Self-Employment Rate, 2008

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Self-Employment Rate, 2008: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	92.451
2	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	91.678
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	91.101
4	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	90.212
5	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	90.210
6	GuineaGINWestern Africa	89.711
7	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	89.141
8	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	89.063
9	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	87.805
10	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	87.348
11	NigerNERWestern Africa	86.337
12	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.204
13	BeninBENWestern Africa	84.869
14	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	84.503
15	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	84.381
16	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	84.129
17	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	83.728
18	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	83.284
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	83.065
20	MaliMLIWestern Africa	82.985
21	TogoTGOWestern Africa	82.924
22	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	82.839
23	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	82.410
24	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	81.382
25	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	81.090

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.033. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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