Barbados vs Italy: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Barbados
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 21.1% against 19.5% in Barbados, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 128th and Italy ranks 125th of 187 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.1% | 28.7% | 15.6% | Italy |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 26.8% | 11.9% | Italy |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 24.2% | 6.2% | Italy |
| 2020s | 19.8% | 21.6% | 1.8% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Barbados or Italy?
- Italy, at 21.1% against 19.5% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Barbados and Italy?
- 1.6%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Italy?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Italy rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Barbados ranks 128th and Italy ranks 125th 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.