Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) rose 0.014% to 79.7% in Afghanistan in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) in Afghanistan reached an all time high of 92.9% in 2001 and an all time low of 79.7% in 2019. When compared to Afghanistan's main peers, Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) in Iran amounted to 45.5%, 53.1% in Pakistan, 40.2% in Tajikistan and 27.8% in Turkmenistan in 2020.
Afghanistan has been ranked 17th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce), 7 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Afghanistan | % | 82.7% | 81.9% | 81.1% | 79.9% | 79.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 47.4% | 46.8% | 46.3% | 45.8% | 44.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 79.0% | 78.4% | 77.8% | 77.1% | 76.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 44.1% | 44.2% | 45.1% | 45.6% | 46.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 25.8% | 25.6% | 24.6% | 24.0% | 24.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | % | 29.6% | 28.2% | 26.8% | 25.3% | 24.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 45.4% | 42.8% | 41.1% | 39.5% | 38.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 56.6% | 56.6% | 57.5% | 55.5% | 53.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | % | 33.9% | 32.8% | 31.5% | 30.3% | 28.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 33.1% | 32.3% | 31.5% | 30.7% | 30.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | 38.2% | 37.3% | 36.5% | 35.6% | 34.8% |
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