Comoros vs North America: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Comoros
57.9%
in 2025
North America
6.8%
in 2025
Comoros rank
48th
North America rank
47th

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

  • Comoros
  • North America
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How they compare

Comoros currently reports 57.9% against 6.8% in North America, a difference of 51.1%.

That makes Comoros's figure about 8.5 times North America's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Comoros has been ahead every year.

Comoros ranks 48th and North America ranks 47th of 187 countries.

Comoros has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros North America Difference Ahead
1990s 72.2% 9.6% 62.6% Comoros
2000s 69.4% 8.6% 60.8% Comoros
2010s 59.7% 7.8% 51.9% Comoros
2020s 58.2% 7.1% 51.1% Comoros

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Comoros or North America?
Comoros, at 57.9% against 6.8% in North America as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Comoros and North America?
51.1%, with Comoros ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and North America?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Comoros and North America rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Comoros ranks 48th and North America ranks 47th 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.