"Figure 4: Self-employment as a percent of labour force participation by region","" "Financial year ending 2001 and financial year ending 2016, Great Britain","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","2001","2016" "North East","8.1","10.6" "Scotland","9.3","10.8" "North West","9.7","11.9" "West Midlands","9.7","12.7" "East Midlands","10.7","12.8" "Yorkshire and the Humber","9.6","13.5" "Wales","11.6","13.9" "East of England","12.3","14.1" "South East","12.5","16.2" "South West","14.1","16.8" "London","13.0","17.4"