Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) rose 2.10% to 72.4% in Ivory Coast in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Ivory Coast reached an all time high of 82.2% in 1994 and an all time low of 70.9% in 2019. When compared to Ivory Coast's main peers, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Burkina Faso amounted to 86.9%, 91.4% in Guinea, 78.7% in Liberia and 81.4% in Mali in 2020.
Ivory Coast has been ranked 36th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce), 4 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 |
| Algeria | % | 31.2% | 31.4% | 31.5% | 31.7% | 32.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 87.8% | 87.5% | 86.9% | 86.3% | 86.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 75.6% | 75.5% | 75.5% | 74.3% | 73.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 92.8% | 93.1% | 92.4% | 92.0% | 92.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 75.7% | 75.5% | 75.0% | 73.4% | 72.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 78.7% | 78.9% | 78.8% | 78.6% | 78.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 82.5% | 82.3% | 81.0% | 80.5% | 81.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 57.4% | 57.8% | 57.2% | 57.3% | 57.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 94.7% | 94.8% | 95.0% | 95.0% | 95.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 67.5% | 66.6% | 65.9% | 65.1% | 64.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 88.9% | 90.8% | 90.4% | 90.6% | 90.5% |
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