Cape Verde vs Morocco: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Cape Verde
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 40.1% against 38.5% in Cape Verde, a difference of 1.6%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 83rd and Morocco ranks 80th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Morocco in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.2% | 49.7% | 0.6% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 43.8% | 48.4% | 4.5% | Morocco |
| 2010s | 40.7% | 43.0% | 2.3% | Morocco |
| 2020s | 39.5% | 40.8% | 1.2% | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Cape Verde or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 40.1% against 38.5% in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Cape Verde and Morocco?
- 1.6%, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Morocco?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Morocco rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Cape Verde ranks 83rd and Morocco ranks 80th 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.