Armenia vs El Salvador: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Armenia
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 35.7% against 33.7% in Armenia, a difference of 2.0%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Armenia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Armenia ahead.
Armenia ranks 91st and El Salvador ranks 88th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 3 and El Salvador in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Armenia | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.3% | 42.5% | 9.8% | Armenia |
| 2000s | 49.0% | 42.1% | 6.9% | Armenia |
| 2010s | 44.8% | 40.5% | 4.3% | Armenia |
| 2020s | 35.9% | 36.7% | 0.8% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Armenia or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 35.7% against 33.7% in Armenia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Armenia and El Salvador?
- 2.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and El Salvador?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Armenia and El Salvador rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Armenia ranks 91st and El Salvador ranks 88th 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.