Local Self-Employment and Freelancing Rights

This ranking compares whether foreigners can work locally as self-employed persons, freelancers or invoice-based contractors. The raw value is a 0-100 point value based on self-employment rights, registration, tax administration, business environment and contract enforcement. Higher values improve the rating.
1 Singapore100 pts 100 pts 100
2 New Zealand94 pts 94 pts 94
3 Australia91 pts 91 pts 91
3 Canada91 pts 91 pts 91
3 Cayman Islands91 pts 91 pts 91
3 Denmark91 pts 91 pts 91
3 Hong Kong91 pts 91 pts 91
8 Estonia90 pts 90 pts 90
8 Ireland90 pts 90 pts 90
8 United Kingdom90 pts 90 pts 90
11 Gibraltar89 pts 89 pts 89
12 Bermuda88 pts 88 pts 88
12 Netherlands88 pts 88 pts 88
14 Monaco87 pts 87 pts 87
14 Sweden87 pts 87 pts 87
16 British Virgin Islands86 pts 86 pts 86
16 Norway86 pts 86 pts 86
18 Turks and Caicos Islands84 pts 84 pts 84
18 United Arab Emirates84 pts 84 pts 84
20 Faroe Islands83 pts 83 pts 83
20 Greenland83 pts 83 pts 83
22 Liechtenstein82 pts 82 pts 82
22 Luxembourg82 pts 82 pts 82
22 Macau82 pts 82 pts 82
22 Tahiti82 pts 82 pts 82
26 Anguilla81 pts 81 pts 81
26 Finland81 pts 81 pts 81
26 Switzerland81 pts 81 pts 81
26 United States81 pts 81 pts 81
30 Georgia80 pts 80 pts 80
30 Iceland80 pts 80 pts 80
30 Saint-Martin80 pts 80 pts 80
30 Slovenia80 pts 80 pts 80
34 France79 pts 79 pts 79
34 Latvia79 pts 79 pts 79
36 Bahrain78 pts 78 pts 78
36 Martinique78 pts 78 pts 78
36 Portugal78 pts 78 pts 78
36 Réunion78 pts 78 pts 78
40 Andorra77 pts 77 pts 77
40 Cook Islands77 pts 77 pts 77
40 French Guiana77 pts 77 pts 77
40 Germany77 pts 77 pts 77
40 Guadeloupe77 pts 77 pts 77
40 Lithuania77 pts 77 pts 77
40 Spain77 pts 77 pts 77
47 Saint Pierre and Miquelon76 pts 76 pts 76
47 San Marino76 pts 76 pts 76
49 Austria75 pts 75 pts 75
49 Belgium75 pts 75 pts 75
49 Guam75 pts 75 pts 75
49 Mauritius75 pts 75 pts 75
49 Niue75 pts 75 pts 75
54 American Samoa74 pts 74 pts 74
54 Brunei74 pts 74 pts 74
54 Cyprus74 pts 74 pts 74
54 Mayotte74 pts 74 pts 74
54 Montserrat74 pts 74 pts 74
54 Northern Mariana Islands74 pts 74 pts 74
54 Puerto Rico74 pts 74 pts 74
61 Japan73 pts 73 pts 73
61 Sint Maarten73 pts 73 pts 73
63 Barbados72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Curacao72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Czech Republic72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Malta72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Qatar72 pts 72 pts 72
63 U.S. Virgin Islands72 pts 72 pts 72
69 Aruba71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Chinese Taipei71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Costa Rica71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Kazakhstan71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Kuwait71 pts 71 pts 71
69 North Macedonia71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Uruguay71 pts 71 pts 71
76 Chile70 pts 70 pts 70
76 New Caledonia70 pts 70 pts 70
