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Countries by Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (2016)

Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2016: highest in Burundi (84.23%), lowest in Qatar (0.16%), median 25.72% across the 187 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (measured in %) across 212 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: %212 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2016

Highest Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2016

  1. 1.Burundi84.23%
  2. 2.Haiti81.98%
  3. 3.Sierra Leone76.37%
  4. 4.Chad73.05%
  5. 5.Benin70.23%
  6. 6.India67.43%
  7. 7.Somalia67.06%
  8. 8.Rwanda66.49%
  9. 9.Nigeria66.3%
  10. 10.Mozambique62.17%

Lowest Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2016

  1. 178.Hungary6.23%
  2. 179.Luxembourg5.54%
  3. 180.Brunei Darussalam4.9%
  4. 181.Macao4.13%
  5. 182.Saudi Arabia3.24%
  6. 183.Belarus3.16%
  7. 184.Kuwait2.46%
  8. 185.Bahrain1.75%
  9. 186.United Arab Emirates0.36%
  10. 187.Qatar0.16%

All 187 ranked countries, 2016— select a country to view interactive chart

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

BurundiRank 1 of 187HaitiRank 2 of 187Sierra LeoneRank 3 of 187ChadRank 4 of 187BeninRank 5 of 187IndiaRank 6 of 187SomaliaRank 7 of 187RwandaRank 8 of 187NigeriaRank 9 of 187MozambiqueRank 10 of 187CameroonRank 11 of 187VanuatuRank 12 of 187GuineaRank 13 of 187NigerRank 14 of 187Central African RepublicRank 15 of 187Lao PDRRank 16 of 187LesothoRank 17 of 187TanzaniaRank 18 of 187Cote d'IvoireRank 19 of 187MadagascarRank 20 of 187LiberiaRank 21 of 187UgandaRank 22 of 187Republic of the CongoRank 23 of 187MaliRank 24 of 187Guinea-BissauRank 25 of 187Papua New GuineaRank 26 of 187TogoRank 27 of 187The GambiaRank 28 of 187Burkina FasoRank 29 of 187ZambiaRank 30 of 187TajikistanRank 31 of 187Dominican RepublicRank 32 of 187ZimbabweRank 33 of 187MalawiRank 34 of 187BangladeshRank 35 of 187MongoliaRank 36 of 187NepalRank 37 of 187AfghanistanRank 38 of 187ColombiaRank 39 of 187North KoreaRank 40 of 187ComorosRank 41 of 187EthiopiaRank 42 of 187AngolaRank 43 of 187DR CongoRank 44 of 187Solomon IslandsRank 45 of 187GeorgiaRank 46 of 187JamaicaRank 47 of 187MyanmarRank 48 of 187PakistanRank 49 of 187EritreaRank 50 of 187GhanaRank 51 of 187VietnamRank 52 of 187BhutanRank 53 of 187IranRank 54 of 187Timor-LesteRank 55 of 187SenegalRank 56 of 187MauritaniaRank 57 of 187PeruRank 58 of 187ThailandRank 59 of 187ArmeniaRank 60 of 187IndonesiaRank 61 of 187Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 62 of 187Sri LankaRank 63 of 187Syrian Arab RepublicRank 64 of 187AlbaniaRank 65 of 187TongaRank 66 of 187MoldovaRank 67 of 187Kyrgyz RepublicRank 68 of 187CambodiaRank 69 of 187MoroccoRank 70 of 187West Bank and GazaRank 71 of 187DjiboutiRank 72 of 187Cabo VerdeRank 73 of 187EcuadorRank 74 of 187ParaguayRank 75 of 187St. LuciaRank 76 of 187SamoaRank 77 of 187SudanRank 78 of 187BrazilRank 79 of 187PanamaRank 80 of 187YemenRank 81 of 187VenezuelaRank 82 of 187BoliviaRank 83 of 187FijiRank 84 of 187GuyanaRank 85 of 187ChinaRank 86 of 187LibyaRank 87 of 187AlgeriaRank 88 of 187PhilippinesRank 89 of 187SerbiaRank 90 of 187GabonRank 91 of 187LebanonRank 92 of 187NicaraguaRank 93 of 187GreeceRank 94 of 187South SudanRank 95 of 187KazakhstanRank 96 of 187US Virgin IslandsRank 97 of 187Equatorial GuineaRank 98 of 187UruguayRank 99 of 187South KoreaRank 100 of 187El SalvadorRank 101 of 187North MacedoniaRank 102 of 187IraqRank 103 of 187HondurasRank 104 of 187ArgentinaRank 105 of 187AzerbaijanRank 106 of 187GuatemalaRank 107 of 187MexicoRank 108 of 187UzbekistanRank 109 of 187RomaniaRank 110 of 187GuamRank 111 of 187BarbadosRank 112 of 187BelizeRank 113 of 187ChileRank 114 of 187TurkeyRank 115 of 187Trinidad and TobagoRank 116 of 187TunisiaRank 117 of 187Puerto RicoRank 118 of 187ItalyRank 119 of 187Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 120 of 187MalaysiaRank 121 of 187PolandRank 122 of 187IrelandRank 123 of 187TurkmenistanRank 124 of 187MauritiusRank 125 of 187UkraineRank 126 of 187KenyaRank 127 of 187NamibiaRank 128 of 187United KingdomRank 129 of 187Czech RepublicRank 130 of 187IsraelRank 131 of 187SlovakiaRank 132 of 187PortugalRank 133 of 187French PolynesiaRank 134 of 187Costa RicaRank 135 of 187NetherlandsRank 136 of 187CyprusRank 137 of 187SpainRank 138 of 187New ZealandRank 139 of 187SurinameRank 140 of 187EgyptRank 141 of 187AustraliaRank 142 of 187BelgiumRank 143 of 187MaldivesRank 144 of 187CanadaRank 145 of 187MontenegroRank 146 of 187EswatiniRank 147 of 187FinlandRank 148 of 187MaltaRank 149 of 187The BahamasRank 150 of 187CubaRank 151 of 187Channel IslandsRank 152 of 187BotswanaRank 153 of 187LithuaniaRank 154 of 187JordanRank 155 of 187New CaledoniaRank 156 of 187SloveniaRank 157 of 187IcelandRank 158 of 187SingaporeRank 159 of 187South AfricaRank 160 of 187CroatiaRank 161 of 187St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 162 of 187BulgariaRank 163 of 187LatviaRank 164 of 187FranceRank 165 of 187OmanRank 166 of 187JapanRank 167 of 187SwedenRank 168 of 187Hong KongRank 169 of 187AustriaRank 170 of 187SwitzerlandRank 171 of 187United StatesRank 172 of 187EstoniaRank 173 of 187RussiaRank 174 of 187GermanyRank 175 of 187NorwayRank 176 of 187DenmarkRank 177 of 187HungaryRank 178 of 187LuxembourgRank 179 of 187Brunei DarussalamRank 180 of 187MacaoRank 181 of 187Saudi ArabiaRank 182 of 187BelarusRank 183 of 187KuwaitRank 184 of 187BahrainRank 185 of 187United Arab EmiratesRank 186 of 187QatarRank 187 of 187

Other countries and regions

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Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) Data Coverage

This page lists 212 countries with available Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.