Self-Employment Rate, 2019

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Self-Employment Rate, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	91.234
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	91.107
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	88.922
4	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	88.769
5	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	86.575
6	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	86.112
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	85.774
8	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	85.715
9	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.492
10	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	85.382
11	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	85.286
12	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	83.980
13	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	83.552
14	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	82.838
15	MaliMLIWestern Africa	82.733
16	BeninBENWestern Africa	82.721
17	GuineaGINWestern Africa	82.565
18	TogoTGOWestern Africa	80.027
19	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	79.878
20	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	79.876
21	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	79.295
22	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	78.841
23	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	78.496
24	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	77.226
25	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	76.657

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.412. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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