Brazil vs Kyrgyzstan: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Brazil
- Kyrgyzstan
How they compare
Kyrgyzstan currently reports 30.5% against 30.3% in Brazil, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 100th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 98th of 187 countries.
Kyrgyzstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Kyrgyzstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.0% | 37.0% | 2.0% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2000s | 33.8% | 36.9% | 3.2% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2010s | 30.5% | 37.7% | 7.2% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2020s | 31.7% | 31.9% | 0.2% | Kyrgyzstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Brazil or Kyrgyzstan?
- Kyrgyzstan, at 30.5% against 30.3% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Brazil and Kyrgyzstan?
- 0.2%, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Kyrgyzstan?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Brazil ranks 100th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 98th 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.