Data for 2006

Self-Employment Rate, 2006

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2006
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2006, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2006 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 93.288; Qatar is lowest, at 1.104. The middle country reads 37.931. Against 2005, 187 values changed (38 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2006

HighestAfghanistan

93.288

LowestQatar

1.104

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

187countries
1measure
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	93.288
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	92.290
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	91.694
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	91.130
5	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.948
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.885
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	89.900
8	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.809
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.884
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	86.293
11	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.854
12	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	85.823
13	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.316
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85.108
15	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	85.040
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.936
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	84.028
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.802
19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	83.499
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	83.295
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.892
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.837
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.549
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.056
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81.662
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.018
27	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.904
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	80.523
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.474
30	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	78.090
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	77.881
32	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.816
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.873
34	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.400
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.371
36	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.722
37	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73.368
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.029
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	70.384
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	69.586
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	68.705
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	68.459
43	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.923
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.689
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	65.712
46	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	65.582
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.353
48	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.793
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.738
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.361
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.349
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	60.689
53	Peru`PER`South America	59.932
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.817
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.304
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.940
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	56.729
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	56.113
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	55.262
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.902
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.582
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.632
63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.123
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.630
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	48.734
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.449
67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	48.323
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.982
69	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.933
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.809
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.758
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.586
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	47.543
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	46.768
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.589
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.524
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.259
78	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	46.145
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.027
80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	44.498
81	Colombia`COL`South America	43.802
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.208
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.601
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	41.555
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.513
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40.795
87	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.892
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	39.792
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.697
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.950
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.597
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.195
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.040
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.931
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.331
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	36.758
97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.547
98	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	36.465
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.425
100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35.282
101	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	35.062
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.941
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.987
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.716
105	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	33.445
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.867
107	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.836
108	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	30.663
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	30.346
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29.998
111	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.869
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.865
113	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.476
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.314
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.617
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.068
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.055
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.285
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	26.611
120	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.407
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.632
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.360
123	Chile`CHL`South America	24.544
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	24.352
125	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.399
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23.352
127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.739
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	21.489
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	21.327
130	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	21.024
131	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.886
132	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20.623
133	Suriname`SUR`South America	20.328
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	19.638
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	19.018
136	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.717
137	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.593
138	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.978
139	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.858
140	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.041
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16.989
142	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.572
143	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	16.457
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.440
145	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.238
146	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.140
147	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	15.921
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	15.538
149	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.425
150	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.324
151	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.164
152	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.099
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.088
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.079
155	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.078
156	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	15.017
157	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.365
158	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.918
159	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.557
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.210
161	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.136
162	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.055
163	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.892
164	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.715
165	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12.603
166	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12.436
167	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	12.416
168	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.237
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.503
170	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.374
171	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	11.327
172	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.140
173	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	9.317
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.056
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.587
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.282
177	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.853
178	United States`USA`Northern America	7.850
179	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	7.733
180	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.672
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.470
182	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.973
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.459
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.087
185	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.911
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.193
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.104

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan93.288
2Chad92.290
3Sierra Leone91.694
4Nigeria91.130
5Ethiopia90.948

Lowest

187Qatar1.104
186Kuwait2.193
185United Arab Emirates3.911
184Bahrain4.087
183Saudi Arabia5.459

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.931. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 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

Sri Lanka44.068 → 47.758+3.690
Moldova44.735 → 48.323+3.589
Colombia42.216 → 43.802+1.586
Fiji38.395 → 39.792+1.397
Uruguay28.322 → 29.476+1.155

Fell most

Türkiye41.929 → 39.697−2.232
El Salvador42.868 → 40.795−2.073
Egypt31.672 → 29.865−1.807
Cyprus23.223 → 21.489−1.733
Romania27.163 → 25.632−1.531

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 2006.
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) (2006). Self-Employment Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2006

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