Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

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About this dataset

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.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE202570.007122543062Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW202576.5877527828584Africa Western and Central
ARB202525.9196033516271Arab World
CSS202529.7802334134828Caribbean small states
CEB202519.3316562459535Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR202557.8406843463001Early-demographic dividend
EAS202539.6005013148402East Asia & Pacific
EAP202542.4240709450219East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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