Data for 2013

Self-Employment Rate, 2013

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2013
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2013, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2013 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 91.0807; Qatar is lowest, at 0.5415. The middle country reads 35.0000. Against 2012, 187 values changed (66 up, 121 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2013

HighestChad

91.0807

LowestQatar

0.5415

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

187countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
187distinct values15 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.0807
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	89.8290
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.4946
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	89.1645
5	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	88.2286
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	88.1259
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.7925
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.4171
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	87.1579
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.1444
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	86.8004
12	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	85.2031
13	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	84.8792
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.2595
15	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.9581
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.8364
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.2582
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.0853
19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	81.6906
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	81.6068
21	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.6049
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	80.5749
23	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.3395
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	79.3112
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.5138
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.2578
27	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.5078
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	77.2573
29	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.9006
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	76.7042
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.5238
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.8922
33	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.1185
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	75.0724
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	71.3070
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.0048
37	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70.8223
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.7704
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.5186
40	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.1709
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.9753
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.5132
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	65.1441
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.7547
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.4073
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.6192
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.5423
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.2676
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	59.7776
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.5182
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.7962
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	58.1202
53	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	57.9496
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	57.8218
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.4685
56	Peru`PER`South America	55.2019
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	54.1529
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	53.6256
59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.5785
60	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	53.4948
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.4148
62	Honduras`HND`Central America	49.9337
63	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.3481
64	Colombia`COL`South America	48.6612
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.0631
66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.9968
67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	47.6514
68	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.9712
69	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.3568
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.2850
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.6673
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.2208
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.1868
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	45.1189
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	44.5780
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44.5777
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.3230
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.7136
79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.4665
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42.5965
81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	42.1473
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.9342
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.9201
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.6828
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.5214
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	40.1976
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.5630
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.4376
89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.1275
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.3644
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.2255
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	36.0970
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	35.6764
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.0000
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.5156
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.3854
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.1801
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.7469
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.3589
100	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.9459
101	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.8202
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.5991
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.2696
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.0345
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.8266
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	30.4196
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.1641
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.4693
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	29.1864
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.7813
111	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28.5317
112	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.0962
113	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.0007
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.9475
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.6264
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	26.4708
117	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	26.1533
118	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.0791
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.0375
120	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	24.9492
121	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	24.8212
122	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.5880
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.5567
124	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23.8265
125	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.5474
126	Chile`CHL`South America	22.8277
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	21.8363
128	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.6313
129	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.5357
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.6895
131	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.6366
132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.4299
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.2707
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	19.0441
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.6524
136	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.7723
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	17.5642
138	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.5592
139	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.4828
140	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	17.3273
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17.0191
142	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.8298
143	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.6780
144	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	16.0737
145	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.9906
146	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.9052
147	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	15.4091
148	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.1937
149	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.0794
150	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.9817
151	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	14.9159
152	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.8650
153	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.8492
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.7640
155	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.6362
156	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.4211
157	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.3641
158	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.3285
159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.1097
160	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.5937
161	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.5851
162	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.4849
163	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.7725
164	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.7330
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.6345
166	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.3920
167	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.3452
168	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.2758
169	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.2730
170	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.1578
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.1338
172	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.2074
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.1279
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.9108
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.8967
176	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	8.1296
177	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8.0647
178	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.3274
179	United States`USA`Northern America	7.0424
180	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.7866
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.7239
182	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.4167
183	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.3065
184	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.5396
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.6203
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.1243
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.5415

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad91.0807
2Niger89.8290
3Sierra Leone89.4946
4Madagascar89.1645
5Ethiopia88.2286

Lowest

187Qatar0.5415
186Kuwait1.1243
185Bahrain2.6203
184Saudi Arabia3.5396
183United Arab Emirates4.3065

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.0000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
66 · 121rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan36.9522 → 42.1473+5.1951
Costa Rica27.5504 → 30.1641+2.6137
Syria38.2595 → 40.1976+1.9381
Niger88.2957 → 89.8290+1.5333
Egypt30.2362 → 31.5991+1.3629

Fell most

Albania63.0601 → 59.5182−3.5419
Paraguay47.7909 → 44.5780−3.2129
Angola80.2817 → 77.5078−2.7739
Zambia81.8598 → 79.3112−2.5486
Côte d’Ivoire78.8953 → 76.7042−2.1911

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 2013.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2013). Self-Employment Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2013

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