Eritrea vs Yemen: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Eritrea
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 52.6% against 52.4% in Eritrea, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 55th and Yemen ranks 54th of 187 countries.
Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.0% | 50.6% | 4.4% | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 53.6% | 49.0% | 4.7% | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 53.3% | 50.2% | 3.1% | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 52.9% | 52.5% | 0.4% | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Eritrea or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 52.6% against 52.4% in Eritrea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Eritrea and Yemen?
- 0.2%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Yemen?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Eritrea and Yemen rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Eritrea ranks 55th and Yemen ranks 54th 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.