Azerbaijan vs Small states: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Azerbaijan
- Small states
How they compare
Azerbaijan currently reports 67.0% against 32.5% in Small states, a difference of 34.5%.
That makes Azerbaijan's figure about 2.1 times Small states's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Azerbaijan has been ahead every year.
Azerbaijan ranks 38th and Small states ranks 35th of 187 countries.
Azerbaijan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.0% | 34.9% | 32.1% | Azerbaijan |
| 2000s | 68.3% | 33.8% | 34.5% | Azerbaijan |
| 2010s | 67.7% | 33.3% | 34.4% | Azerbaijan |
| 2020s | 67.5% | 32.9% | 34.6% | Azerbaijan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Azerbaijan or Small states?
- Azerbaijan, at 67.0% against 32.5% in Small states as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Azerbaijan and Small states?
- 34.5%, with Azerbaijan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Small states?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Azerbaijan and Small states rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Azerbaijan ranks 38th and Small states ranks 35th 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.