Guatemala vs Morocco: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Guatemala
39.1%
in 2025
Morocco
40.1%
in 2025
Guatemala rank
81st
Morocco rank
80th

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

  • Guatemala
  • Morocco
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How they compare

Morocco currently reports 40.1% against 39.1% in Guatemala, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Morocco ahead.

Guatemala ranks 81st and Morocco ranks 80th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 1 and Morocco in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guatemala Morocco Difference Ahead
1990s 41.6% 49.7% 8.1% Morocco
2000s 41.8% 48.4% 6.6% Morocco
2010s 39.5% 43.0% 3.5% Morocco
2020s 41.6% 40.8% 0.9% Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Guatemala or Morocco?
Morocco, at 40.1% against 39.1% in Guatemala as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Guatemala and Morocco?
1.0%, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Morocco?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Guatemala and Morocco rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Guatemala ranks 81st and Morocco ranks 80th 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.