Self-Employment Rate, 2006

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Self-Employment Rate, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	93.288
2	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	92.290
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	91.694
4	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	91.130
5	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	90.948
6	GuineaGINWestern Africa	90.885
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	89.900
8	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	89.809
9	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	87.884
10	NigerNERWestern Africa	86.293
11	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	85.854
12	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	85.823
13	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.316
14	BeninBENWestern Africa	85.108
15	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	85.040
16	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	84.936
17	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	84.028
18	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	83.802
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	83.499
20	MaliMLIWestern Africa	83.295
21	TogoTGOWestern Africa	82.892
22	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	82.837
23	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	82.549
24	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	82.056
25	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	81.662

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.931. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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