Comoros vs Mauritania: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Comoros
- Mauritania
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 57.9% against 57.4% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Comoros ahead.
Comoros ranks 48th and Mauritania ranks 49th of 187 countries.
Comoros has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.2% | 59.6% | 12.6% | Comoros |
| 2000s | 69.4% | 58.8% | 10.6% | Comoros |
| 2010s | 59.7% | 57.9% | 1.8% | Comoros |
| 2020s | 58.2% | 58.1% | 0.1% | Comoros |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Comoros or Mauritania?
- Comoros, at 57.9% against 57.4% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Comoros and Mauritania?
- 0.5%, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Mauritania?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Comoros and Mauritania rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Comoros ranks 48th and Mauritania ranks 49th 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.