Italy vs South Korea: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Italy
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 22.7% against 21.1% in Italy, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 125th and South Korea ranks 122nd of 187 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.7% | 34.5% | 5.8% | South Korea |
| 2000s | 26.8% | 31.2% | 4.3% | South Korea |
| 2010s | 24.2% | 26.1% | 1.9% | South Korea |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 23.4% | 1.8% | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Italy or South Korea?
- South Korea, at 22.7% against 21.1% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Italy and South Korea?
- 1.6%, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and South Korea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Italy and South Korea rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Italy ranks 125th and South Korea ranks 122nd 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.