Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) rose 0.233% to 76.0% in India in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in India reached an all time high of 85.4% in 1991 and an all time low of 75.8% in 2019. When compared to India's main peers, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Bangladesh amounted to 59.2%, 46.5% in China, 56.7% in Pakistan and 41.8% in Sri Lanka in 2020.
India has been ranked 32nd within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce), 11 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Afghanistan | % | 84.9% | 84.2% | 83.5% | 82.4% | 82.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | % | 60.9% | 60.7% | 60.6% | 60.5% | 59.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | % | 70.8% | 72.4% | 72.4% | 72.4% | 72.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 47.8% | 47.4% | 47.0% | 46.6% | 45.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 79.5% | 78.8% | 78.1% | 77.3% | 76.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 44.0% | 44.1% | 45.1% | 45.3% | 46.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 11.4% | 11.1% | 10.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 24.6% | 26.1% | 25.6% | 26.0% | 27.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 26.9% | 25.2% | 23.7% | 23.5% | 23.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 65.5% | 64.7% | 64.0% | 63.2% | 65.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 60.2% | 60.6% | 61.3% | 59.2% | 57.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 7.18% | 7.20% | 7.48% | 6.62% | 6.82% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 43.6% | 43.8% | 42.2% | 42.3% | 42.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 6.45% | 6.44% | 6.39% | 6.25% | 6.28% |
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