IDA total vs Uganda: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- IDA total
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 80.5% against 72.6% in IDA total, a difference of 7.9%.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times IDA total's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Uganda has been ahead every year.
IDA total ranks 13th and Uganda ranks 16th of 47 groups.
Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | IDA total | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.2% | 83.2% | 6.0% | Uganda |
| 2000s | 75.2% | 80.8% | 5.6% | Uganda |
| 2010s | 73.2% | 78.9% | 5.7% | Uganda |
| 2020s | 72.8% | 80.9% | 8.1% | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), IDA total or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 80.5% against 72.6% in IDA total as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between IDA total and Uganda?
- 7.9%, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Uganda?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do IDA total and Uganda rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- IDA total ranks 13th and Uganda ranks 16th of 47 groups.
- 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.