Data for 2005

Self-Employment Rate, 2005

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2005 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 93.618; Qatar is lowest, at 1.047. The middle country reads 37.775. Against 2004, 187 values changed (38 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2005

HighestAfghanistan

93.618

LowestQatar

1.047

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

187countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	93.618
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	92.817
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	91.971
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	91.605
5	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	91.404
6	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	91.232
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	90.344
8	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	90.153
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.902
10	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	86.339
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	86.308
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	85.552
13	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.355
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	85.228
15	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85.195
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.053
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	84.209
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.991
19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	83.684
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	83.528
21	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.094
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.897
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.601
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.421
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81.789
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.143
27	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	81.070
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	80.948
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.762
30	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	78.177
31	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	78.077
32	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.927
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.939
34	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.909
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.522
36	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73.695
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.660
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.448
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.004
40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	69.729
41	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	69.453
42	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69.215
43	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	68.070
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.792
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	65.962
46	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	65.672
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.722
48	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.917
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.907
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.821
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.736
52	Peru`PER`South America	61.390
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	60.033
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.091
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.897
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.439
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	56.694
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	56.451
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	55.424
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.789
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.569
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.929
63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.518
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.946
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	48.797
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.771
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.716
68	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.713
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	48.351
70	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	48.069
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.051
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.374
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.813
74	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.798
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.641
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.574
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	46.355
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	45.905
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	44.735
80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.068
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.658
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.868
83	Colombia`COL`South America	42.216
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	41.949
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.929
86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.778
87	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.167
88	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.468
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	39.499
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.006
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.519
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.395
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.192
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	37.775
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.335
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	37.195
97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.679
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.546
99	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	36.428
100	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	35.638
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35.618
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.014
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	34.491
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.314
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.721
106	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	33.641
107	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.963
108	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.672
109	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31.299
110	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.570
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	30.362
112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29.168
113	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.103
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.714
115	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.346
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.329
117	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.322
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.163
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	27.028
120	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.690
121	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.319
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.407
123	Argentina`ARG`South America	25.251
124	Chile`CHL`South America	25.158
125	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.525
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	24.077
127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.223
128	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.919
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	21.614
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21.495
131	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	21.334
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.851
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	20.470
134	Suriname`SUR`South America	20.216
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	19.042
136	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.830
137	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.689
138	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.134
139	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.518
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17.361
141	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.294
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.160
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.828
144	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.590
145	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	16.534
146	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.021
147	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.020
148	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.610
149	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.538
150	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	15.440
151	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.343
152	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.230
153	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	15.214
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.115
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.094
156	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14.691
157	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.560
158	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.340
159	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.261
160	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13.915
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	13.885
162	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.694
163	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.981
164	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.558
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12.556
166	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.515
167	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.461
168	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	12.257
169	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	11.998
170	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.381
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.157
172	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.888
173	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10.358
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.907
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.640
176	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.457
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.314
178	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.020
179	United States`USA`Northern America	7.917
180	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	7.768
181	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.062
182	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.391
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.740
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.049
185	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.687
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.738
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.047

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan93.618
2Chad92.817
3Sierra Leone91.971
4Nigeria91.605
5Guinea91.404

Lowest

187Qatar1.047
186Kuwait2.738
185United Arab Emirates3.687
184Bahrain4.049
183Saudi Arabia5.740

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.775. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
38 · 149rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia24.738 → 28.329+3.591
Dominican Republic44.555 → 46.641+2.087
El Salvador41.136 → 42.868+1.732
Philippines45.776 → 47.374+1.598
Netherlands10.921 → 12.515+1.594

Fell most

Egypt35.189 → 31.672−3.517
Pakistan62.550 → 59.091−3.459
Paraguay56.116 → 52.929−3.188
Costa Rica31.898 → 29.103−2.795
Indonesia64.210 → 61.907−2.302

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 2005.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2005). Self-Employment Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2005

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