Euro area vs Gambia: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time
- Euro area
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 55.6% against 17.0% in Euro area, a difference of 38.6%.
That makes Gambia's figure about 3.3 times Euro area's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.
Euro area ranks 44th and Gambia ranks 47th of 47 groups.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Euro area | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.4% | 71.0% | 49.6% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 20.4% | 69.2% | 48.8% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 19.4% | 64.8% | 45.4% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 57.6% | 40.2% | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Euro area or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 55.6% against 17.0% in Euro area as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Euro area and Gambia?
- 38.6%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Gambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Euro area and Gambia rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Euro area ranks 44th and Gambia ranks 47th 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.