Data for 2022

Self-Employment Rate, 2022

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2022 covers 186 countries. Chad is highest, at 91.339; Qatar is lowest, at 0.860. The middle country reads 32.518. Against 2021, 186 values changed (46 up, 140 down), 1 left.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2022

HighestChad

91.339

LowestQatar

0.860

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

186countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.339
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	90.100
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.512
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	88.843
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	86.924
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.934
7	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	85.886
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.698
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.697
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.206
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	84.978
12	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.973
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.838
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	82.823
15	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	82.753
16	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	81.154
17	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	80.826
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.298
19	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.126
20	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.055
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.916
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	77.550
23	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	77.191
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.969
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	76.870
26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.654
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.107
28	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.845
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	74.677
30	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.901
31	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	71.961
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	71.756
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.551
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70.338
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	69.958
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.945
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.414
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.777
39	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.505
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	65.571
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.320
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	65.061
43	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.266
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.637
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.409
46	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.570
47	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.854
48	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.243
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	58.170
50	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	57.528
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.302
52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	54.652
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.459
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.445
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.958
56	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	52.954
57	Peru`PER`South America	52.937
58	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	52.376
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.335
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.037
61	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.652
62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.769
63	Colombia`COL`South America	47.102
64	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.521
65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	46.089
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.999
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.921
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.884
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	44.321
70	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.266
71	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.043
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.928
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.460
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.050
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.780
76	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.765
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.209
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.966
79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.921
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.719
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	39.672
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.985
83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.857
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.693
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	37.307
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.152
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	37.091
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.531
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.327
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35.377
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.937
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	34.113
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.519
94	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.517
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	32.131
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	32.127
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.098
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.849
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.511
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	31.335
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.702
102	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.344
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.818
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.302
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.409
106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.354
107	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.336
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.644
109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.120
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.768
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	26.710
112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.673
113	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.324
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.187
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.163
116	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.812
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.768
118	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.710
119	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.054
120	Chile`CHL`South America	24.608
121	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23.827
122	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.452
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.052
124	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.959
125	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	21.636
126	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.424
127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.847
128	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.742
129	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.069
130	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.870
131	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.713
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	18.676
133	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.939
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	16.864
135	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.723
136	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.655
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.524
138	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.499
139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.488
140	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.373
141	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.248
142	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	15.823
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.374
144	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.267
145	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	15.191
146	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.007
147	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.821
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.495
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.218
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	14.192
151	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.023
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.470
153	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.463
154	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.307
155	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.251
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.107
157	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.988
158	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.674
159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.534
160	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.381
161	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.933
162	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.726
163	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.717
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.627
165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.593
166	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.915
167	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.801
168	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.453
169	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.543
170	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.163
171	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.782
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.479
173	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.455
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.261
175	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.512
176	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.332
177	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.315
178	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.546
179	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.445
180	United States`USA`Northern America	6.284
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.014
182	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.924
183	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.876
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.701
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.599
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.860

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad91.339
2Niger90.100
3Sierra Leone89.512
4Madagascar88.843
5Nigeria86.924

Lowest

186Qatar0.860
185Bahrain2.599
184Kuwait2.701
183United Arab Emirates4.876
182Oman4.924

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.518. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
186values changed, of 186 in both
46 · 140rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Panama40.854 → 44.321+3.468
Trinidad and Tobago24.585 → 25.812+1.227
Rwanda37.878 → 38.985+1.107
Venezuela38.768 → 39.719+0.950
Albania52.114 → 52.958+0.845

Fell most

Palestine27.780 → 23.827−3.953
Mali81.079 → 77.191−3.888
Guatemala46.187 → 43.928−2.258
Paraguay44.239 → 42.209−2.031
Tonga45.917 → 44.043−1.874

− Ukraine

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 2022.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Self-Employment Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2022

0635 held

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