Self-Employment Rate, 2023

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Self-Employment Rate, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Self-employed (% of total employment)
1	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	91.449
2	NigerNERWestern Africa	89.947
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	89.261
4	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	88.697
5	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	86.670
6	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	85.729
7	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	85.630
8	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	85.592
9	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	85.570
10	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	84.974
11	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	84.936
12	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	83.117
13	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	82.838
14	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	82.546
15	GuineaGINWestern Africa	82.519
16	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	80.951
17	BeninBENWestern Africa	80.530
18	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	79.087
19	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	78.996
20	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	78.882
21	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	77.661
22	TogoTGOWestern Africa	77.298
23	MaliMLIWestern Africa	77.049
24	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	76.977
25	HaitiHTICaribbean	76.674

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.383. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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