Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) rose 3.87% to 48.8% in Mauritania in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) in Mauritania reached an all time high of 60.9% in 2002 and an all time low of 47.0% in 2019. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce) in Algeria amounted to 32.7%, 76.5% in Mali, 46.4% in Morocco and 60.4% in Senegal in 2020.
Mauritania has been ranked 60th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Male (As % of Male Workforce), 2 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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 85.4% | 85.0% | 84.3% | 83.8% | 83.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 66.5% | 65.3% | 64.7% | 64.9% | 64.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 86.8% | 87.3% | 86.0% | 85.1% | 85.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 38.6% | 40.5% | 41.9% | 41.0% | 39.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 76.9% | 76.6% | 74.9% | 74.0% | 75.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 50.3% | 50.0% | 49.0% | 48.5% | 48.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 48.9% | 48.1% | 47.8% | 47.1% | 46.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 92.3% | 92.5% | 92.7% | 92.6% | 92.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 62.8% | 61.8% | 61.2% | 60.5% | 59.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 21.5% | 21.0% | 20.5% | 20.1% | 19.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 30.2% | 29.5% | 29.3% | 29.0% | 28.8% |
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