Angola vs Timor-Leste: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Angola
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Angola currently reports 75.9% against 74.9% in Timor-Leste, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 26th and Timor-Leste ranks 29th of 187 countries.
Angola has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.1% | 80.3% | 8.7% | Angola |
| 2000s | 86.4% | 78.1% | 8.3% | Angola |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 75.7% | 1.6% | Angola |
| 2020s | 75.7% | 75.0% | 0.7% | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Angola or Timor-Leste?
- Angola, at 75.9% against 74.9% in Timor-Leste as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Angola and Timor-Leste?
- 1.0%, with Angola ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Timor-Leste?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Angola and Timor-Leste rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Angola ranks 26th and Timor-Leste ranks 29th 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.