Countries with the Most Self-Employed Workers 2024

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Countries with the Most Self-Employed Workers 2024
The 20 countries with the highest share of self-employed workers in 2024. Chad leads at 91.51% of all employment, ahead of Niger at 89.74% and Sierra Leone at 89.04%. Self-employment here includes own-account workers and unpaid family workers, not just business owners. Figures are ILO modelled estimates for 182 countries.
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The median country has 32.14% self-employment. A high share is usually a sign of informal work rather than entrepreneurship: 32 of the 182 countries measured are above 70%, and they are overwhelmingly low-income economies where formal wage jobs are scarce.

Source:  World Bank

Key Findings

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Chad leads with 92 in 2024.
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Average value in 2024: 84  ·  median: 85.
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Gap in 2024: Chad is 1.2× larger than Laos.

Countries with the Most Self-Employed Workers 2024

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Data Insights

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Data Points
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Top Value
91.51
Chad
Self-employed (% of total employment) · 2024
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Self-employed (% of total employment)
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Period
2024
Single year snapshot

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Self-employed (% of total employment) · ranked by 2024

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# Category 2024 Source
🥇 Chad 91.51
🥈 Niger 89.74
🥉 Sierra Leone 89.04
4 Madagascar 88.52
5 Nigeria 86.42
6 Tanzania 85.55
7 Central African Republic 85.48
8 Mozambique 85.46
9 DR Congo 85.34
10 Burundi 84.92
11 Ethiopia 84.63
12 Afghanistan 83.36
13 Burkina Faso 82.84
14 Guinea 82.25
15 Uganda 80.71
16 Benin 80.23
17 Papua New Guinea 78.85
18 Nepal 78.84
19 Liberia 78.62
20 Laos 77.40

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