Barbados vs Ukraine: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Barbados
19.5%
in 2025
Ukraine
21.0%
in 2021
Barbados rank
128th
Ukraine rank
126th

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

  • Barbados
  • Ukraine
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How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 21.0% against 19.5% in Barbados, a difference of 1.5%.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Ukraine has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 128th and Ukraine ranks 126th of 187 countries.

Ukraine has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Ukraine Difference Ahead
1990s 13.1% 22.2% 9.1% Ukraine
2000s 15.0% 21.8% 6.9% Ukraine
2010s 18.0% 20.8% 2.8% Ukraine
2020s 19.8% 21.1% 1.3% Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Barbados or Ukraine?
Ukraine, at 21.0% against 19.5% in Barbados as of 2021.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Barbados and Ukraine?
1.5%, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Ukraine?
31 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2021.
How do Barbados and Ukraine rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Barbados ranks 128th and Ukraine ranks 126th 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.