Mali vs World: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time
- Mali
- World
How they compare
Mali currently reports 73.0% against 47.0% in World, a difference of 26.0%.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.6 times World's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.
Mali ranks 20th and World ranks 22nd of 187 countries.
Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.8% | 52.3% | 28.6% | Mali |
| 2000s | 78.3% | 50.7% | 27.5% | Mali |
| 2010s | 76.4% | 48.2% | 28.3% | Mali |
| 2020s | 75.0% | 47.5% | 27.5% | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Mali or World?
- Mali, at 73.0% against 47.0% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Mali and World?
- 26.0%, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and World?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Mali and World rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Mali ranks 20th and World ranks 22nd 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.