Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) rose 1.06% to 49.0% in Mongolia in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Mongolia reached an all time high of 58.3% in 2002 and an all time low of 48.3% in 2016. When compared to Mongolia's main peers, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in China amounted to 46.5%, 24.7% in Kazakhstan, 35.3% in Kyrgyzstan and 6.76% in Russia in 2020.
Mongolia has been ranked 65th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce), 9 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 |
| China | % | 47.8% | 47.4% | 47.0% | 46.6% | 45.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 11.0% | 10.8% | 10.4% | 10.2% | 9.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 79.5% | 78.8% | 78.1% | 77.3% | 76.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 11.4% | 11.1% | 10.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | % | 28.6% | 27.0% | 25.7% | 24.4% | 23.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 42.8% | 39.9% | 37.9% | 35.6% | 34.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mongolia | % | 50.3% | 50.7% | 48.3% | 50.1% | 48.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 7.18% | 7.20% | 7.48% | 6.62% | 6.82% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | % | 36.1% | 35.0% | 33.8% | 32.3% | 30.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 6.45% | 6.44% | 6.39% | 6.25% | 6.28% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | 39.4% | 38.3% | 37.2% | 36.2% | 35.2% |
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