Data for 1996
Self-Employment Rate, 1996
1996, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Self-Employment Rate, 1996 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 95.542; Qatar is lowest, at 1.675. The middle country reads 39.736. Against 1995, 187 values changed (57 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.
Self-Employment Rate · Data for 1996
HighestAfghanistan
95.542LowestQatar
1.675Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Self-Employment Rate, 1996, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 187 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95.542 | |
| 2 | 95.163 | |
| 3 | 94.660 | |
| 4 | 94.215 | |
| 5 | 93.702 | |
| 6 | 92.806 | |
| 7 | 92.086 | |
| 8 | 90.412 | |
| 9 | 90.136 | |
| 10 | 89.472 | |
| 11 | 87.170 | |
| 12 | 86.437 | |
| 13 | 86.175 | |
| 14 | 85.764 | |
| 15 | 85.725 | |
| 16 | 85.584 | |
| 17 | 85.545 | |
| 18 | 85.455 | |
| 19 | 85.377 | |
| 20 | 84.897 | |
| 21 | 84.606 | |
| 22 | 84.561 | |
| 23 | 83.678 | |
| 24 | 83.434 | |
| 25 | 83.064 | |
| 26 | 82.936 | |
| 27 | 82.739 | |
| 28 | 81.873 | |
| 29 | 81.263 | |
| 30 | 79.866 | |
| 31 | 79.574 | |
| 32 | 78.717 | |
| 33 | 78.504 | |
| 34 | 78.418 | |
| 35 | 77.163 | |
| 36 | 76.754 | |
| 37 | 75.837 | |
| 38 | 75.646 | |
| 39 | 75.601 | |
| 40 | 73.242 | |
| 41 | 72.302 | |
| 42 | 68.707 | |
| 43 | 68.225 | |
| 44 | 68.154 | |
| 45 | 67.483 | |
| 46 | 67.211 | |
| 47 | 66.310 | |
| 48 | 65.883 | |
| 49 | 65.683 | |
| 50 | 64.750 | |
| 51 | 63.182 | |
| 52 | 62.794 | |
| 53 | 61.766 | |
| 54 | 61.726 | |
| 55 | 59.626 | |
| 56 | 58.062 | |
| 57 | 56.657 | |
| 58 | 56.396 | |
| 59 | 55.846 | |
| 60 | 55.035 | |
| 61 | 54.716 | |
| 62 | 54.646 | |
| 63 | 54.144 | |
| 64 | 53.061 | |
| 65 | 53.052 | |
| 66 | 52.859 | |
| 67 | 51.935 | |
| 68 | 51.378 | |
| 69 | 50.858 | |
| 70 | 50.304 | |
| 71 | 49.987 | |
| 72 | 49.618 | |
| 73 | 49.612 | |
| 74 | 49.470 | |
| 75 | 48.973 | |
| 76 | 48.666 | |
| 77 | 48.473 | |
| 78 | 48.105 | |
| 79 | 47.334 | |
| 80 | 46.351 | |
| 81 | 44.704 | |
| 82 | 44.160 | |
| 83 | 44.142 | |
| 84 | 44.059 | |
| 85 | 43.419 | |
| 86 | 43.129 | |
| 87 | 43.127 | |
| 88 | 42.084 | |
| 89 | 41.953 | |
| 90 | 41.491 | |
| 91 | 40.314 | |
| 92 | 40.206 | |
| 93 | 39.852 | |
| 94 | 39.736 | |
| 95 | 39.465 | |
| 96 | 38.257 | |
| 97 | 38.093 | |
| 98 | 38.032 | |
| 99 | 38.017 | |
| 100 | 37.882 | |
| 101 | 37.663 | |
| 102 | 37.620 | |
| 103 | 36.508 | |
| 104 | 36.120 | |
| 105 | 35.500 | |
| 106 | 33.973 | |
| 107 | 33.812 | |
| 108 | 33.736 | |
| 109 | 33.193 | |
| 110 | 32.941 | |
| 111 | 32.082 | |
| 112 | 32.056 | |
| 113 | 31.954 | |
| 114 | 31.776 | |
| 115 | 31.134 | |
| 116 | 30.742 | |
| 117 | 30.306 | |
| 118 | 30.161 | |
| 119 | 29.051 | |
| 120 | 28.609 | |
| 121 | 28.533 | |
| 122 | 27.124 | |
| 123 | 27.014 | |
| 124 | 26.769 | |
| 125 | 26.496 | |
| 126 | 25.624 | |
| 127 | 24.926 | |
| 128 | 24.384 | |
| 129 | 23.860 | |
| 130 | 23.776 | |
| 131 | 23.402 | |
| 132 | 23.343 | |
| 133 | 22.749 | |
| 134 | 21.528 | |
| 135 | 21.235 | |
| 136 | 20.878 | |
