigeria93.195
4Guinea93.051
5Sierra Leone92.897

Lowest

187Qatar1.172
186Kuwait3.443
185United Arab Emirates3.667
184Bahrain4.224
183Norway6.428

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.680. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
57 · 130rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Palestine38.948 → 41.499+2.551
Moldova39.357 → 41.442+2.085
Bolivia74.809 → 76.816+2.007
Bahamas14.947 → 16.337+1.390
Egypt30.167 → 31.484+1.317

Fell most

Romania37.838 → 31.533−6.304
Pakistan64.864 → 60.579−4.285
Türkiye51.444 → 48.863−2.581
Equatorial Guinea30.334 → 28.240−2.094
Kazakhstan40.868 → 38.968−1.899

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 2002.
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.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2002). Self-Employment Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2002

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