Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2018, Burundi ranked the highest in Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) with 94.7% followed by Central African Republic and Chad. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 0.410%, Kuwait with 1.74% and Bahrain with 2.74%.
Average Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) reached 48.0% in 2018 in the World. This is 16.5 % less than in the previous year and -6.65 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) reached an all time high of 55.9% in 1991 and an all time low of 48.0% in 2018. The average annual growth amounted to -0.014 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) indicator page.
| Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Afghanistan | % | 90.4% | 90.3% | 90.2% | 90.2% | 90.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 89.9% | 89.8% | 89.7% | 89.6% | 89.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 89.5% | 88.7% | 87.8% | 87.7% | 87.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 94.7% | 94.7% | 94.7% | 94.7% | 94.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 94.5% | 94.6% | 94.6% | 94.6% | 94.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 93.4% | 93.4% | 93.3% | 93.3% | 93.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 88.7% | 88.2% | 87.8% | 87.5% | 87.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 92.3% | 92.3% | 92.2% | 92.2% | 92.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Haiti | % | 86.9% | 86.7% | 86.6% | 86.5% | 86.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | % | 89.0% | 89.1% | 89.3% | 89.4% | 89.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 90.2% | 90.4% | 90.6% | 90.7% | 90.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 87.5% | 87.0% | 86.5% | 86.0% | 85.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 90.3% | 90.2% | 90.2% | 90.2% | 90.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 89.4% | 88.9% | 88.9% | 89.3% | 89.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 88.7% | 88.6% | 88.7% | 89.1% | 89.6% |
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