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Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country

Own-account workers are workers who, working on their own account or with one or more more partners, hold the types of jobs defined as "self-employment jobs" and have not engaged on a continuous basis any employees to work for them. Own account workers are a subcategory of "self-employed".

Countries reporting
187
Highest
84.2%
Burundi
Lowest
0.2%
Qatar
Median
25.7%
Years covered
26
1991–2016
Data points
5,537

What the numbers show

Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 84.2% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.2% in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.7%, and the mean is 29.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 526.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 192.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 73.9%).

Own-account workers, male (% of male employment): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 84.2% 2016 down 1.4% flat
2 Haiti 82.0% 2016 down 0.1% flat
3 Sierra Leone 76.4% 2016 down 0.5% rising
4 Chad 73.0% 2016 up 2.2% falling
5 Benin 70.2% 2016 down 7.9% falling
6 India 67.4% 2016 down 4.1% flat
7 Somalia 67.1% 2016 down 2.0% flat
8 Rwanda 66.5% 2016 down 8.3% rising
9 Nigeria 66.3% 2016 down 2.1% flat
10 Mozambique 62.2% 2016 down 4.6% falling
11 Cameroon 62.1% 2016 down 0.2% flat
12 Vanuatu 60.6% 2016 down 0.6% falling
13 Guinea 59.8% 2016 up 1.5% flat
14 Niger 59.3% 2016 down 6.9% flat
15 Central African Republic 58.5% 2016 down 7.7% flat
16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 58.1% 2016 up 6.0% rising
17 Lesotho 57.2% 2016 down 4.3% falling
18 Tanzania, United Republic of 56.8% 2016 down 21.5% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 56.1% 2016 down 2.3% falling
20 Madagascar 55.7% 2016 up 3.8% rising
21 Liberia 55.6% 2016 down 2.8% falling
22 Uganda 55.5% 2016 down 1.3% falling
23 Congo 54.9% 2016 down 2.2% falling
24 Mali 54.7% 2016 up 5.0% falling
25 Guinea-Bissau 53.9% 2016 down 1.3% falling
26 Papua New Guinea 52.6% 2016 down 2.1% rising
27 Togo 52.3% 2016 up 5.8% flat
28 Gambia 52.0% 2016 down 4.4% rising
29 Burkina Faso 51.7% 2016 down 6.9% flat
30 Zambia 50.9% 2016 down 6.5% rising
31 Tajikistan 50.4% 2016 up 1.5% rising
32 Dominican Republic 49.1% 2016 up 3.8% rising
33 Zimbabwe 48.3% 2016 down 6.3% rising
34 Malawi 48.2% 2016 down 7.3% falling
35 Bangladesh 47.8% 2016 down 2.2% falling
36 Mongolia 47.4% 2016 up 4.0% rising
37 Nepal 45.9% 2016 down 2.2% falling
38 Afghanistan 45.6% 2016 down 4.0% flat
39 Colombia 45.2% 2016 up 10.2% rising
40 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 44.6% 2016 down 0.1% rising
41 Comoros 44.5% 2016 down 3.7% falling
42 Ethiopia 43.8% 2016 down 16.5% falling
43 Angola 43.6% 2016 down 8.5% falling
44 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 43.1% 2016 down 5.2% falling
45 Solomon Islands 42.7% 2016 up 0.4% rising
46 Georgia 42.6% 2016 up 2.2% rising
47 Jamaica 42.4% 2016 up 11.7% flat
48 Myanmar 42.0% 2016 down 6.7% falling
49 Pakistan 40.5% 2016 up 1.7% falling
50 Eritrea 40.3% 2016 down 10.9% falling
