Self-Employment Rate, 2015

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Self-Employment Rate, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	NigerNERWestern Africa	91.2221
2	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	90.8614
3	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	89.4146
4	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	89.1775
5	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	87.4799
6	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	87.2305
7	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	87.2068
8	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	86.9478
9	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	86.3117
10	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	85.6276
11	GuineaGINWestern Africa	85.5852
12	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.5470
13	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	85.0023
14	BeninBENWestern Africa	83.8624
15	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	83.5695
16	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	82.8609
17	MaliMLIWestern Africa	82.2453
18	TogoTGOWestern Africa	81.5215
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	81.1065
20	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	80.6699
21	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	80.0399
22	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	79.5400
23	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	79.0050
24	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	78.4684
25	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	76.7375

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.7667. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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