Self-employed, total
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, 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. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 186
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
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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 | 83.40 | percent |
| Albania | 2025 | 50.28 | percent |
| Algeria | 2025 | 30.20 | percent |
| Angola | 2025 | 75.90 | percent |
| Argentina | 2025 | 25.58 | percent |
| Armenia | 2025 | 33.66 | percent |
| Australia | 2025 | 16.10 | percent |
| Austria | 2025 | 12.20 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2025 | 66.98 | percent |
| Bahamas | 2025 | 17.05 | percent |
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