Egypt vs Saint Lucia: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Egypt
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 27.0% against 26.7% in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 109th and Saint Lucia ranks 110th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and Saint Lucia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.9% | 28.4% | 5.4% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 32.2% | 28.8% | 3.4% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 30.8% | 28.7% | 2.1% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 27.1% | 28.8% | 1.7% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Egypt or Saint Lucia?
- Egypt, at 27.0% against 26.7% in Saint Lucia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Egypt and Saint Lucia?
- 0.3%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Saint Lucia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Saint Lucia rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Egypt ranks 109th and Saint Lucia ranks 110th 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.