The 9 countries with the largest amount of entrepreneurs
9. Chile — considered one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations around 11% of the population choose to work for themselves. Here a big seminar on Chile based startups is underway.
8. Botswana — 11.1% of the population is an entrepreneur, setting up swathes of stalls to bring in personal business.
7. Jamaica — 11.9% are self-employed and many are street vendors. However, the government has pushed for greater adoption of entrepreneurial ideas when it comes to technology.
6. Angola — 12.4% of the population work for themselves. Street sellers "zungueiros" for male and "zungueiras" for female, make up a large portion of the self-employed. Traffic jams directly help these workers in pushing their products.
5. Vietnam — around 13.3% of the country are self-employed. Vietnam is famed for its prolific stalls and "street barbers" as pictured here.
4. Cameroon — 13.7% of the country is self-employed and many are in the service and food industry.
3. Brazil — 13.8% are entrepreneurs and are predominantly single person vendors. Almost half of the entrepreneurs are women.
2. Thailand — 16.7% of the country work for themselves and transportation is one of the biggest sectors. Tuk tuks - or rickshaws - are staple ways of getting round the city and can earn you a decent wage in tourist heavy areas.
1. Uganda — a massive 28.1% of the population are entrepreneurs, capitalising on the freedom that comes with shirking off decades long rule by dictatorship. Many of the self-employed are seeing their businesses expand due to the country's recently laid fibre optic that connects even remote villages to the internet.
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