Employers, total
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s). Reported as: modeled ILO estimate.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 186
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
International Labour Organization
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026
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World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2025 | 1.63 | percent |
| Albania | 2025 | 4.25 | percent |
| Algeria | 2025 | 4.64 | percent |
| Angola | 2025 | 9.64 | percent |
| Argentina | 2025 | 3.31 | percent |
| Armenia | 2025 | 0.82 | percent |
| Australia | 2025 | 6.98 | percent |
| Austria | 2025 | 4.34 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2025 | 13.14 | percent |
| Bahamas | 2025 | 1.11 | percent |
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