| 137 | 19.713 | |
| 138 | 19.640 | |
| 139 | 19.460 | |
| 140 | 19.217 | |
| 141 | 19.028 | |
| 142 | 18.615 | |
| 143 | 18.233 | |
| 144 | 18.040 | |
| 145 | 17.986 | |
| 146 | 17.843 | |
| 147 | 17.830 | |
| 148 | 17.769 | |
| 149 | 17.587 | |
| 150 | 17.319 | |
| 151 | 16.688 | |
| 152 | 16.648 | |
| 153 | 16.315 | |
| 154 | 16.200 | |
| 155 | 15.681 | |
| 156 | 15.322 | |
| 157 | 14.981 | |
| 158 | 14.704 | |
| 159 | 14.678 | |
| 160 | 14.672 | |
| 161 | 14.664 | |
| 162 | 13.948 | |
| 163 | 13.250 | |
| 164 | 13.172 | |
| 165 | 13.074 | |
| 166 | 13.010 | |
| 167 | 12.838 | |
| 168 | 12.796 | |
| 169 | 11.086 | |
| 170 | 11.047 | |
| 171 | 10.722 | |
| 172 | 10.636 | |
| 173 | 9.747 | |
| 174 | 9.725 | |
| 175 | Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe | 9.595 |
| 176 | 9.330 | |
| 177 | 8.890 | |
| 178 | 8.763 | |
| 179 | 8.284 | |
| 180 | 7.663 | |
| 181 | 7.395 | |
| 182 | 7.372 | |
| 183 | 6.084 | |
| 184 | 4.526 | |
| 185 | 3.731 | |
| 186 | 3.388 | |
| 187 | 1.675 |
02In 1996
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Afghanistan95.542
- 2
Chad95.163
- 3
Nigeria94.660
- 4
Guinea94.215
- 5
Mozambique93.702
Lowest
- 187
Qatar1.675
- 186
United Arab Emirates3.388
- 185
Kuwait3.731
- 184
Bahrain4.526
- 183
Russia6.084
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.736. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031995 → 1996
Since 1995
What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 187values changed, of 187 in both
- 57 · 130rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Singapore11.546 → 14.678+3.131
Suriname16.619 → 19.217+2.598
Belize32.991 → 35.500+2.509
Bahamas15.859 → 18.233+2.374
Saint Lucia28.414 → 30.742+2.328
Fell most
Thailand64.841 → 62.794−2.047
Equatorial Guinea46.128 → 44.142−1.986
Luxembourg11.304 → 9.747−1.558
Brazil35.212 → 33.812−1.400
Egypt34.551 → 33.193−1.358
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1996.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.
05The files
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ILO’s own file, on its own site.
SL.EMP.SELF.ZS
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
International Labour Organization (ILO) (1996). Self-Employment Rate, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/self-employment/1996
0635 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Self-Employment Rate, 1995187 countries
The year after ›
Self-Employment Rate, 1997187 countries
All of them
Self-Employment Rate: every year35 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Self-Employment Rate, 1996: questions and answers
Which country has the highest self-employment in Self-Employment Rate, 1996?
Afghanistan, at 95.542, of the 187 countries in the file.
What year does Self-Employment Rate, 1996 describe?
1996.
How many countries does Self-Employment Rate, 1996 cover?
187.
Where can I download Self-Employment Rate, 1996?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Self-Employment Rate, 1996 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Self-Employment Rate, 2025.