Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Employers 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...
Countries reporting
187
Highest
28.2%
Nigeria
Lowest
0.2%
Ethiopia
Median
4.3%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 28.2% in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.2% in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.3%, and the mean is 4.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 152.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 667.7%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 72.1%).
Employers, male (% of male employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 28.2% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 2 | Djibouti | 23.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 16.8% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 15.0% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 14.2% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 13.1% | 2025 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 7 | Honduras | 11.8% | 2025 | up 18.7% | flat |
| 8 | Lebanon | 10.8% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 9 | Greece | 9.7% | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.4% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 11 | Australia | 9.2% | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 12 | Switzerland | 9.0% | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 8.9% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 14 | Italy | 8.7% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 15 | Niger | 8.7% | 2025 | up 517.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Tunisia | 8.5% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 17 | Gambia | 8.4% | 2025 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Croatia | 8.4% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 8.4% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 20 | Sudan | 8.1% | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 8.1% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 22 | Namibia | 8.0% | 2025 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 23 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 8.0% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 24 | Uganda | 7.9% | 2025 | up 165.3% | rising |
| 25 | Tonga | 7.9% | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 26 | Estonia | 7.6% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 27 | South Africa | 7.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 7.4% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 29 | Yemen | 7.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 30 | Guyana | 7.2% | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 31 | Mexico | 7.1% | 2025 | up 24.9% | flat |
| 32 | Cuba | 7.1% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 7.1% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 34 | Latvia | 7.1% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 35 | Iceland | 6.9% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 6.9% | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 37 | Paraguay | 6.8% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 38 | Lesotho | 6.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 6.7% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 40 | Portugal | 6.6% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 41 | France | 6.5% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 42 | Korea | 6.4% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 6.4% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 44 | Channel Islands | 6.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 45 | Somalia | 6.2% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 46 | Palestine, State of | 6.1% | 2022 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 47 | Türkiye | 6.1% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 48 | Austria | 6.0% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 49 | El Salvador | 6.0% | 2025 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 50 | Eritrea | 5.9% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 51 | Albania | 5.8% | 2025 | up 69.4% | flat |
| 52 | Israel | 5.8% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 53 | Spain | 5.7% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 5.7% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 55 | Mauritania | 5.6% | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 56 | China | 5.6% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 57 | Cape Verde | 5.5% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 5.5% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 59 | Malta | 5.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 60 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.5% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.5% | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 62 | Hungary | 5.4% | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 63 | Germany | 5.4% | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 5.4% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 5.2% | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Ireland | 5.2% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 67 | Madagascar | 5.2% | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 68 | Peru | 5.2% | 2025 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 69 | Poland | 5.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 70 | Brazil | 5.1% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.1% | 2025 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 72 | Jamaica | 5.1% | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 73 | Guam | 5.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 74 | Algeria | 5.1% | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 75 | Macau, China | 5.0% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 76 | Sweden | 5.0% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 77 | Iraq | 4.9% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 78 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.9% | 2025 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 79 | Morocco | 4.9% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 80 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.9% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 81 | Uruguay | 4.8% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 82 | Belgium | 4.8% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 83 | Slovakia | 4.8% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 84 | Georgia | 4.7% | 2025 | up 138.2% | falling |
| 85 | Netherlands | 4.7% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 86 | Canada | 4.7% | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 87 | Slovenia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 88 | Finland | 4.6% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.5% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 90 | Libya | 4.4% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 91 | India | 4.4% | 2025 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Singapore | 4.4% | 2025 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 93 | Indonesia | 4.4% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 94 | Montenegro | 4.3% | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritius | 4.2% | 2025 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Suriname | 4.2% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 4.1% | 2025 | up 311.8% | volatile |
| 98 | French Polynesia | 4.1% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 99 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.1% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 100 | Argentina | 4.0% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 4.0% | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 102 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 103 | Chile | 3.9% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 104 | Serbia | 3.8% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 105 | Jordan | 3.8% | 2025 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 3.8% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 3.8% | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 108 | Maldives | 3.8% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 109 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.8% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 3.7% | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 3.7% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 112 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.7% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 113 | Malaysia | 3.6% | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 114 | Denmark | 3.6% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 115 | Thailand | 3.6% | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 116 | Cambodia | 3.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 117 | Samoa | 3.6% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 118 | New Caledonia | 3.6% | 2025 | up 200.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Egypt | 3.5% | 2025 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 3.5% | 2025 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 121 | Panama | 3.5% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 3.4% | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 123 | Botswana | 3.4% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 124 | Myanmar | 3.3% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 125 | Guatemala | 3.3% | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 126 | Colombia | 3.2% | 2025 | down 33.1% | flat |
| 127 | United States of America | 3.2% | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 128 | Gabon | 3.1% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 129 | Mongolia | 3.0% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 130 | Hong Kong, China | 3.0% | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 131 | Philippines | 3.0% | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 132 | Czechia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 133 | Ukraine | 2.9% | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.8% | 2025 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 2.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 136 | Viet Nam | 2.8% | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 2.7% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 138 | Ecuador | 2.7% | 2025 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 139 | Mozambique | 2.7% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 140 | South Sudan | 2.5% | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 141 | Cyprus | 2.5% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 142 | Guinea | 2.5% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.4% | 2025 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 144 | Japan | 2.3% | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 145 | Cameroon | 2.3% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 146 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.3% | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 147 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 148 | Nepal | 2.2% | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 149 | Togo | 2.2% | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 2.1% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 151 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.1% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 2.0% | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 153 | Zambia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 154 | Romania | 1.9% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 155 | Liberia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 156 | Russian Federation | 1.9% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 157 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 158 | Benin | 1.9% | 2025 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 159 | Chad | 1.9% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 160 | Burundi | 1.8% | 2025 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 161 | Senegal | 1.8% | 2025 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 1.7% | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 1.7% | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Malawi | 1.6% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 165 | Eswatini | 1.6% | 2025 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 166 | Lithuania | 1.6% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 167 | Bahrain | 1.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 168 | Armenia | 1.2% | 2025 | up 667.7% | falling |
| 169 | Rwanda | 1.2% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 170 | Congo | 1.2% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 171 | Oman | 1.2% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 172 | Kenya | 1.1% | 2025 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Fiji | 1.1% | 2025 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 174 | Comoros | 1.0% | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Norway | 1.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 176 | Barbados | 1.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 177 | Bahamas | 0.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 178 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 179 | Mali | 0.8% | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 180 | Kuwait | 0.8% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 182 | Belarus | 0.7% | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 183 | Bhutan | 0.6% | 2025 | up 139.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2025 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 185 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 186 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2% | 2025 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 68.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 15.8%
- Chagai 6.3%
- IDA blend 12.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 10.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 9.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 9.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 9.1%
- IDA total 6.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 6.7%
- Euro area 6.3%
- Other small states 6.2%
- Lower middle income 6.1%
- European Union 5.8%
- Middle income 5.5%
- Small states 5.4%
- Low & middle income 5.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 5.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 5.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 5.2%
- World 5.2%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 5.1%
- Upper middle income 5.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 5.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.0%
- Caribbean Small States 4.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 4.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 4.9%
- OECD members 4.8%
- IBRD only 4.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.7%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 4.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 4.5%
- South Asia 4.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 4.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 4.3%
- Arab World 4.3%
- High income 4.1%
- Least developed countries 3.8%
- IDA only 3.7%
About this data
Employers 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).