Benin vs Middle income: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Benin
- Middle income
How they compare
Benin currently reports 79.8% against 52.7% in Middle income, a difference of 27.1%.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.5 times Middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 17th and Middle income ranks 20th of 187 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.6% | 61.9% | 24.7% | Benin |
| 2000s | 85.3% | 58.7% | 26.6% | Benin |
| 2010s | 83.9% | 54.1% | 29.8% | Benin |
| 2020s | 81.1% | 53.1% | 28.0% | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Benin or Middle income?
- Benin, at 79.8% against 52.7% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Benin and Middle income?
- 27.1%, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Middle income rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Benin ranks 17th and Middle income ranks 20th 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.