Data for 2015

Self-Employment Rate, 2015

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2015
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2015, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2015 covers 187 countries. Niger is highest, at 91.2221; Qatar is lowest, at 0.5191. The middle country reads 34.7667. Against 2014, 187 values changed (70 up, 117 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2015

HighestNiger

91.2221

LowestQatar

0.5191

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

187countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	91.2221
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.8614
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	89.4146
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.1775
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	87.4799
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.2305
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	87.2068
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.9478
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.3117
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	85.6276
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	85.5852
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.5470
13	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	85.0023
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	83.8624
15	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.5695
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.8609
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.2453
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.5215
19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	81.1065
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	80.6699
21	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.0399
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	79.5400
23	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.0050
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.4684
25	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.7375
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	76.4656
27	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	76.3707
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.2834
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.3375
30	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.9204
31	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	74.9163
32	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	74.8237
33	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.5910
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	73.7027
35	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.9754
36	Bolivia`BOL`South America	71.6999
37	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	71.4606
38	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70.5254
39	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.7377
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.6438
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.3197
42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	65.2470
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.1717
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.1629
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.5417
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.1462
47	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	60.8575
48	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	60.6638
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.6048
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.8125
51	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	58.5413
52	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.1757
53	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.1062
54	Peru`PER`South America	54.6539
55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	54.1485
56	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.2326
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.0291
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.9007
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	52.8886
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	51.5772
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	51.4994
62	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	50.2611
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.2126
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.7849
65	Colombia`COL`South America	47.5146
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.1450
67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	47.1434
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.8928
69	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.7584
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.7413
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.0502
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	44.8132
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.5535
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.4828
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	43.8878
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.8533
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.7686
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.4556
79	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.1932
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41.5081
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40.4224
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.2363
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	40.1129
84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	40.0262
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.6782
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.2230
87	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	39.1564
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	38.4890
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.9982
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	35.8354
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	35.6243
92	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	35.0977
93	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.0371
94	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	34.7667
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	33.7432
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.4394
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.4158
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.4745
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.8705
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.8660
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.4047
102	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.3605
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.5287
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.4009
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.3809
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	30.1592
107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.1383
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.4293
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	29.4242
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.6473
111	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.0078
112	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.9628
113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.9076
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.6495
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.3948
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.1964
117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	26.0633
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.8514
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	25.3967
120	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	25.1032
121	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	24.4205
122	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	24.3795
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	24.3326
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	24.2030
125	Chile`CHL`South America	23.4075
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.3482
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.8221
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.2305
129	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	20.8820
130	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20.7454
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.6979
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.2796
133	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.2738
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	19.0772
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17.9348
136	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.4034
137	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.4006
138	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	17.3386
139	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.1707
140	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	16.9832
141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.6597
142	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.6086
143	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.4654
144	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	15.9184
145	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.4992
146	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.1791
147	Canada`CAN`Northern America	14.9994
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.9832
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.9813
150	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14.9751
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	14.9285
152	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.9084
153	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.8826
154	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.5883
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.5877
156	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.2801
157	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.2513
158	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.9904
159	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.8235
160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13.8128
161	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.3400
162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.2890
163	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.2707
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.9925
165	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11.8029
166	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.5900
167	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.2136
168	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.0603
169	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.0081
170	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.8642
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	10.7090
172	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.9701
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.9689
174	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.9297
175	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.8668
176	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	8.4434
177	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.8697
178	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.2600
179	United States`USA`Northern America	6.8921
180	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.7086
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.9410
182	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.7542
183	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.5643
184	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.2965
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.6791
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.1555
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.5191

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger91.2221
2Chad90.8614
3Madagascar89.4146
4Sierra Leone89.1775
5Nigeria87.4799

Lowest

187Qatar0.5191
186Kuwait1.1555
185Bahrain2.6791
184Saudi Arabia3.2965
183United Arab Emirates3.5643

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.7667. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
70 · 117rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg8.7013 → 11.2136+2.5123
Montenegro18.8501 → 20.8820+2.0319
Ecuador45.7616 → 47.7849+2.0233
Bhutan71.1304 → 72.9754+1.8449
Belize30.7484 → 32.4745+1.7262

Fell most

Fiji43.1783 → 39.1564−4.0218
Vietnam64.3393 → 60.6638−3.6755
Romania23.8525 → 20.7454−3.1071
Cyprus17.8883 → 14.9285−2.9598
Kyrgyzstan42.3509 → 40.0262−2.3247

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 2015.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2015). Self-Employment Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2015

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