Self-Employment Rate, 2022

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Self-Employment Rate, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	91.339
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	90.100
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	89.512
4	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	88.843
5	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	86.924
6	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	85.934
7	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	85.886
8	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.698
9	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	85.697
10	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	85.206
11	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	84.978
12	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	82.973
13	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	82.838
14	GuineaGINWestern Africa	82.823
15	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	82.753
16	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	81.154
17	BeninBENWestern Africa	80.826
18	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	79.298
19	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	79.126
20	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	79.055
21	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	77.916
22	TogoTGOWestern Africa	77.550
23	MaliMLIWestern Africa	77.191
24	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	76.969
25	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	76.870

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.518. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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