Belgium vs Guam: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Belgium
14.6%
in 2025
Guam
15.5%
in 2025
Belgium rank
144th
Guam rank
142nd

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

  • Belgium
  • Guam
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How they compare

Guam currently reports 15.5% against 14.6% in Belgium, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Guam's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Guam ahead.

Belgium ranks 144th and Guam ranks 142nd of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Guam Difference Ahead
1990s 17.6% 17.9% 0.3% Guam
2000s 15.1% 16.7% 1.6% Guam
2010s 14.7% 16.0% 1.3% Guam
2020s 14.9% 15.8% 0.9% Guam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Belgium or Guam?
Guam, at 15.5% against 14.6% in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Belgium and Guam?
0.9%, with Guam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Guam?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Guam rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Belgium ranks 144th and Guam ranks 142nd 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.