Liberia vs East Timor: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Liberia
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 70.7% against 67.0% in Liberia, a difference of 3.7%.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
Liberia ranks 26th and East Timor ranks 23rd of 187 countries.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.3% | 78.5% | 6.2% | East Timor |
| 2000s | 70.8% | 75.8% | 5.0% | East Timor |
| 2010s | 68.0% | 71.8% | 3.7% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 67.9% | 70.5% | 2.6% | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Liberia or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 70.7% against 67.0% in Liberia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Liberia and East Timor?
- 3.7%, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and East Timor?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and East Timor rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Liberia ranks 26th and East Timor ranks 23rd 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.