Congo vs Upper middle income: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)

Congo
64.5%
in 2025
Upper middle income
39.3%
in 2025
Congo rank
31st
Upper middle income rank
28th

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time

  • Congo
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 64.5% against 39.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 25.2%.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.6 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Congo has been ahead every year.

Congo ranks 31st and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 187 countries.

Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Congo Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 67.1% 50.9% 16.3% Congo
2000s 65.3% 46.8% 18.5% Congo
2010s 63.4% 41.7% 21.7% Congo
2020s 64.7% 40.0% 24.8% Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Congo or Upper middle income?
Congo, at 64.5% against 39.3% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Congo and Upper middle income?
25.2%, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Upper middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Congo and Upper middle income rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
Congo ranks 31st and Upper middle income ranks 28th 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

Indicator
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.