51 Ghana 39.9% 2016 down 31.8% falling
52 Viet Nam 39.5% 2016 down 17.6% falling
53 Bhutan 39.0% 2016 up 192.0% rising
54 Iran, Islamic Republic of 38.7% 2016 up 10.9% falling
55 Timor-Leste 38.4% 2016 down 22.7% flat
56 Senegal 38.1% 2016 down 2.2% falling
57 Mauritania 37.1% 2016 up 5.0% falling
58 Peru 36.8% 2016 up 5.7% flat
59 Thailand 36.3% 2016 down 3.3% falling
60 Armenia 36.2% 2016 up 37.6% rising
61 Indonesia 36.1% 2016 down 23.5% falling
62 Sao Tome and Principe 35.7% 2016 down 9.6% falling
63 Sri Lanka 35.7% 2016 up 1.4% rising
64 Syrian Arab Republic 34.8% 2016 up 21.0% falling
65 Albania 34.5% 2016 down 19.1% falling
66 Tonga 34.3% 2016 down 5.9% rising
67 Republic of Moldova 34.3% 2016 up 3.7% rising
68 Kyrgyzstan 34.2% 2016 down 12.4% falling
69 Cambodia 33.8% 2016 down 37.7% falling
70 Morocco 33.7% 2016 up 9.2% rising
71 Palestine, State of 33.5% 2016 down 6.1% falling
72 Djibouti 33.0% 2016 down 9.8% falling
73 Cape Verde 31.8% 2016 down 8.0% falling
74 Ecuador 31.6% 2016 up 28.1% rising
75 Paraguay 31.0% 2016 down 10.7% falling
76 Saint Lucia 31.0% 2016 down 3.3% rising
77 Samoa 30.3% 2016 up 9.6% rising
78 Sudan 30.1% 2016 down 5.4% falling
79 Brazil 29.7% 2016 up 15.7% falling
80 Panama 29.6% 2016 down 2.4% falling
81 Yemen 29.5% 2016 up 10.0% falling
82 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 29.1% 2016 down 0.9% flat
83 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 28.6% 2016 down 1.2% flat
84 Fiji 28.2% 2016 up 0.3% flat
85 Guyana 28.1% 2016 up 2.2% flat
86 China 28.0% 2016 down 17.4% falling
87 Libya 26.8% 2016 up 9.1% falling
88 Algeria 26.7% 2016 down 4.0% rising
89 Philippines 26.5% 2016 down 20.7% falling
90 Serbia 26.5% 2016 up 28.2% rising
91 Gabon 26.5% 2016 up 0.7% falling
92 Lebanon 25.9% 2016 down 5.7% falling
93 Nicaragua 25.8% 2016 down 20.6% falling
94 Greece 25.7% 2016 up 4.8% falling
95 South Sudan 25.6% 2016 up 6.6% flat
96 Kazakhstan 25.6% 2016 down 17.0% falling
97 United States Virgin Islands 25.4% 2016 up 1.0% falling
98 Equatorial Guinea 25.4% 2016 down 3.4% falling
99 Uruguay 24.9% 2016 down 0.9% falling
100 Korea 24.6% 2016 down 18.7% falling
101 El Salvador 23.9% 2016 up 14.8% rising
102 North Macedonia 23.8% 2016 down 12.1% rising
103 Iraq 23.7% 2016 down 4.5% falling
104 Honduras 23.3% 2016 down 38.2% falling
105 Argentina 23.0% 2016 up 5.8% falling
106 Azerbaijan 22.6% 2016 down 26.7% falling
107 Guatemala 22.5% 2016 down 17.2% falling
108 Mexico 21.9% 2016 down 6.7% falling
109 Uzbekistan 21.8% 2016 down 2.7% rising
110 Romania 21.7% 2016 down 13.1% rising
111 Guam 20.5% 2016 down 7.0% falling
112 Barbados 20.4% 2016 down 1.4% rising
113 Belize 20.4% 2016 up 0.7% flat
114 Chile 20.2% 2016 down 20.6% falling
115 Türkiye 20.1% 2016 down 21.6% falling
116 Trinidad and Tobago 19.9% 2016 up 0.9% rising
117 Tunisia 19.6% 2016 down 28.1% falling
118 Puerto Rico 18.9% 2016 up 10.2% rising
119 Italy 18.8% 2016 down 5.3% rising
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.6% 2016 down 4.5% rising
121 Malaysia 18.1% 2016 down 9.4% falling
122 Poland 17.1% 2016 down 6.9% falling
123 Ireland 16.9% 2016 up 12.2% falling
