Bangladesh vs Euro area: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Bangladesh
- Euro area
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 61.0% against 13.9% in Euro area, a difference of 47.1%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 4.4 times Euro area's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 45th and Euro area ranks 44th of 187 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Euro area | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.7% | 17.9% | 49.8% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 64.8% | 16.5% | 48.3% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 61.3% | 15.3% | 46.0% | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 61.5% | 14.1% | 47.4% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Bangladesh or Euro area?
- Bangladesh, at 61.0% against 13.9% in Euro area as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Bangladesh and Euro area?
- 47.1%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Euro area?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Euro area rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Bangladesh ranks 45th and Euro area ranks 44th 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.