Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) fell 0.182% to 85.1% in Ethiopia in 2023, according to .
Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Ethiopia reached an all time high of 97.2% in 1981 and an all time low of 85.1% in 2023.
Ethiopia has been ranked 12th within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce), 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Chad | % | 91.3% | 91.1% | 91.2% | 91.4% | 91.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 52.2% | 51.8% | 51.4% | 51.5% | 51.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 31.9% | 31.3% | 28.9% | 27.4% | 27.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 77.2% | 77.1% | 76.9% | 77.1% | 76.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 86.6% | 86.3% | 86.0% | 86.1% | 85.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 62.8% | 62.4% | 62.0% | 64.3% | 65.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 52.3% | 52.0% | 51.8% | 52.0% | 51.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 76.9% | 75.1% | 73.4% | 73.7% | 73.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 52.2% | 51.3% | 50.0% | 49.1% | 48.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 86.1% | 85.9% | 85.8% | 86.0% | 85.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 77.9% | 78.7% | 79.5% | 80.5% | 81.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 52.9% | 53.7% | 54.1% | 54.3% | 53.9% |
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