Data for 2024

Self-Employment Rate, 2024

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2024 covers 182 countries. Chad is highest, at 91.51424; Qatar is lowest, at 0.82796. The middle country reads 31.89260. Against 2023, 182 values changed (32 up, 150 down), 2 left.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2024

HighestChad

91.51424

LowestQatar

0.82796

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

182countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.51424
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	89.73656
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.04000
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	88.51891
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	86.41729
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.54891
7	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.48110
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.46392
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	85.34200
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	84.91547
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	84.62915
12	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	83.35863
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.83755
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	82.24512
15	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.70618
16	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	80.22670
17	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	78.84722
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.84171
19	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.61910
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.39568
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	77.04962
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.89090
23	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.88969
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.78977
25	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.85785
26	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.68438
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.39415
28	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.05156
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	72.06274
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	71.31957
31	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.89879
32	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70.09465
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.89658
34	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.56558
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68.98434
36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.85073
37	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.17708
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.50856
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.46300
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.94532
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.66173
42	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.12889
43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.42530
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.31793
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.62096
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.72035
47	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	58.01637
48	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.72149
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	57.21527
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	55.78860
51	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.81155
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.68193
53	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	52.57568
54	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	52.56857
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.35052
56	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.25019
57	Peru`PER`South America	51.71479
58	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.26560
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.83376
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.60597
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	46.57415
62	Colombia`COL`South America	45.74780
63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.66818
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.74770
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.51124
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.37171
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.08847
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.16604
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.47428
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.23348
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.15253
72	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.06553
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.58651
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	41.56402
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.92716
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.62156
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.41156
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.34532
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.28988
80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.88408
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.64579
82	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.05016
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.79298
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.45704
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.02245
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	35.84809
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35.32983
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.38091
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	34.31359
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.44800
91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.13991
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.64529
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.56560
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	31.54610
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	31.03277
96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.83460
97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.70210
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.50747
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	30.44754
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.37607
101	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.84098
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.15353
103	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.09668
104	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.26163
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.22449
106	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.12262
107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.86061
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.80968
109	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.27480
110	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.20914
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.87918
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	25.72313
113	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.68811
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.49269
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.04815
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	24.91765
117	Chile`CHL`South America	24.04456
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22.86122
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.76627
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	22.37834
121	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.24711
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.33845
123	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.79718
124	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	19.00956
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18.59889
126	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	18.38031
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.17859
128	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.77997
129	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.29021
130	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17.05940
131	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	16.98142
132	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.84900
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.82872
134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.82249
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.21811
136	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.85163
137	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	15.65204
138	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.94858
139	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.69858
140	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.68032
141	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.65990
142	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.53003
143	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.11259
144	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.05394
145	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.74547
146	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.44021
147	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13.33860
148	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.33856
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.21750
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.05538
151	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.02338
152	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.81966
153	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.64667
154	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.54244
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.20621
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.06840
157	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.93740
158	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.79341
159	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.68194
160	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.42740
161	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.34880
162	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.31364
163	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.30190
164	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.93837
165	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.24855
166	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.08267
167	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.61048
168	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.17983
169	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.04755
170	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.80332
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.37781
172	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.06775
173	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.99042
174	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.40062
175	United States`USA`Northern America	6.18676
176	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.57127
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.14097
178	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.95636
179	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.93817
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.09490
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.54469
182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.82796

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad91.51424
2Niger89.73656
3Sierra Leone89.04000
4Madagascar88.51891
5Nigeria86.41729

Lowest

182Qatar0.82796
181Bahrain2.54469
180Kuwait3.09490
179Norway4.93817
178Oman4.95636

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.89260. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
32 · 150rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Panama38.91452 → 40.62156+1.70705
Ecuador50.92911 → 52.35052+1.42141
South Africa16.31340 → 17.29021+0.97682
North Macedonia15.93035 → 16.82249+0.89214
Singapore12.21791 → 12.81966+0.60175

Fell most

Saint Lucia30.06152 → 26.86061−3.20091
Iceland15.05541 → 13.33860−1.71681
Poland20.46931 → 19.00956−1.45974
Thailand52.10029 → 50.83376−1.26654
Guyana32.57297 → 31.64529−0.92767

− Lebanon

− South 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

Read before you use

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 2024.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Self-Employment Rate, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2024

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