Egypt vs Saint Lucia: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Egypt
27.0%
in 2025
Saint Lucia
26.7%
in 2025
Egypt rank
109th
Saint Lucia rank
110th

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

  • Egypt
  • Saint Lucia
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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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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.