Equatorial Guinea vs Uruguay: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 28.0% against 27.5% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 107th and Uruguay ranks 106th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.7% | 27.2% | 17.5% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 25.8% | 28.9% | 3.0% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 25.0% | 27.4% | 2.4% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 27.0% | 28.2% | 1.2% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Equatorial Guinea or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 28.0% against 27.5% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Equatorial Guinea and Uruguay?
- 0.5%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Uruguay?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Uruguay rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 107th and Uruguay ranks 106th 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.