Employers, total (% of employment) - Gender Statistics
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Employers refers 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).
Employers, total (% of employment) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
1 | Honduras (2004) | 39.8 |
2 | South Africa (2007) | 14.7 |
3 | Egypt (2006) | 13.4 |
4 | Netherlands Antilles (2007) | 11.5 |
5 | Greece (2008) | 8.5 |
6 | Syria (2001) | 8.3 |
7 | Costa Rica (2007) | 7.2 |
8 | Belize (2005) | 7.1 |
9 | Italy (2008) | 6.9 |
10 | South Korea (2007) | 6.7 |
11 | North Korea (2007) | 6.7 |
12 | Ecuador (2006) | 6.5 |
13 | Peru (2007) | 6.2 |
14 | Switzerland (2007) | 6 |
15 | Spain (2008) | 5.8 |
16 | Turkey (2008) | 5.7 |
17 | Ireland (2008) | 5.7 |
18 | Namibia (2004) | 5.6 |
19 | Grenada (1998) | 5.6 |
20 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991) | 5.6 |
21 | Portugal (2008) | 5.5 |
22 | Macedonia (2007) | 5.5 |
23 | Cyprus (2008) | 5.5 |
24 | St. Lucia (2000) | 5.4 |
25 | Iran (2007) | 5.4 |
26 | Croatia (2007) | 5.4 |
27 | New Zealand (2007) | 5.3 |
28 | Guatemala (2002) | 5.3 |
29 | Euro area (2008) | 5.23 |
30 | Canada (2007) | 5.1 |
31 | Hungary (2008) | 5.1 |
32 | Singapore (2007) | 5.1 |
33 | Paraguay (2007) | 5.1 |
34 | Algeria (2004) | 5 |
35 | Mexico (2007) | 5 |
36 | Azerbaijan (2007) | 5 |
37 | Dominica (2001) | 5 |
38 | Iceland (2007) | 4.9 |
39 | Western Samoa (2001) | 4.8 |
40 | Uruguay (2007) | 4.8 |
41 | Austria (2008) | 4.8 |
42 | Bolivia (2002) | 4.8 |
43 | Germany (2008) | 4.7 |
44 | France (2008) | 4.6 |
45 | West Bank and Gaza (2006) | 4.6 |
46 | Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2006) | 4.6 |
47 | Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2006) | 4.6 |
48 | Colombia (2007) | 4.6 |
49 | European Union (2008) | 4.52 |
50 | OECD members (2007) | 4.51 |
51 | Isle of Man (2001) | 4.5 |
52 | Brazil (2006) | 4.5 |
53 | High income: OECD (2007) | 4.41 |
54 | High income (2007) | 4.41 |
55 | Trinidad and Tobago (2005) | 4.4 |
56 | Malta (2008) | 4.3 |
57 | El Salvador (2006) | 4.3 |
58 | Philippines (2007) | 4.2 |
59 | Serbia (2007) | 4.2 |
60 | Nicaragua (2006) | 4.2 |
61 | Belgium (2008) | 4.2 |
62 | Israel (2007) | 4.2 |
63 | Venezuela (2007) | 4.2 |
64 | Hong Kong (2007) | 4.1 |
65 | Argentina (2006) | 4.1 |
66 | Poland (2008) | 4.1 |
67 | Antigua and Barbuda (1991) | 4 |
68 | Dominican Republic (2007) | 4 |
69 | Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2007) | 3.9 |
70 | Denmark (2008) | 3.9 |
71 | Sweden (2008) | 3.8 |
72 | Nepal (2001) | 3.8 |
73 | Finland (2008) | 3.8 |
74 | Upper middle income (2006) | 3.77 |
75 | Netherlands (2008) | 3.7 |
76 | Bulgaria (2008) | 3.7 |
77 | Cayman Islands (2007) | 3.7 |
78 | Czech Republic (2008) | 3.6 |
79 | Macau (2007) | 3.5 |
80 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2001) | 3.4 |
81 | Malaysia (2007) | 3.4 |
82 | Maldives (2000) | 3.4 |
83 | Latvia (2008) | 3.3 |
84 | Panama (2007) | 3.2 |
85 | Mauritius (2007) | 3.2 |
86 | Slovakia (2008) | 3.2 |
87 | Slovenia (2008) | 3.2 |
88 | Estonia (2008) | 3.2 |
89 | Chile (2007) | 3.1 |
90 | Jamaica (2006) | 3.1 |
91 | Thailand (2007) | 3 |
92 | Indonesia (2007) | 2.9 |
93 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 2.8 |
94 | United Kingdom (2008) | 2.8 |
95 | Botswana (2003) | 2.7 |
96 | Tunisia (1994) | 2.7 |
97 | Australia (2007) | 2.7 |
98 | Japan (2007) | 2.6 |
99 | Aruba (1997) | 2.6 |
100 | Cape Verde (2000) | 2.5 |
101 | Luxembourg (2008) | 2.4 |
102 | Morocco (2007) | 2.3 |
103 | Lithuania (2008) | 2.2 |
104 | Yemen (1999) | 2.2 |
105 | American Samoa (1990) | 2.2 |
106 | Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2006) | 2.19 |
107 | Madagascar (2003) | 2.1 |
108 | Norway (2008) | 2.1 |
109 | Oman (2000) | 1.8 |
110 | Tanzania (2006) | 1.8 |
111 | Tuvalu (2002) | 1.7 |
112 | Cameroon (2001) | 1.6 |
113 | United Arab Emirates (2005) | 1.5 |
114 | Swaziland (1997) | 1.5 |
115 | Djibouti (1991) | 1.4 |
116 | Russia (2007) | 1.4 |
117 | Romania (2008) | 1.3 |
118 | Bhutan (2005) | 1.3 |
119 | Barbados (2004) | 1.2 |
120 | Seychelles (1987) | 1.2 |
121 | Kazakhstan (2004) | 1.1 |
122 | Kyrgyzstan (2006) | 1.1 |
123 | Fiji (2005) | 1.1 |
124 | Georgia (2007) | 1.1 |
125 | Marshall Islands (1999) | 1 |
126 | Brunei Darussalam (1991) | 1 |
127 | Moldova (2007) | 0.9 |
128 | Lesotho (1999) | 0.8 |
129 | Pakistan (2007) | 0.8 |
130 | Qatar (2004) | 0.7 |
131 | Ethiopia (2006) | 0.7 |
132 | Gabon (1993) | 0.6 |
133 | Mongolia (2003) | 0.6 |
134 | Senegal (1991) | 0.6 |
135 | Suriname (1998) | 0.6 |
136 | Tonga (1996) | 0.5 |
137 | Vietnam (2004) | 0.5 |
138 | Zimbabwe (2002) | 0.5 |
139 | Sao Tome and Principe (1991) | 0.4 |
140 | Burkina Faso (1994) | 0.3 |
141 | Bangladesh (2005) | 0.3 |
142 | Uganda (2003) | 0.3 |
143 | Mali (1994) | 0.3 |
144 | Chad (1993) | 0.2 |
145 | Laos (1995) | 0.2 |
146 | Cambodia (2004) | 0.2 |
147 | Rwanda (1996) | 0.1 |
148 | Malawi (1987) | 0 |
149 | Zambia (2003) | 0 |
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