Guinea-Bissau vs Upper middle income: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 66.2% against 39.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 26.9%.
That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.7 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 28th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 187 countries.
Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.0% | 50.9% | 19.1% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 69.4% | 46.8% | 22.6% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 68.1% | 41.7% | 26.5% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 67.0% | 40.0% | 27.0% | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Guinea-Bissau or Upper middle income?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 66.2% against 39.3% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Guinea-Bissau and Upper middle income?
- 26.9%, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Upper middle income rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 28th 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
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.