Albania vs Colombia: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Albania
- Colombia
How they compare
Albania currently reports 50.3% against 45.6% in Colombia, a difference of 4.7%.
That makes Albania's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Albania has been ahead every year.
Albania ranks 61st and Colombia ranks 64th of 187 countries.
Albania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Albania | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.9% | 43.1% | 18.8% | Albania |
| 2000s | 58.9% | 44.4% | 14.5% | Albania |
| 2010s | 58.1% | 48.3% | 9.8% | Albania |
| 2020s | 51.8% | 46.6% | 5.2% | Albania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Albania or Colombia?
- Albania, at 50.3% against 45.6% in Colombia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Albania and Colombia?
- 4.7%, with Albania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Colombia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Albania and Colombia rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Albania ranks 61st and Colombia ranks 64th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, total (% of total 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.