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
186
Highest
28.2%
Nigeria
Lowest
0.2%
Ethiopia
Median
4.2%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 28.2% in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.2% in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.2%, 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 107 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 | East Timor | 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 | North Korea | 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 | South Korea | 6.4% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 6.4% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 44 | Somalia | 6.2% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 45 | Palestine | 6.1% | 2022 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 46 | Turkey | 6.1% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 47 | Austria | 6.0% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 48 | El Salvador | 6.0% | 2025 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 49 | Eritrea | 5.9% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 50 | Albania | 5.8% | 2025 | up 69.4% | flat |
| 51 | Israel | 5.8% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 52 | Spain | 5.7% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 5.7% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 54 | Mauritania | 5.6% | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 55 | China | 5.6% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 56 | Cape Verde | 5.5% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 5.5% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 58 | Malta | 5.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.5% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.5% | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 61 | Hungary | 5.4% | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 62 | Germany | 5.4% | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 5.4% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 5.2% | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Ireland | 5.2% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 66 | Madagascar | 5.2% | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 67 | Peru | 5.2% | 2025 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 68 | Poland | 5.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 69 | Brazil | 5.1% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.1% | 2025 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 71 | Jamaica | 5.1% | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 72 | Guam | 5.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 73 | Algeria | 5.1% | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 74 | Macao | 5.0% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 75 | Sweden | 5.0% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 76 | Iraq | 4.9% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 77 | Bolivia | 4.9% | 2025 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 78 | Morocco | 4.9% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 79 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.9% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 80 | Uruguay | 4.8% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 81 | Belgium | 4.8% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 82 | Slovakia | 4.8% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 4.7% | 2025 | up 138.2% | falling |
| 84 | Netherlands | 4.7% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 85 | Canada | 4.7% | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 86 | Slovenia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 87 | Finland | 4.6% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.5% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 89 | Libya | 4.4% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 90 | India | 4.4% | 2025 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Singapore | 4.4% | 2025 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 92 | Indonesia | 4.4% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 93 | Montenegro | 4.3% | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 94 | Mauritius | 4.2% | 2025 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Suriname | 4.2% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 4.1% | 2025 | up 311.8% | volatile |
| 97 | French Polynesia | 4.1% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 98 | Syria | 4.1% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 99 | Argentina | 4.0% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 4.0% | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 101 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 102 | Chile | 3.9% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 103 | Serbia | 3.8% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 104 | Jordan | 3.8% | 2025 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 3.8% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 3.8% | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 107 | Maldives | 3.8% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 108 | Iran | 3.8% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 3.7% | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 3.7% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 111 | Venezuela | 3.7% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 112 | Malaysia | 3.6% | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 113 | Denmark | 3.6% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 114 | Thailand | 3.6% | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 115 | Cambodia | 3.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 116 | Samoa | 3.6% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 3.6% | 2025 | up 200.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Egypt | 3.5% | 2025 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 119 | Vanuatu | 3.5% | 2025 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 120 | Panama | 3.5% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 3.4% | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 122 | Botswana | 3.4% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 123 | Myanmar | 3.3% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 124 | Guatemala | 3.3% | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 125 | Colombia | 3.2% | 2025 | down 33.1% | flat |
| 126 | United States | 3.2% | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 127 | Gabon | 3.1% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 128 | Mongolia | 3.0% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 129 | Hong Kong | 3.0% | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 130 | Philippines | 3.0% | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 131 | Czechia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 132 | Ukraine | 2.9% | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 133 | Brunei | 2.8% | 2025 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 2.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 135 | Vietnam | 2.8% | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 2.7% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 137 | Ecuador | 2.7% | 2025 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 138 | Mozambique | 2.7% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 139 | South Sudan | 2.5% | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 140 | Cyprus | 2.5% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 141 | Guinea | 2.5% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.4% | 2025 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 143 | Japan | 2.3% | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 144 | Cameroon | 2.3% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 145 | United Kingdom | 2.3% | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 146 | Tanzania | 2.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 147 | Nepal | 2.2% | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 148 | Togo | 2.2% | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 2.1% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 150 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.1% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 2.0% | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 152 | Zambia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 153 | Romania | 1.9% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 154 | Liberia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 155 | Russia | 1.9% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 156 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 157 | Benin | 1.9% | 2025 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 158 | Chad | 1.9% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 159 | Burundi | 1.8% | 2025 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 160 | Senegal | 1.8% | 2025 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 161 | Kazakhstan | 1.7% | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 1.7% | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Malawi | 1.6% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 164 | Eswatini | 1.6% | 2025 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 165 | Lithuania | 1.6% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 166 | Bahrain | 1.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 167 | Armenia | 1.2% | 2025 | up 667.7% | falling |
| 168 | Rwanda | 1.2% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 169 | Congo | 1.2% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 170 | Oman | 1.2% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 171 | Kenya | 1.1% | 2025 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Fiji | 1.1% | 2025 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 173 | Comoros | 1.0% | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Norway | 1.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 1.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 176 | Bahamas | 0.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 177 | Laos | 0.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 178 | Mali | 0.8% | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 179 | Kuwait | 0.8% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 180 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 181 | Belarus | 0.7% | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 182 | Bhutan | 0.6% | 2025 | up 139.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2025 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 184 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 185 | Moldova | 0.2% | 2025 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 186 | 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%
- 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%
- Channel Islands 6.3%
- Euro area 6.3%
- Other small states 6.2%
- Lower middle income 6.1%
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).