Benin vs Lower middle income: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time
- Benin
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Benin currently reports 75.6% against 67.3% in Lower middle income, a difference of 8.3%.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 16th and Lower middle income ranks 14th of 187 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.3% | 76.3% | 6.1% | Benin |
| 2000s | 80.3% | 73.9% | 6.5% | Benin |
| 2010s | 78.6% | 70.6% | 8.0% | Benin |
| 2020s | 76.7% | 68.4% | 8.2% | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Benin or Lower middle income?
- Benin, at 75.6% against 67.3% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Benin and Lower middle income?
- 8.3%, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Lower middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Lower middle income rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Benin ranks 16th and Lower middle income ranks 14th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.