Data for 2025

Self-Employment Rate, 2025

Name: Self-Employment Rate, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Self-Employment Rate, 2025 covers 182 countries. Chad is highest, at 91.56; Qatar is lowest, at 0.83. The middle country reads 31.84. Against 2024, 182 values changed (20 up, 162 down), the same countries are covered.

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Self-Employment Rate · Data for 2025

HighestChad

91.56

LowestQatar

0.83

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

182countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.56
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	89.48
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	88.81
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	88.32
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	86.15
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.40
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.34
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.31
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	85.08
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	84.85
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	84.31
12	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	83.40
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.60
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	81.95
15	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.53
16	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	79.83
17	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	78.67
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.58
19	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.34
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.14
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.83
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.76
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	76.62
24	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.35
25	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.90
26	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.47
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	74.90
28	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	74.86
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	71.73
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.97
31	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.78
32	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.94
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.51
34	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.28
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68.61
36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.46
37	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.98
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.27
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.47
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.80
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.32
42	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.05
43	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.26
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.04
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.62
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.78
47	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.90
48	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.45
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	57.00
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	55.52
51	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.35
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.34
53	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	52.64
54	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	52.37
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.33
56	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.18
57	Peru`PER`South America	51.35
58	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.12
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.70
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.28
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	46.07
62	Colombia`COL`South America	45.64
63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.44
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.51
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.27
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.11
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43.99
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.94
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.44
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.10
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.07
72	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.79
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.25
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	41.18
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.58
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.45
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.42
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.06
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.08
80	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.52
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.46
82	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.67
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.54
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.15
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	35.75
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.66
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35.18
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.08
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	33.66
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.39
91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.03
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.66
93	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	31.26
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.11
95	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.85
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	30.50
97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.46
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.29
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	30.22
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.20
101	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.55
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.11
103	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.97
104	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.50
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.02
106	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.98
107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.74
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.59
109	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.13
110	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	25.88
111	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.72
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.67
113	Argentina`ARG`South America	25.58
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.37
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.94
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	24.90
117	Chile`CHL`South America	23.92
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22.67
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.48
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	22.06
121	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.12
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.05
123	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.55
124	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	18.89
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18.41
126	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	18.20
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.79
128	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.36
129	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.27
130	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	17.14
131	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17.05
132	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.86
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.79
134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.59
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.10
136	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.72
137	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	15.52
138	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.87
139	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.59
140	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.54
141	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.46
142	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.43
143	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	13.96
144	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.90
145	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.66
146	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.37
147	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13.30
148	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.28
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.15
150	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.91
151	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	12.74
152	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.69
153	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.61
154	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.54
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.20
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.07
157	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.80
158	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.63
159	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.50
160	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.34
161	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.21
162	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.34
163	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.24
164	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.17
165	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.07
166	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.05
167	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	8.57
168	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.15
169	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.91
170	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.69
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.27
172	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.83
173	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.76
174	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.32
175	United States`USA`Northern America	6.07
176	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.55
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.07
178	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.96
179	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.87
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.16
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.44
182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.83

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad91.56
2Niger89.48
3Sierra Leone88.81
4Madagascar88.32
5Nigeria86.15

Lowest

182Qatar0.83
181Bahrain2.44
180Kuwait3.16
179Norway4.87
178Oman4.96

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
20 · 162rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea27.26 → 27.50+0.24
Cyprus9.94 → 10.17+0.23
New Caledonia16.98 → 17.14+0.16
Iraq31.57 → 31.66+0.09
Venezuela40.35 → 40.42+0.08

Fell most

Armenia34.31 → 33.66−0.65
Mali76.89 → 76.35−0.54
Guyana31.65 → 31.11−0.53
Kyrgyzstan31.03 → 30.50−0.53
Georgia46.57 → 46.07−0.50

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 2025.
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) (2025). Self-Employment Rate, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/2025

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