Data for 2007

Self-Employment Rate, 2007

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2007
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2007, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2007 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 92.8462; Qatar is lowest, at 1.1016. The middle country reads 36.6784. Against 2006, 187 values changed (35 up, 152 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2007

HighestAfghanistan

92.8462

LowestQatar

1.1016

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

187countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Self-Employment Rate, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	92.8462
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.9180
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	91.3825
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	90.6699
5	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.6033
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.3299
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	89.4873
8	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.4742
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.8396
10	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.6366
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	86.2884
12	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	85.2554
13	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.2490
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.9942
15	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.6543
16	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	84.5923
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	83.8456
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.5628
19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	83.3131
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	83.1398
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.9104
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.8175
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.4673
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	81.6811
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81.5028
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	80.8891
27	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.7415
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.1570
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	80.1359
30	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	77.9852
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	77.8551
32	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.7183
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.7959
34	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.3451
35	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.5973
36	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73.0399
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	71.0634
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.5553
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	69.9867
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	69.7697
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	68.1987
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.6670
43	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.5933
44	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	67.2167
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	65.3821
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	63.8696
47	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.5925
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	63.4705
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.6948
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.6573
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	60.9893
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	60.6891
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.5854
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.9936
55	Peru`PER`South America	58.8841
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.1168
57	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.9547
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	56.2377
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	55.0056
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.9266
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.5266
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50.9948
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	50.4256
64	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.7263
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	48.7138
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.6454
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.1704
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.5215
69	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.3611
70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.1949
71	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	47.0529
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.8784
73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.7736
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.2596
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.0303
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.9874
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.9437
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	45.7580
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.3051
80	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.2953
81	Colombia`COL`South America	43.4236
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.6020
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.3591
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.3490
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	41.2411
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	41.1815
87	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.7518
88	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.2429
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.4105
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	38.1367
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.6326
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.2072
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.9949
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	36.6784
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.3785
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	36.2681
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	35.8456
98	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	35.7643
99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	34.9206
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.7872
101	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	34.4209
102	Venezuela`VEN`South America	34.0414
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.7151
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	33.2657
105	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33.1428
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.8574
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	32.5729
108	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.8269
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	30.4163
110	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	29.9328
111	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.5716
112	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.7442
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28.3473
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28.3054
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.2784
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.7385
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.4772
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.3620
119	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.1261
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	26.1243
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.5132
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.1598
123	Chile`CHL`South America	24.3355
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.6432
125	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.4913
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.8483
127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.6720
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.1191
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	21.0818
130	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.7066
131	Suriname`SUR`South America	20.4348
132	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	20.3448
133	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.9037
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.6519
135	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	18.7741
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.6430
137	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.5989
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.0140
139	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	16.7511
140	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	16.4086
141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.3279
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.2580
143	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.1745
144	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.1489
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.1022
146	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.0830
147	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	15.7310
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.4142
149	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.3908
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.3782
151	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.3776
152	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.3091
153	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.8273
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.8271
155	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.8153
156	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.7171
157	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.5688
158	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.5154
159	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.3711
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.1379
161	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.0500
162	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.0489
163	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.4662
164	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.4112
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12.2799
166	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.9959
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11.9091
168	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.8504
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.3987
170	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.0000
171	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.6686
172	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.2262
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.0119
174	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	8.6248
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.5298
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.3643
177	United States`USA`Northern America	7.6674
178	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	7.6496
179	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.2291
180	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.9221
181	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.9043
182	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.7843
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.2130
184	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.3142
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.8928
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.8306
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.1016

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan92.8462
2Chad91.9180
3Sierra Leone91.3825
4Nigeria90.6699
5Ethiopia90.6033

Lowest

187Qatar1.1016
186Kuwait1.8306
185Bahrain3.8928
184United Arab Emirates4.3142
183Saudi Arabia5.2130

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.6784. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
35 · 152rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Egypt29.8651 → 33.1428+3.2777
Thailand56.7288 → 59.5854+2.8567
Moldova48.3235 → 50.4256+2.1021
Syria44.4983 → 46.2596+1.7613
Fiji39.7921 → 41.2411+1.4490

Fell most

Bolivia73.7222 → 71.0634−2.6588
Lithuania16.9888 → 14.5688−2.4201
Costa Rica29.8689 → 27.4772−2.3917
Panama38.1945 → 35.8456−2.3489
Georgia65.5819 → 63.4705−2.1115

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

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2007.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2007). Self-Employment Rate, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2007

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