Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) rose 2.29% to 77.0% in Nigeria in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) in Nigeria reached an all time high of 87.2% in 1998 and an all time low of 75.3% in 2019. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) in Benin amounted to 83.2%, 68.5% in Cameroon, 88.4% in Chad and 91.8% in Niger in 2020.
Nigeria has been ranked 18th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce), 4 places above 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 |
| Algeria | % | 32.3% | 32.5% | 32.7% | 32.9% | 33.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 84.2% | 83.8% | 84.1% | 83.5% | 83.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 85.4% | 85.0% | 84.3% | 83.8% | 83.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 69.7% | 69.3% | 68.7% | 67.9% | 67.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 90.5% | 90.7% | 90.7% | 90.5% | 90.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 84.0% | 84.1% | 86.0% | 87.0% | 87.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 29.4% | 29.1% | 29.1% | 29.9% | 30.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 38.6% | 40.5% | 41.9% | 41.0% | 39.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 76.9% | 76.6% | 74.9% | 74.0% | 75.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 92.3% | 92.5% | 92.7% | 92.6% | 92.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 77.3% | 78.1% | 78.5% | 77.2% | 76.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 52.3% | 51.7% | 51.2% | 50.7% | 50.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 71.6% | 69.7% | 67.6% | 65.7% | 64.8% |
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