Brunei vs Hong Kong: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Brunei
- Hong Kong
How they compare
Hong Kong currently reports 7.7% against 7.3% in Brunei, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.1 times Brunei's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Hong Kong ahead.
Brunei ranks 176th and Hong Kong ranks 175th of 187 countries.
Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Hong Kong | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.7% | 9.9% | 1.2% | Hong Kong |
| 2000s | 8.5% | 10.8% | 2.3% | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 9.3% | 0.5% | Hong Kong |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 8.2% | 0.4% | Hong Kong |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Brunei or Hong Kong?
- Hong Kong, at 7.7% against 7.3% in Brunei as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Brunei and Hong Kong?
- 0.4%, with Hong Kong ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Hong Kong?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Brunei and Hong Kong rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Brunei ranks 176th and Hong Kong ranks 175th 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.