Data for 2014

Self-Employment Rate, 2014

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2014
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2014, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2014 covers 187 countries. Niger is highest, at 91.348; Qatar is lowest, at 0.494. The middle country reads 34.784. Against 2013, 187 values changed (54 up, 133 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2014

HighestNiger

91.348

LowestQatar

0.494

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

187countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
187distinct values15 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	91.348
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.951
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	89.290
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.068
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	87.768
6	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	87.715
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.502
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.273
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.779
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.371
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	86.174
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.318
13	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	85.065
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.046
15	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.251
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.838
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.215
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.786
19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	81.392
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	81.140
21	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.298
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	80.077
23	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.132
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.563
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.653
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	76.987
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.841
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	76.787
29	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.361
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	75.764
31	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.625
32	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.883
33	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.676
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	74.419
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.293
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	71.666
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.130
38	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70.622
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.042
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.774
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.630
42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	66.188
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	64.339
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.466
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.264
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.527
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.390
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.239
49	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.565
50	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	58.569
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.453
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.926
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.848
54	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.347
55	Peru`PER`South America	55.315
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.797
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.268
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	53.264
59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.226
60	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	53.210
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.642
62	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.508
63	Colombia`COL`South America	47.823
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.512
65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	47.381
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.892
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.154
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.028
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.762
70	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.753
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.235
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.817
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.815
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.399
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.118
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.702
77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.178
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.979
79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.840
80	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	42.351
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42.038
82	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.678
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.728
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.485
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.395
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.930
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39.570
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.380
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.149
90	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	36.107
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	35.872
92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	35.188
93	Venezuela`VEN`South America	34.969
94	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.784
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.180
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.985
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	33.901
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.594
99	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32.373
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.898
101	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.711
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.681
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.235
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.748
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.560
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.513
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.685
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.362
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	29.276
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.685
111	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	28.674
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.804
113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	26.668
114	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.474
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.158
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.071
117	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.012
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.998
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	25.582
120	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	24.680
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	24.614
122	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	24.423
123	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	23.852
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.653
125	Chile`CHL`South America	23.473
126	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23.085
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.214
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	22.169
129	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.529
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.678
131	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.373
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.075
133	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	19.831
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	19.077
135	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.850
136	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	18.467
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	17.993
138	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.939
139	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.888
140	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.293
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	17.159
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.805
143	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.655
144	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.596
145	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	15.993
146	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.476
147	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.247
148	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	15.243
149	Canada`CAN`Northern America	14.998
150	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.886
151	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.850
152	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.816
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.646
154	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	14.619
155	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.613
156	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.254
157	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.200
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.129
159	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.645
160	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.080
161	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.039
162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.748
163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.393
164	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.104
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.722
166	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.611
167	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.325
168	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.225
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.137
170	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	10.913
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.127
172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.970
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.942
174	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.938
175	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.701
176	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	8.315
177	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.907
178	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.258
179	United States`USA`Northern America	6.893
180	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.416
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.203
182	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.548
183	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.446
184	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.308
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.657
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.155
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.494

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger91.348
2Chad90.951
3Madagascar89.290
4Sierra Leone89.068
5Nigeria87.768

Lowest

187Qatar0.494
186Kuwait1.155
185Bahrain2.657
184Saudi Arabia3.308
183United Arab Emirates3.446

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.784. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
54 · 133rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iraq28.532 → 31.681+3.149
Montenegro15.991 → 18.850+2.860
Bolivia70.770 → 73.293+2.522
Moldova57.822 → 59.565+1.743
Niger89.829 → 91.348+1.519

Fell most

Thailand58.120 → 52.642−5.478
Honduras49.934 → 44.815−5.119
Angola77.508 → 74.676−2.831
Bosnia and Herzegovina24.557 → 22.169−2.387
El Salvador41.934 → 39.570−2.364

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 2014.
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) (2014). Self-Employment Rate, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2014

0635 held

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