East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Guinea-Bissau: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 66.2% against 42.4% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 23.8%.
That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.6 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 25th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 28th of 47 groups.
Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56.2% | 70.0% | 13.8% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 51.4% | 69.4% | 18.0% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 45.4% | 68.1% | 22.7% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 43.1% | 67.0% | 23.9% | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 66.2% against 42.4% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Guinea-Bissau?
- 23.8%, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Guinea-Bissau?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 25th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 28th of 47 groups.
- 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.