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Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (2025)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025: highest in Chad (88.07%), lowest in Qatar (0.74%), median 32.35% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (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-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 1.Chad88.07%
  2. 2.Madagascar86.14%
  3. 3.Niger84.61%
  4. 4.Nigeria83.04%
  5. 5.Sierra Leone83.02%
  6. 6.Afghanistan82.77%
  7. 7.Central African Republic82.69%
  8. 8.Ethiopia82.57%
  9. 9.Tanzania80.37%
  10. 10.DR Congo79.75%

Lowest Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 173.Russia7.05%
  2. 174.Belarus7%
  3. 175.Brunei Darussalam6.26%
  4. 176.Norway6.23%
  5. 177.Saudi Arabia5.28%
  6. 178.United Arab Emirates5.03%
  7. 179.Oman4.73%
  8. 180.Kuwait3.68%
  9. 181.Bahrain2.25%
  10. 182.Qatar0.74%

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

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

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

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Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) Data Coverage

This page lists 231 countries with available Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.