Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2020, Burundi ranked the highest in Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) with 94.7% followed by Niger and Chad. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.422%, Kuwait with 1.77% and Bahrain with 2.82%.
Average Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) reached 47.2% in 2020 in the World. This is 1.64 % less than in the previous year and -9.87 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) reached an all time high of 55.9% in 1991 and an all time low of 46.4% in 2019. The average annual growth amounted to -0.056 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) indicator page.
| 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 |
| Benin | % | 88.9% | 88.7% | 88.5% | 88.8% | 88.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 76.0% | 75.8% | 75.7% | 76.0% | 75.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 86.2% | 85.9% | 85.7% | 85.5% | 85.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 94.7% | 94.7% | 94.6% | 94.7% | 94.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 91.3% | 91.1% | 91.2% | 91.4% | 91.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | % | 85.3% | 86.0% | 86.8% | 87.2% | 87.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 77.2% | 77.1% | 76.9% | 77.1% | 76.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 86.6% | 86.3% | 86.0% | 86.1% | 85.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 84.4% | 83.4% | 82.6% | 82.8% | 82.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | % | 89.3% | 89.3% | 89.2% | 89.4% | 89.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 92.8% | 92.1% | 91.5% | 91.4% | 91.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| North Korea | % | 88.0% | 88.1% | 88.1% | 88.4% | 88.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 89.3% | 89.3% | 89.4% | 89.7% | 89.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 52.3% | 52.0% | 51.8% | 52.0% | 51.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 76.9% | 75.1% | 73.4% | 73.7% | 73.3% |
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