Bhutan vs Cameroon: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Bhutan
69.5%
in 2025
Cameroon
69.3%
in 2025
Bhutan rank
34th
Cameroon rank
35th

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

  • Bhutan
  • Cameroon
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How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 69.5% against 69.3% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Cameroon ahead.

Bhutan ranks 34th and Cameroon ranks 35th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Cameroon in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Cameroon Difference Ahead
1990s 76.1% 84.7% 8.6% Cameroon
2000s 71.7% 82.5% 10.7% Cameroon
2010s 71.4% 76.5% 5.0% Cameroon
2020s 70.4% 70.0% 0.3% Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Bhutan or Cameroon?
Bhutan, at 69.5% against 69.3% in Cameroon as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Bhutan and Cameroon?
0.2%, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Cameroon?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Cameroon rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Bhutan ranks 34th and Cameroon ranks 35th 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.