Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total employment — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National by country
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and...
What the numbers show
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total employment — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 82.78 % in Mali; the lowest is 5.1 % in United Arab Emirates.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.97 %, and the mean is 37.4 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 262.6%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 49.7%).
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 82.78 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 80.27 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.38 % | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 2 | Uganda | 74.56 % | 2021 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 70.27 % | 2022 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 3 | India | 71.36 % | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 63.6 % | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 4 | Zambia | 65.82 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 47.75 % | 2017 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 5 | Ghana | 61.74 % | 2017 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 46.67 % | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 6 | Angola | 61.4 % | 2025 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 44.73 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 7 | Myanmar | 60.85 % | 2020 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 29.58 % | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 8 | Senegal | 59 % | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 57.8 % | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 10 | Albania | 55.32 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 52.42 % | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 12 | Thailand | 51.57 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 13 | Bhutan | 51.07 % | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 14 | Pakistan | 50.06 % | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 49.56 % | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 16 | Indonesia | 49.38 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 17 | Colombia | 48.01 % | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 18 | Peru | 47.84 % | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 19 | Jamaica | 46.46 % | 2014 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 20 | Ecuador | 44.32 % | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 21 | Panama | 43.06 % | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 22 | Cambodia | 42.96 % | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 42.82 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 24 | Botswana | 40.9 % | 2024 | up 262.6% | rising |
| 25 | Mongolia | 40.72 % | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 26 | Palestine | 36.99 % | 2025 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 35.78 % | 2020 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 28 | Guatemala | 35.2 % | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 29 | Brazil | 34.88 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.36 % | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 31 | Armenia | 34.04 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 32 | Philippines | 33.89 % | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 33 | Greece | 33.12 % | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 34 | Georgia | 32.31 % | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 35 | Namibia | 32.18 % | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 36 | Serbia | 31.05 % | 2019 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 37 | El Salvador | 30.82 % | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 38 | Mexico | 30.64 % | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 30.58 % | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 40 | Uruguay | 30.54 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 41 | Chile | 30.07 % | 2020 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 42 | Grenada | 28.77 % | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 28.48 % | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 44 | Honduras | 28.03 % | 2025 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 45 | Rwanda | 27.45 % | 2025 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 46 | Italy | 26.54 % | 2020 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 47 | Egypt | 26.05 % | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritius | 25.79 % | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 49 | Barbados | 25.41 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 50 | Seychelles | 23.69 % | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 21.75 % | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 52 | Slovakia | 21.13 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 53 | South Africa | 19.37 % | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.17 % | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 55 | Australia | 19.1 % | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 56 | Czechia | 18.89 % | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 57 | Switzerland | 18.47 % | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 17.91 % | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 59 | Austria | 17.11 % | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 60 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16.29 % | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 61 | Israel | 15.9 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 62 | France | 15.73 % | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 63 | Jordan | 13.17 % | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 64 | Cyprus | 11.63 % | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 65 | Japan | 10.67 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 66 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.6 % | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 67 | Belarus | 5.64 % | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 5.1 % | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 6.74 %
About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.