Data for 2023

Self-Employment Rate, 2023

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2023 covers 184 countries. Chad is highest, at 91.449; Qatar is lowest, at 0.819. The middle country reads 32.383. Against 2022, 184 values changed (45 up, 139 down), 2 left.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2023

HighestChad

91.449

LowestQatar

0.819

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

184countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.449
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	89.947
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.261
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	88.697
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	86.670
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.729
7	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	85.630
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.592
9	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.570
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	84.974
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	84.936
12	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	83.117
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.838
14	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.546
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	82.519
16	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.951
17	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	80.530
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.087
19	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	78.996
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.882
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.661
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	77.298
23	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	77.049
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.977
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.674
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	76.127
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.895
28	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.893
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.192
30	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	72.299
31	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	71.649
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.990
33	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70.226
34	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.221
35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.761
36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	69.240
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.149
38	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.348
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.645
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.398
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	65.255
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.881
43	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.183
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.874
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.355
46	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.606
47	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.766
48	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	58.094
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.990
50	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	57.378
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.056
52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	54.284
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	54.046
54	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	52.763
55	Peru`PER`South America	52.602
56	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	52.491
57	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.302
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.100
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.410
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.957
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.929
62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.201
63	Colombia`COL`South America	46.593
64	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.893
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.897
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.748
67	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.627
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.161
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.397
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.526
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.366
72	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.170
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.088
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.048
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.321
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.255
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.681
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.235
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.541
80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	39.288
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.915
82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.744
83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.450
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.007
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.796
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.344
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	35.901
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35.502
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	34.823
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.680
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	32.573
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.488
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.279
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	31.841
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.554
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	31.487
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.354
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	31.228
99	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.952
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	30.607
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.536
102	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	30.062
103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.599
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.378
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.242
106	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.217
107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.337
108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.109
109	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.038
110	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.609
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.481
112	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.284
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.967
114	Argentina`ARG`South America	25.753
115	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.626
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.616
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.146
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	24.910
119	Chile`CHL`South America	24.645
120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.183
121	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.945
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	22.704
123	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.295
124	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.606
125	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.469
126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.984
127	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18.837
128	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	18.535
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.459
130	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.015
131	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17.173
132	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	16.875
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.788
134	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.726
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.345
136	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.313
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.230
138	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	15.930
139	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	15.751
140	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.171
141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	15.055
142	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.888
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.842
144	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.745
145	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.716
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.303
147	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.085
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.084
149	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.560
150	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.419
151	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.188
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.180
153	France`FRA`Western Europe	12.919
154	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.875
155	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.677
156	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.238
157	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.218
158	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.060
159	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.998
160	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.923
161	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.922
162	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.527
163	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.507
164	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.780
165	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.404
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.312
167	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.503
168	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.112
169	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.692
170	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.465
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.300
172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.155
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.480
174	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.297
175	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.134
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.585
177	United States`USA`Northern America	6.082
178	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.169
179	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.012
180	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.957
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.943
182	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.928
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.630
184	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.819

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad91.449
2Niger89.947
3Sierra Leone89.261
4Madagascar88.697
5Nigeria86.670

Lowest

184Qatar0.819
183Bahrain2.630
182Kuwait2.928
181Norway4.943
180Oman4.957

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.383. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
184values changed, of 184 in both
45 · 139rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda38.985 → 41.255+2.269
Egypt26.163 → 27.337+1.175
Bahamas16.488 → 17.173+0.685
Iran42.780 → 43.397+0.617
Greece30.344 → 30.952+0.609

Fell most

Panama44.321 → 38.915−5.407
Guatemala43.928 → 39.541−4.388
Ecuador53.459 → 50.929−2.530
Albania52.958 → 50.957−2.002
Tonga44.043 → 42.170−1.874

− Palestine

− Sudan

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 2023.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Self-Employment Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2023

0635 held

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Self-Employment Rate: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

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