124 Turkmenistan 16.9% 2016 down 2.4% flat
125 Mauritius 16.8% 2016 up 1.9% flat
126 Ukraine 16.6% 2016 up 27.1% rising
127 Kenya 16.4% 2016 up 12.2% falling
128 Namibia 16.0% 2016 down 39.9% rising
129 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.8% 2016 up 19.2% rising
130 Czechia 15.7% 2016 up 8.5% rising
131 Israel 15.0% 2016 up 58.5% rising
132 Slovakia 15.0% 2016 up 19.0% rising
133 Portugal 14.9% 2016 down 16.7% falling
134 French Polynesia 14.9% 2016 down 3.0% falling
135 Costa Rica 14.7% 2016 down 26.2% falling
136 Netherlands 14.1% 2016 up 48.9% rising
137 Cyprus 13.8% 2016 down 11.5% falling
138 Spain 13.8% 2016 up 8.0% falling
139 New Zealand 13.1% 2016 down 8.5% falling
140 Suriname 13.0% 2016 down 4.9% falling
141 Egypt 13.0% 2016 up 9.2% flat
142 Australia 12.8% 2016 down 9.8% falling
143 Belgium 12.3% 2016 up 14.2% falling
144 Maldives 12.1% 2016 down 11.0% volatile
145 Canada 12.1% 2016 up 5.1% rising
146 Montenegro 11.9% 2016 down 43.7% rising
147 Eswatini 11.9% 2016 down 7.9% falling
148 Finland 11.9% 2016 up 11.9% falling
149 Malta 11.7% 2016 up 0.3% rising
150 Bahamas 11.7% 2016 down 27.6% falling
151 Cuba 11.6% 2016 down 22.9% rising
152 Channel Islands 11.3% 2016 up 2.2% falling
153 Botswana 11.3% 2016 up 106.7% volatile
154 Lithuania 11.2% 2016 down 22.5% falling
155 Jordan 10.5% 2016 up 1.3% falling
156 New Caledonia 10.4% 2016 up 6.2% falling
157 Slovenia 10.3% 2016 down 4.8% flat
158 Iceland 10.2% 2016 down 22.3% falling
159 Singapore 10.1% 2016 down 13.4% rising
160 South Africa 9.2% 2016 down 0.3% flat
161 Croatia 9.1% 2016 down 45.3% falling
162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.0% 2016 down 3.0% falling
163 Bulgaria 9.0% 2016 down 6.7% falling
164 Latvia 8.9% 2016 up 17.8% rising
165 France 8.7% 2016 up 16.1% falling
166 Oman 8.3% 2016 down 8.1% falling
167 Japan 7.9% 2016 down 35.7% falling
168 Sweden 7.9% 2016 down 11.2% falling
169 Hong Kong, China 7.8% 2016 down 23.5% rising
170 Austria 7.4% 2016 down 1.7% rising
171 Switzerland 7.1% 2016 down 8.2% falling
172 United States of America 7.1% 2016 down 13.6% falling
173 Estonia 6.6% 2016 down 6.9% flat
174 Russian Federation 6.4% 2016 up 3.6% rising
175 Germany 6.4% 2016 down 12.4% rising
176 Norway 6.3% 2016 down 25.9% falling
177 Denmark 6.3% 2016 up 9.1% rising
178 Hungary 6.2% 2016 down 24.1% falling
179 Luxembourg 5.5% 2016 up 4.3% rising
180 Brunei Darussalam 4.9% 2016 up 35.4% flat
181 Macau, China 4.1% 2016 down 32.9% falling
182 Saudi Arabia 3.2% 2016 down 35.8% falling
183 Belarus 3.2% 2016 up 19.5% rising
184 Kuwait 2.5% 2016 down 9.4% flat
185 Bahrain 1.7% 2016 down 8.5% falling
186 United Arab Emirates 0.4% 2016 down 73.9% volatile
187 Qatar 0.2% 2016 down 13.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 5,537 data points, 1991–2016
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Own-account workers are workers who, working on their own account or with one or more more partners, hold the types of jobs defined as "self-employment jobs" and have not engaged on a continuous basis any employees to work for them. Own account workers are a subcategory of "self-employed".