International statistics Key table Self-employed persons

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Self-employed persons
CountryYearSelf-employed persons
%

Source: ILOSTAT, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Europe
Albania202352.4
Austria202315.7
Belarus20234.5
Belgium202315.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina202322.7
Bulgaria202311.3
Croatia202313.5
Cyprus202310.5
Czechia202316.5
Denmark20238.4
Estonia202311.1
Finland202313.2
France202312.9
Germany20238.6
Greece202331.0
Hungary202312.3
Iceland202313.7
Ireland202313.7
Italy202321.4
Latvia202313.4
Lithuania202311.9
Luxembourg20239.9
Malta202315.2
Montenegro202318.7
Netherlands202316.5
North Macedonia202315.9
Norway20234.6
Poland202319.9
Portugal202314.6
Republic of Moldova202359.0
Romania202322.8
Russian Federation20236.6
Serbia202327.1
Slovakia202315.1
Slovenia202314.3
Spain202315.2
Sweden202310.7
Switzerland202316.6
Turkey202328.6
Ukraine202119.3
United Kingdom202313.4
Africa
Algeria202332.1
Angola202365.5
Benin202388.0
Botswana202331.1
Burkina Faso202375.3
Burundi202384.8
Cabo Verde202338.5
Cameroon202369.5
Central African Republic202394.5
Chad202391.2
Comoros202357.5
Congo, Republic of the202375.6
Congo, The Dem. Republic of the202386.3
Cote d'Ivoire202374.4
Djibouti202350.7
Egypt202326.1
Equatorial Guinea202387.3
Eritrea202376.3
Eswatini202334.9
Ethiopia202385.1
Gabon202333.9
Ghana202371.2
Guinea202381.9
Guinea-Bissau202378.3
Kenya202365.2
Lesotho202338.6
Liberia202379.0
Libya202315.1
Madagascar202389.0
Malawi202361.6
Mali202385.4
Mauritania202357.5
Mauritius202318.5
Morocco202339.9
Mozambique202385.1
Namibia202339.1
Niger202390.3
Nigeria202384.7
Rwanda202341.3
Sao Tome and Principe202343.0
Senegal202369.6
Sierra Leone202389.5
Somalia202351.3
South Africa202316.3
South Sudan202372.1
Sudan202246.5
Tanzania, United Republic of202385.5
The Gambia202369.2
Togo202382.1
Tunisia202325.5
Uganda202381.4
Zambia202373.8
Zimbabwe202371.5
America
Argentina202325.8
Barbados202320.5
Belize202336.0
Bolivia, Plurinat. State202367.5
Brazil202331.2
Canada202313.2
Chile202324.6
Colombia202346.6
Costa Rica202327.0
Cuba202328.4
Dominican Republic202342.4
Ecuador202350.8
El Salvador202336.3
Guatemala202339.5
Guyana202331.9
Haiti202375.4
Honduras202345.7
Jamaica202337.3
Mexico202331.4
Nicaragua202343.0
Panama202338.9
Paraguay202341.3
Peru202352.6
Saint Lucia202329.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202325.6
Suriname202323.1
The Bahamas202315.8
Trinidad and Tobago202326.0
United States20236.1
Uruguay202329.4
Venezuela, Bol. Rep. Of202340.6
Asia
Afghanistan202381.7
Armenia202360.9
Azerbaijan202367.5
Bahrain20232.6
Bangladesh202353.4
Bhutan202370.7
Brunei Darussalam20237.6
Cambodia202356.3
China202345.3
Georgia202348.7
India202376.1
Indonesia202354.0
Iran, Islamic Republic of202342.5
Iraq202331.6
Israel202311.7
Japan20239.5
Jordan202311.7
Kazakhstan202325.4
Korea, Democratic People's Republic202388.0
Korea, Republic of202323.2
Kuwait20232.0
Kyrgyzstan202332.6
Lao, PDR202377.5
Lebanon202329.6
Malaysia202327.6
Maldives202321.9
Mongolia202339.8
Myanmar202364.9
Nepal202380.2
Oman20233.4
Pakistan202357.1
Philippines202336.7
Qatar20230.4
Saudi Arabia20236.8
Singapore202313.3
Sri Lanka202341.8
Syrian Arab Republic202334.5
Tajikistan202327.0
Thailand202352.1
Timor-Leste202374.2
Turkmenistan202331.5
United Arab Emirates20234.9
Uzbekistan202345.9
Viet Nam202353.0
Yemen202353.8
Oceania
Australia202313.1
Fiji202331.4
New Zealand202318.9
Papua New Guinea202378.3
Samoa202344.7
Solomon Islands202364.4
Tonga202351.2
Vanuatu202360.2
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As at 22 May 2025

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