Data for 2010

Self-Employment Rate, 2010

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2010
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2010, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2010 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 91.355; Qatar is lowest, at 1.090. The middle country reads 36.306. Against 2009, 187 values changed (57 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2010

HighestChad

91.355

LowestQatar

1.090

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

187countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.355
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.651
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	90.145
4	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.414
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	89.289
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	89.099
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.649
8	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.539
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	88.266
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.720
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	86.691
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	84.836
13	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.655
14	India`IND`Southern Asia	83.425
15	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	83.300
16	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	83.117
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.926
18	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.858
19	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.857
20	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.743
21	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.617
22	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	82.528
23	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	81.453
24	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81.017
25	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.030
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	79.973
27	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	79.636
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	79.280
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	78.918
30	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.361
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	77.140
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	77.062
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.139
34	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.184
35	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	71.847
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.976
37	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.225
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.862
39	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.221
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	68.148
41	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	68.055
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.344
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	66.166
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.631
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	63.517
46	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.908
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	62.338
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.576
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.936
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.947
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	59.872
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	59.255
53	Peru`PER`South America	57.999
54	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.416
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.702
56	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	55.705
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55.455
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	54.847
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	54.302
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.182
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.868
62	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.727
63	Colombia`COL`South America	49.869
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	49.835
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	48.655
66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	48.552
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.917
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.906
69	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.367
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.337
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.023
72	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.297
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	45.849
74	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.731
75	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	45.627
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.369
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.297
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.114
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.839
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.516
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.314
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	42.163
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.783
84	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	41.209
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.809
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.387
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.699
88	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	37.379
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.096
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.962
91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.813
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	36.762
93	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.706
94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.306
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.209
96	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	35.742
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.785
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	34.426
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.080
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.208
101	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.994
102	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32.420
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	32.374
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.076
105	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.953
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.826
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.544
108	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.521
109	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.255
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29.709
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	29.488
112	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.851
113	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.187
114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.700
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.578
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.547
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.256
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26.939
119	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.930
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	25.689
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.664
122	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	25.275
123	Chile`CHL`South America	23.888
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.557
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.740
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.655
127	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.832
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.512
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	21.003
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.731
131	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.484
132	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.754
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.702
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	18.852
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.816
136	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.556
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	17.725
138	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17.208
139	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.171
140	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	16.865
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	16.466
142	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.358
143	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.317
144	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	16.248
145	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	16.243
146	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	15.710
147	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15.698
148	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.537
149	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.264
150	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.204
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.928
152	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.722
153	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.692
154	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.567
155	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	14.498
156	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.361
157	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.004
158	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.917
159	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.647
160	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.376
161	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.762
162	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.317
163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.307
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.106
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12.100
166	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11.825
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.752
168	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.526
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.210
170	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.875
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.926
172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.150
173	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8.993
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.796
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.625
176	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.269
177	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.949
178	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	7.632
179	United States`USA`Northern America	7.493
180	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.838
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.262
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.837
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.539
184	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.337
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.658
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.486
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.090

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad91.355
2Sierra Leone90.651
3Afghanistan90.145
4Ethiopia89.414
5Nigeria89.289

Lowest

187Qatar1.090
186Kuwait1.486
185Bahrain2.658
184Oman4.337
183Saudi Arabia4.539

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.306. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 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

Moldova51.951 → 55.705+3.754
Honduras47.066 → 49.835+2.768
Romania24.555 → 26.939+2.385
Fiji44.173 → 45.627+1.455
Venezuela35.252 → 36.706+1.454

Fell most

Mongolia59.207 → 54.182−5.025
Paraguay50.709 → 47.337−3.372
Vanuatu72.963 → 70.225−2.738
Maldives34.136 → 32.374−1.762
Georgia60.882 → 59.255−1.627

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 2010.
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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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2010). Self-Employment Rate, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2010

0635 held

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