Self-Employment Rate, 2010

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Self-Employment Rate, 2010: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	91.355
2	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	90.651
3	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	90.145
4	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	89.414
5	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	89.289
6	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	89.099
7	GuineaGINWestern Africa	88.649
8	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	88.539
9	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	88.266
10	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	87.720
11	NigerNERWestern Africa	86.691
12	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	84.836
13	BeninBENWestern Africa	84.655
14	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	83.425
15	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	83.300
16	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	83.117
17	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	82.926
18	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	82.858
19	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	82.857
20	TogoTGOWestern Africa	82.743
21	MaliMLIWestern Africa	82.617
22	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	82.528
23	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	81.453
24	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	81.017
25	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	80.030

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.306. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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