The 9 countries with the most entrepreneurship
9. Chile — This country is considered one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations, and about 11% of its population choose entrepreneurship. Here a big seminar on Chile-based startups is underway.
8. Botswana — 11.1% of the population are entrepreneurs, setting up swaths of stalls to bring in personal business.
7. Jamaica — 11.9% are self-employed, and many are street vendors. 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 males and "zungueiras" for females, make up a large portion of the self-employed. Traffic jams directly help these workers in pushing their products.
5. Vietnam — about 13.3% of the population are self-employed. Vietnam is known for its prolific stalls and "street barbers," as pictured here.
4. Cameroon — 13.7% of the country is self-employed, including many workers in the service and food industries.
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 around 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 because of the country's recently laid fibre optic cables that connect even remote villages to the internet.
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