Self-Employment Rate, 2005

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Self-Employment Rate, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	93.618
2	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	92.817
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	91.971
4	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	91.605
5	GuineaGINWestern Africa	91.404
6	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	91.232
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	90.344
8	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	90.153
9	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	87.902
10	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	86.339
11	NigerNERWestern Africa	86.308
12	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	85.552
13	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.355
14	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	85.228
15	BeninBENWestern Africa	85.195
16	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	85.053
17	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	84.209
18	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	83.991
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	83.684
20	MaliMLIWestern Africa	83.528
21	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	83.094
22	TogoTGOWestern Africa	82.897
23	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	82.601
24	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	82.421
25	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	81.789

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.775. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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