East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Mali: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 76.4% against 42.1% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 34.3%.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.8 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 25th and Mali ranks 25th of 47 groups.
Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.7% | 85.8% | 28.1% | Mali |
| 2000s | 52.1% | 83.7% | 31.6% | Mali |
| 2010s | 45.6% | 82.0% | 36.4% | Mali |
| 2020s | 42.9% | 79.0% | 36.1% | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Mali?
- Mali, at 76.4% against 42.1% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mali?
- 34.3%, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mali?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mali rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 25th and Mali ranks 25th of 47 groups.
- 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.