Barbados vs New Zealand: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Barbados
- New Zealand
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 19.5% against 18.4% in New Zealand, a difference of 1.1%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was New Zealand ahead.
Barbados ranks 128th and New Zealand ranks 130th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.1% | 23.4% | 10.3% | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 21.5% | 6.6% | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 20.2% | 2.1% | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 19.8% | 19.0% | 0.8% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Barbados or New Zealand?
- Barbados, at 19.5% against 18.4% in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Barbados and New Zealand?
- 1.1%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and New Zealand?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and New Zealand rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Barbados ranks 128th and New Zealand ranks 130th 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.