Estonia vs Maldives: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time
- Estonia
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 16.5% against 16.5% in Estonia, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Estonia ranks 155th and Maldives ranks 154th of 187 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.6% | 34.1% | 15.5% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 17.8% | 31.2% | 13.4% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 22.0% | 4.8% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 17.3% | 0.9% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Estonia or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 16.5% against 16.5% in Estonia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Estonia and Maldives?
- 0.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Maldives?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Estonia and Maldives rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Estonia ranks 155th and Maldives ranks 154th 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.