India vs Mali: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- India
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 76.4% against 74.9% in India, a difference of 1.5%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was India ahead.
India ranks 28th and Mali ranks 25th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Mali in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.0% | 85.8% | 0.2% | India |
| 2000s | 84.2% | 83.7% | 0.5% | India |
| 2010s | 79.9% | 82.0% | 2.0% | Mali |
| 2020s | 76.2% | 79.0% | 2.8% | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), India or Mali?
- Mali, at 76.4% against 74.9% in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between India and Mali?
- 1.5%, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Mali?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do India and Mali rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- India ranks 28th and Mali ranks 25th 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.