Benin vs Uganda: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Benin
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 80.5% against 79.8% in Benin, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 16th of 187 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.6% | 83.2% | 3.4% | Benin |
| 2000s | 85.3% | 80.8% | 4.5% | Benin |
| 2010s | 83.9% | 78.9% | 5.0% | Benin |
| 2020s | 81.1% | 80.9% | 0.1% | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Benin or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 80.5% against 79.8% in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Benin and Uganda?
- 0.7%, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Uganda?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Uganda rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Benin ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 16th 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.