Data for 2011

Self-Employment Rate, 2011

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2011
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2011, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2011 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 91.23; Qatar is lowest, at 0.79. The middle country reads 36.51. Against 2010, 187 values changed (49 up, 138 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2011

HighestChad

91.23

LowestQatar

0.79

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

187countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Self-Employment Rate, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.23
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.45
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	89.11
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	89.06
5	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	88.99
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	88.84
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.36
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.06
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	87.90
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.66
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	86.82
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	84.60
13	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.56
14	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	83.26
15	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	83.04
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.83
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.76
18	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	82.59
19	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.56
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.49
21	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	82.26
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	82.23
23	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	81.65
24	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.87
25	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.82
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	79.43
27	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	79.32
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.99
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	78.33
30	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.15
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.94
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76.63
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	75.99
34	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.01
35	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	71.38
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.12
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.94
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.78
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	69.17
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	68.29
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.70
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.23
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	65.33
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.33
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.67
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	62.26
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	62.10
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.57
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	61.08
50	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.52
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	59.51
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	58.61
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	57.67
54	Peru`PER`South America	57.56
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.25
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	57.22
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	55.54
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	54.35
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	54.03
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.71
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.64
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.15
63	Colombia`COL`South America	50.11
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.56
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	48.91
66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	48.18
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.11
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.35
69	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.34
70	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.09
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.79
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	46.61
73	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.47
74	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.61
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	45.56
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.91
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.82
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.66
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.91
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.83
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.55
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.67
83	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.93
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.09
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.01
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.40
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	37.20
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.93
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.89
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.85
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.83
92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	36.79
93	Guyana`GUY`South America	36.58
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.51
95	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	36.35
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.59
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.12
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.01
99	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.46
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.97
101	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.45
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.11
103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.10
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.03
105	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.55
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	30.96
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.63
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	30.49
109	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.46
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	29.30
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.81
112	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.78
113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.60
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.33
115	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.14
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.12
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.97
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.82
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.85
120	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	25.04
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.97
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.38
123	Chile`CHL`South America	23.87
124	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.30
125	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.10
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.97
127	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.84
128	Suriname`SUR`South America	21.22
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.63
130	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.49
131	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.31
132	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.73
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	18.93
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.86
135	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.53
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.15
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	18.05
138	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.95
139	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.58
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.81
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	16.75
142	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.48
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	16.46
144	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	16.42
145	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.28
146	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	16.20
147	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15.69
148	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	15.49
149	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.34
150	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.27
151	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.11
152	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.09
153	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.00
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.80
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.47
156	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.46
157	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.30
158	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.19
159	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.59
160	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.58
161	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.09
162	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.41
163	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.14
164	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.04
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12.00
166	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.72
167	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.69
168	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.66
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.22
170	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.59
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.12
172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.10
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.75
174	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.71
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.69
176	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8.59
177	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	7.69
178	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.48
179	United States`USA`Northern America	7.27
180	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.10
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.42
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.66
183	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.25
184	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.10
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.60
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.27
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.79

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad91.23
2Sierra Leone90.45
3Afghanistan89.11
4Madagascar89.06
5Ethiopia88.99

Lowest

187Qatar0.79
186Kuwait1.27
185Bahrain2.60
184Saudi Arabia4.10
183Oman4.25

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
49 · 138rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cuba11.82 → 18.53+6.71
Albania56.70 → 61.08+4.38
Thailand55.45 → 57.67+2.22
Bhutan69.22 → 71.12+1.89
Ecuador47.92 → 49.56+1.65

Fell most

Guatemala40.81 → 36.85−3.96
Tunisia29.71 → 26.97−2.74
Indonesia59.95 → 57.22−2.73
Honduras49.83 → 47.34−2.50
Serbia34.43 → 32.10−2.33

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 2011.
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) (2011). Self-Employment Rate, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2011

0635 held

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