Eswatini vs Turkey: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Eswatini
- Turkey
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 30.2% against 28.5% in Turkey, a difference of 1.7%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Turkey's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Turkey ahead.
Eswatini ranks 101st and Turkey ranks 103rd of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 2 and Turkey in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.8% | 51.5% | 11.8% | Turkey |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 43.8% | 5.7% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 35.7% | 34.2% | 1.5% | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 31.3% | 29.3% | 2.0% | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Eswatini or Turkey?
- Eswatini, at 30.2% against 28.5% in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Eswatini and Turkey?
- 1.7%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Turkey?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Eswatini and Turkey rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Eswatini ranks 101st and Turkey ranks 103rd 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.