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Countries by Self-employment rate (2025)

Self-employment rate in 2025: highest in Chad (91.56%), lowest in Qatar (0.83%), median 31.84% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Self-employment rate (measured in %) across 231 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %231 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2025

Highest Self-employment rate, 2025

  1. 1.Chad91.56%
  2. 2.Niger89.48%
  3. 3.Sierra Leone88.81%
  4. 4.Madagascar88.32%
  5. 5.Nigeria86.15%
  6. 6.Central African Republic85.4%
  7. 7.Tanzania85.34%
  8. 8.Mozambique85.31%
  9. 9.DR Congo85.08%
  10. 10.Burundi84.85%

Lowest Self-employment rate, 2025

  1. 173.Macao6.76%
  2. 174.Russia6.32%
  3. 175.United States6.07%
  4. 176.Saudi Arabia5.55%
  5. 177.United Arab Emirates5.07%
  6. 178.Oman4.96%
  7. 179.Norway4.87%
  8. 180.Kuwait3.16%
  9. 181.Bahrain2.44%
  10. 182.Qatar0.83%

All 182 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Self-employment rate trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

ChadRank 1 of 182NigerRank 2 of 182Sierra LeoneRank 3 of 182MadagascarRank 4 of 182NigeriaRank 5 of 182Central African RepublicRank 6 of 182TanzaniaRank 7 of 182MozambiqueRank 8 of 182DR CongoRank 9 of 182BurundiRank 10 of 182EthiopiaRank 11 of 182AfghanistanRank 12 of 182Burkina FasoRank 13 of 182GuineaRank 14 of 182UgandaRank 15 of 182BeninRank 16 of 182Papua New GuineaRank 17 of 182NepalRank 18 of 182LiberiaRank 19 of 182Lao PDRRank 20 of 182HaitiRank 21 of 182Republic of the CongoRank 22 of 182TogoRank 23 of 182MaliRank 24 of 182AngolaRank 25 of 182Guinea-BissauRank 26 of 182IndiaRank 27 of 182Timor-LesteRank 28 of 182ZambiaRank 29 of 182Cote d'IvoireRank 30 of 182ZimbabweRank 31 of 182Solomon IslandsRank 32 of 182BhutanRank 33 of 182CameroonRank 34 of 182The GambiaRank 35 of 182GhanaRank 36 of 182AzerbaijanRank 37 of 182BoliviaRank 38 of 182MyanmarRank 39 of 182KenyaRank 40 of 182SenegalRank 41 of 182North KoreaRank 42 of 182MalawiRank 43 of 182BangladeshRank 44 of 182VanuatuRank 45 of 182MoldovaRank 46 of 182ComorosRank 47 of 182MauritaniaRank 48 of 182PakistanRank 49 of 182CambodiaRank 50 of 182VietnamRank 51 of 182IndonesiaRank 52 of 182YemenRank 53 of 182EritreaRank 54 of 182EcuadorRank 55 of 182SomaliaRank 56 of 182PeruRank 57 of 182DjiboutiRank 58 of 182ThailandRank 59 of 182AlbaniaRank 60 of 182GeorgiaRank 61 of 182ColombiaRank 62 of 182UzbekistanRank 63 of 182SamoaRank 64 of 182NicaraguaRank 65 of 182HondurasRank 66 of 182Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 67 of 182IranRank 68 of 182Syrian Arab RepublicRank 69 of 182Dominican RepublicRank 70 of 182Sri LankaRank 71 of 182TongaRank 72 of 182ParaguayRank 73 of 182MongoliaRank 74 of 182PanamaRank 75 of 182RwandaRank 76 of 182VenezuelaRank 77 of 182MoroccoRank 78 of 182GuatemalaRank 79 of 182LesothoRank 80 of 182Cabo VerdeRank 81 of 182ChinaRank 82 of 182NamibiaRank 83 of 182PhilippinesRank 84 of 182JamaicaRank 85 of 182El SalvadorRank 86 of 182BelizeRank 87 of 182FijiRank 88 of 182ArmeniaRank 89 of 182GabonRank 90 of 182TurkmenistanRank 91 of 182IraqRank 92 of 182TajikistanRank 93 of 182GuyanaRank 94 of 182MexicoRank 95 of 182Kyrgyz RepublicRank 96 of 182GreeceRank 97 of 182BrazilRank 98 of 182EswatiniRank 99 of 182AlgeriaRank 100 of 182TurkeyRank 101 of 182BotswanaRank 102 of 182UruguayRank 103 of 182Equatorial GuineaRank 104 of 182SerbiaRank 105 of 182EgyptRank 106 of 182St. LuciaRank 107 of 182Costa RicaRank 108 of 182KazakhstanRank 109 of 182LibyaRank 110 of 182Trinidad and TobagoRank 111 of 182St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 112 of 182ArgentinaRank 113 of 182MalaysiaRank 114 of 182TunisiaRank 115 of 182CubaRank 116 of 182ChileRank 117 of 182South KoreaRank 118 of 182SurinameRank 119 of 182Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 120 of 182ItalyRank 121 of 182MaldivesRank 122 of 182BarbadosRank 123 of 182PolandRank 124 of 182New ZealandRank 125 of 182French PolynesiaRank 126 of 182MauritiusRank 127 of 182MontenegroRank 128 of 182South AfricaRank 129 of 182New CaledoniaRank 130 of 182The BahamasRank 131 of 182SwitzerlandRank 132 of 182NetherlandsRank 133 of 182North MacedoniaRank 134 of 182AustraliaRank 135 of 182Czech RepublicRank 136 of 182GuamRank 137 of 182SlovakiaRank 138 of 182BelgiumRank 139 of 182SpainRank 140 of 182RomaniaRank 141 of 182PortugalRank 142 of 182SloveniaRank 143 of 182MaltaRank 144 of 182LatviaRank 145 of 182IrelandRank 146 of 182IcelandRank 147 of 182FranceRank 148 of 182United KingdomRank 149 of 182CanadaRank 150 of 182CroatiaRank 151 of 182SingaporeRank 152 of 182Puerto RicoRank 153 of 182FinlandRank 154 of 182AustriaRank 155 of 182EstoniaRank 156 of 182BulgariaRank 157 of 182HungaryRank 158 of 182LithuaniaRank 159 of 182IsraelRank 160 of 182JordanRank 161 of 182LuxembourgRank 162 of 182SwedenRank 163 of 182CyprusRank 164 of 182US Virgin IslandsRank 165 of 182JapanRank 166 of 182Channel IslandsRank 167 of 182GermanyRank 168 of 182DenmarkRank 169 of 182Hong KongRank 170 of 182Brunei DarussalamRank 171 of 182BelarusRank 172 of 182MacaoRank 173 of 182RussiaRank 174 of 182United StatesRank 175 of 182Saudi ArabiaRank 176 of 182United Arab EmiratesRank 177 of 182OmanRank 178 of 182NorwayRank 179 of 182KuwaitRank 180 of 182BahrainRank 181 of 182QatarRank 182 of 182

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Self-employment rate Data Coverage

This page lists 231 countries with available Self-employment rate data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.