Timor-Leste vs World: Self-employed, male (% of male employment)
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) over time
- Timor-Leste
- World
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 70.7% against 47.0% in World, a difference of 23.7%.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.5 times World's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Timor-Leste has been ahead every year.
Timor-Leste ranks 23rd and World ranks 22nd of 187 countries.
Timor-Leste has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.5% | 52.3% | 26.2% | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 75.8% | 50.7% | 25.0% | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 71.8% | 48.2% | 23.6% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 70.5% | 47.5% | 23.0% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, male (% of male employment), Timor-Leste or World?
- Timor-Leste, at 70.7% against 47.0% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, male (% of male employment) between Timor-Leste and World?
- 23.7%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and World?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Timor-Leste and World rank globally for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Timor-Leste ranks 23rd 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.