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Countries by Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (2025)

Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025: highest in Djibouti (20.83%), lowest in Moldova (0.16%), median 3.39% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (measured in %) across 235 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: %235 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2025

Highest Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 1.Djibouti20.83%
  2. 2.Nigeria19.67%
  3. 3.Timor-Leste16.23%
  4. 4.Azerbaijan13.14%
  5. 5.Uzbekistan12.12%
  6. 6.Honduras10.24%
  7. 7.Angola9.64%
  8. 8.Sao Tome and Principe9%
  9. 9.Tonga8.1%
  10. 10.Papua New Guinea7.51%

Lowest Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 173.Kuwait0.76%
  2. 174.Barbados0.75%
  3. 175.Norway0.71%
  4. 176.Mali0.59%
  5. 177.Guinea-Bissau0.52%
  6. 178.Belarus0.51%
  7. 179.Bhutan0.48%
  8. 180.Qatar0.38%
  9. 181.Ethiopia0.17%
  10. 182.Moldova0.16%

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

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

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

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Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) Data Coverage

This page lists 235 countries with available Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.