76 Oman70 pts 70 pts 70
79 Panama69 pts 69 pts 69
79 Romania69 pts 69 pts 69
81 Greece68 pts 68 pts 68
81 Korea Republic68 pts 68 pts 68
81 Slovakia68 pts 68 pts 68
84 Croatia67 pts 67 pts 67
84 Wallis and Futuna67 pts 67 pts 67
86 Armenia66 pts 66 pts 66
86 Bahamas66 pts 66 pts 66
86 Italy66 pts 66 pts 66
89 Antigua and Barbuda65 pts 65 pts 65
89 Israel65 pts 65 pts 65
89 Kosovo65 pts 65 pts 65
89 Malaysia65 pts 65 pts 65
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines65 pts 65 pts 65
89 Seychelles65 pts 65 pts 65
95 Botswana64 pts 64 pts 64
95 Dominica64 pts 64 pts 64
95 Grenada64 pts 64 pts 64
95 Hungary64 pts 64 pts 64
95 Mongolia64 pts 64 pts 64
95 Montenegro64 pts 64 pts 64
95 Saint Kitts and Nevis64 pts 64 pts 64
95 Trinidad and Tobago64 pts 64 pts 64
103 Serbia63 pts 63 pts 63
103 South Africa63 pts 63 pts 63
105 Azerbaijan62 pts 62 pts 62
105 Cape Verde62 pts 62 pts 62
105 Moldova62 pts 62 pts 62
105 Saint Lucia62 pts 62 pts 62
105 Saudi Arabia62 pts 62 pts 62
105 Tunisia62 pts 62 pts 62
111 Bulgaria61 pts 61 pts 61
111 Kyrgyzstan61 pts 61 pts 61
111 Nauru61 pts 61 pts 61
111 Rwanda61 pts 61 pts 61
111 Samoa61 pts 61 pts 61
111 Uzbekistan61 pts 61 pts 61
117 Albania60 pts 60 pts 60
117 Jamaica60 pts 60 pts 60
117 Jordan60 pts 60 pts 60
117 Turkey60 pts 60 pts 60
117 Vanuatu60 pts 60 pts 60
122 Tonga59 pts 59 pts 59
123 Argentina58 pts 58 pts 58
123 Mexico58 pts 58 pts 58
123 Micronesia58 pts 58 pts 58
123 Poland58 pts 58 pts 58
127 Bhutan57 pts 57 pts 57
127 Colombia57 pts 57 pts 57
127 Morocco57 pts 57 pts 57
127 Ukraine57 pts 57 pts 57
131 Belize56 pts 56 pts 56
131 Marshall Islands56 pts 56 pts 56
131 Palau56 pts 56 pts 56
134 Dominican Republic55 pts 55 pts 55
134 El Salvador55 pts 55 pts 55
134 Fiji55 pts 55 pts 55
134 Ghana55 pts 55 pts 55
134 Ivory Coast55 pts 55 pts 55
134 Peru55 pts 55 pts 55
134 Sri Lanka55 pts 55 pts 55
134 Thailand55 pts 55 pts 55
134 Tuvalu55 pts 55 pts 55
143 Belarus54 pts 54 pts 54
143 Benin54 pts 54 pts 54
143 China54 pts 54 pts 54
143 Guyana54 pts 54 pts 54
143 Solomon Islands54 pts 54 pts 54
148 Madagascar53 pts 53 pts 53
148 Philippines53 pts 53 pts 53
148 Russia53 pts 53 pts 53
151 Djibouti52 pts 52 pts 52
151 Guatemala52 pts 52 pts 52
151 India52 pts 52 pts 52
151 Kenya52 pts 52 pts 52
151 Maldives52 pts 52 pts 52
151 Togo52 pts 52 pts 52
157 Bosnia and Herzegovina51 pts 51 pts 51
157 Honduras51 pts 51 pts 51
157 Indonesia51 pts 51 pts 51
157 Kiribati51 pts 51 pts 51
157 Nicaragua51 pts 51 pts 51
162 Senegal50 pts 50 pts 50
162 Swaziland50 pts 50 pts 50
164 Brazil49 pts 49 pts 49
164 Lebanon49 pts 49 pts 49
164 Mozambique49 pts 49 pts 49
164 Namibia49 pts 49 pts 49
164 Tanzania49 pts 49 pts 49
164 Zambia49 pts 49 pts 49
164 Zanzibar49 pts 49 pts 49
171 Algeria48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Liberia48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Pakistan48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Suriname48 pts 48 pts 48
