Eswatini vs Lebanon: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Eswatini
- Lebanon
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 30.2% against 28.4% in Lebanon, a difference of 1.8%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Lebanon's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 101st and Lebanon ranks 104th of 187 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Lebanon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.8% | 31.7% | 8.1% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 30.5% | 7.7% | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 35.7% | 29.4% | 6.4% | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 31.8% | 28.5% | 3.3% | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Eswatini or Lebanon?
- Eswatini, at 30.2% against 28.4% in Lebanon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Eswatini and Lebanon?
- 1.8%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Lebanon?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
- How do Eswatini and Lebanon rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Eswatini ranks 101st and Lebanon ranks 104th 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.