Self-Employment Rate, 2021

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Self-Employment Rate, 2021: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	91.328
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	90.580
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	89.688
4	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	88.974
5	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	87.135
6	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	86.148
7	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	86.147
8	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.818
9	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	85.746
10	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	85.481
11	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	84.979
12	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	83.424
13	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	83.382
14	GuineaGINWestern Africa	83.051
15	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	82.302
16	BeninBENWestern Africa	81.894
17	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	81.328
18	MaliMLIWestern Africa	81.079
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	79.551
20	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	79.275
21	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	79.213
22	TogoTGOWestern Africa	78.871
23	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	78.181
24	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	77.002
25	HaitiHTICaribbean	76.754

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.734. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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