{"id":1867,"date":"2018-07-11T18:39:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T18:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.sauldie.org\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:25:48","slug":"where-are-the-self-employed-people-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wo-sind-die-selbststaendigen-der-welt\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are the self-employed people of the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/12785\/where-the-most-workers-put-in-a-60-hour-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">works more than an hour a week<\/a>, is defined by the International Labour Organisation as employed. Consequently, the proportion of self-employed people is very high in many countries, particularly in the poorer parts of the world where several family members help each other with agricultural work on a family farm. In less affluent countries, self-employment can be seen as a survival strategy to make ends meet, whereas in more developed economies it can be a sign of creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd.org\/social\/ministerial\/Compare-your-country.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest data<\/a> According to the OECD, half of all workers in Colombia are self-employed. Informal employment, income inequality and irregular contracts are widespread in the South American country. In Europe, southern countries like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/2475\/greece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greece<\/a> The highest self-employment rates, while countries in the north, particularly Scandinavia, have the lowest. In Japan, 10.6 per cent of the country's workforce are their own boss, while the self-employment rate in the USA is 6.4 per cent. <a title=\"Infographic: Where Are The World&#039;s Self-Employed? | Statista\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/14443\/where-are-the-worlds-self-employed\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto !important; max-width: 960px; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" title=\"Colombia\" src=\"https:\/\/infographic.statista.com\/normal\/chartoftheday_14443_where_are_the_world_s_self_employed_n.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic: Where Are The World&#039;s Self-Employed? | Statista\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a> Further infographics can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chartoftheday\/\">Statista<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jemand, der mehr als eine Stunde pro Woche arbeitet, wird von der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation als besch\u00e4ftigt definiert. Infolgedessen ist der Anteil der Selbstst\u00e4ndigen in vielen L\u00e4ndern sehr hoch, vor allem in den \u00e4rmeren Teilen der Welt, wo sich mehrere Familienmitglieder gegenseitig bei der landwirtschaftlichen Arbeit in einem Familienbetrieb unterst\u00fctzen. In weniger wohlhabenden L\u00e4ndern kann die &#8230; <a title=\"Where are the self-employed people of the world?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wo-sind-die-selbststaendigen-der-welt\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wo sind die Selbstst\u00e4ndigen der Welt?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4202],"tags":[1826,1827,1828,1829],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transruption-blog","tag-kolumbien","tag-selbststaendige-landwirte","tag-unternehmer","tag-unternehmertum","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wo sind die Selbstst\u00e4ndigen der Welt? 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