175 Burkina Faso47 pts 47 pts 47
175 Cambodia47 pts 47 pts 47
175 Egypt47 pts 47 pts 47
175 Tajikistan47 pts 47 pts 47
175 Uganda47 pts 47 pts 47
180 Guinea-Bissau46 pts 46 pts 46
180 Paraguay46 pts 46 pts 46
182 Bangladesh45 pts 45 pts 45
182 Comoros45 pts 45 pts 45
182 Lesotho45 pts 45 pts 45
182 Malawi45 pts 45 pts 45
182 São Tomé and Príncipe45 pts 45 pts 45
182 Timor-Leste45 pts 45 pts 45
182 Vietnam45 pts 45 pts 45
189 Ecuador44 pts 44 pts 44
189 Guinea44 pts 44 pts 44
189 Iraq44 pts 44 pts 44
189 Mali44 pts 44 pts 44
189 Western Sahara44 pts 44 pts 44
194 Burundi43 pts 43 pts 43
194 Nigeria43 pts 43 pts 43
196 Gabon42 pts 42 pts 42
196 Nepal42 pts 42 pts 42
196 Niger42 pts 42 pts 42
199 Mauritania41 pts 41 pts 41
199 Papua New Guinea41 pts 41 pts 41
199 Sierra Leone41 pts 41 pts 41
202 Bolivia40 pts 40 pts 40
202 Congo40 pts 40 pts 40
202 Congo DR40 pts 40 pts 40
202 Palestine40 pts 40 pts 40
206 Cameroon39 pts 39 pts 39
207 Ethiopia37 pts 37 pts 37
207 Laos37 pts 37 pts 37
209 Angola36 pts 36 pts 36
209 Gambia36 pts 36 pts 36
209 Zimbabwe36 pts 36 pts 36
212 Haiti35 pts 35 pts 35
213 Chad25 pts 25 pts 25
213 Cuba25 pts 25 pts 25
213 Equatorial Guinea25 pts 25 pts 25
213 Iran25 pts 25 pts 25
213 Myanmar25 pts 25 pts 25
218 Central African Republic19 pts 19 pts 19
219 Libya15 pts 15 pts 15
220 Afghanistan12 pts 12 pts 12
220 Eritrea12 pts 12 pts 12
220 South Sudan12 pts 12 pts 12
220 Sudan12 pts 12 pts 12
220 Syria12 pts 12 pts 12
220 Turkmenistan12 pts 12 pts 12
220 Yemen12 pts 12 pts 12
227 Venezuela7 pts 7 pts 7
228 Somalia6 pts 6 pts 6
229 Korea DPR0 pts 0 pts 0

Last rating: June 22nd, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a Nomadino 0-100 point value for local self-employment and freelancing by foreigners. 100 means simple, legally clear and practically usable structures; 0 means blocked, heavily restricted or barely enforceable options.

The calculation combines eleven blocks: freelance legal framework counts for 16%, business freedom 14%, company-registration time 11%, start-up costs 9%, tax administration 10%, labour-market flexibility 9%, digital government 8%, rule of law 9%, banking access for foreigners 5%, territorial tax logic 5%, and work-permit access 4%.

Nomadino also considers countries with especially easy self-employment or business practice and countries with local-partner obligations, sectoral closures or strongly restrictive labour markets. This means the indicator measures practical usability, not only formal permission.

Values are normalised to the current Nomadino country comparison. The rating equals the rounded raw value; higher values improve the ranking.

The indicator measures the general framework for freelance and self-employed work. It does not rate demand for specific services, personal tax planning, individual misclassification risk or the quality of individual advisors.