Self-Employment Rate, 1997

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Self-Employment Rate, 1997: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	95.388
2	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	95.134
3	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	94.498
4	GuineaGINWestern Africa	94.059
5	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	93.395
6	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	92.964
7	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	91.977
8	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	90.294
9	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	89.677
10	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	89.184
11	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	87.434
12	BeninBENWestern Africa	86.301
13	NigerNERWestern Africa	86.257
14	MaliMLIWestern Africa	85.576
15	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	85.475
16	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.422
17	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	85.310
18	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	85.187
19	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	85.091
20	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	84.746
21	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	84.151
22	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	83.990
23	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	83.519
24	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	83.419
25	TogoTGOWestern Africa	83.401

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.491. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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