Belgium vs Czechia: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Belgium
- Czechia
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 15.7% against 14.6% in Belgium, a difference of 1.1%.
That makes Czechia's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 144th and Czechia ranks 141st of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Czechia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Czechia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.6% | 11.9% | 5.7% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 16.1% | 1.1% | Czechia |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 17.5% | 2.9% | Czechia |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 16.2% | 1.3% | Czechia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Belgium or Czechia?
- Czechia, at 15.7% against 14.6% in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Belgium and Czechia?
- 1.1%, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Czechia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Czechia rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Belgium ranks 144th and Czechia ranks 141st 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.