Ecuador vs Indonesia: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Ecuador
52.3%
in 2025
Indonesia
53.3%
in 2025
Ecuador rank
56th
Indonesia rank
53rd

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

  • Ecuador
  • Indonesia
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 53.3% against 52.3% in Ecuador, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Indonesia ahead.

Ecuador ranks 56th and Indonesia ranks 53rd of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Indonesia Difference Ahead
1990s 51.3% 66.7% 15.4% Indonesia
2000s 49.8% 63.2% 13.4% Indonesia
2010s 49.9% 53.9% 4.0% Indonesia
2020s 53.0% 53.5% 0.5% Indonesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Ecuador or Indonesia?
Indonesia, at 53.3% against 52.3% in Ecuador as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Ecuador and Indonesia?
1.0%, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Indonesia?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Ecuador and Indonesia rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Ecuador ranks 56th and Indonesia ranks 53rd 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

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.