Israel vs Sweden: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Israel
- Sweden
How they compare
Israel currently reports 11.3% against 10.2% in Sweden, a difference of 1.1%.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Israel has been ahead every year.
Israel ranks 165th and Sweden ranks 168th of 187 countries.
Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.2% | 11.9% | 1.3% | Israel |
| 2000s | 12.5% | 11.4% | 1.1% | Israel |
| 2010s | 11.8% | 11.0% | 0.8% | Israel |
| 2020s | 11.4% | 10.5% | 0.9% | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Israel or Sweden?
- Israel, at 11.3% against 10.2% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Israel and Sweden?
- 1.1%, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Sweden?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Sweden rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Israel ranks 165th and Sweden ranks 168th 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.