Self-employed, male (% of males employed)

Definition: 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 three subcategories: employers, own-account workers, and members of producers' cooperatives.

Description: The map below shows how Self-employed, male (% of males employed) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is Ethiopia, with a value of 90.30. The country with the lowest value in the world is Qatar, with a value of 0.80.

Source: International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.

See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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