自雇就业比较

The bar chart compares five countries (namely the Russian Republic, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Greece, and Turkey) in terms of the share of self-employed workers in their total workforce, in 1998 and 2008. Overall, Turkey had the highest proportion of self-employed people in both years, while the lowest figure was recorded in the Russian Republic. It is also noticeable that the share of self-employed workers increased in the first three listed countries over the period, but fell in Greece and Turkey. In 1998, over half of the workforce in Turkey was self-employed, the highest among the five countries, compared to 43% in Greece. By contrast, less than 15% of working people were self-employed in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Russian Republic, with the lowest rate (only 5%) found in Russia. By 2008, the percentage of self-employed workers in Turkey had dropped to 40%, which was slightly higher than that in Greece (36%). Meanwhile, there were small rises in self-employment rates in the other three countries: the figure for Slovakia rose to nearly 13%, while that for the Czech Republic grew to 16%. Russia remained the country with the lowest share, at around 8%.