Bangladesh vs Comoros: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Bangladesh
61.0%
in 2025
Comoros
57.9%
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
45th
Comoros rank
48th

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Comoros
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 61.0% against 57.9% in Comoros, a difference of 3.1%.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Comoros's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Comoros ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 45th and Comoros ranks 48th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Comoros in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Comoros Difference Ahead
1990s 67.7% 72.2% 4.5% Comoros
2000s 64.8% 69.4% 4.6% Comoros
2010s 61.3% 59.7% 1.6% Bangladesh
2020s 61.5% 58.2% 3.3% Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Bangladesh or Comoros?
Bangladesh, at 61.0% against 57.9% in Comoros as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Bangladesh and Comoros?
3.1%, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Comoros?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Bangladesh and Comoros rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Bangladesh ranks 45th and Comoros ranks 48th 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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Indicator
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.