Equatorial Guinea vs Suriname: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Suriname
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 24.9% against 23.7% in Suriname, a difference of 1.2%.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 122nd and Suriname ranks 125th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Suriname in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.8% | 21.3% | 17.5% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 23.8% | 22.7% | 1.0% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 23.2% | 24.1% | 0.9% | Suriname |
| 2020s | 24.7% | 24.0% | 0.6% | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Equatorial Guinea or Suriname?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 24.9% against 23.7% in Suriname as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Equatorial Guinea and Suriname?
- 1.2%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Suriname?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Suriname rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 122nd and Suriname ranks 125th 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.