Italy vs Maldives: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Italy
- Maldives
How they compare
Italy currently reports 21.1% against 20.0% in Maldives, a difference of 1.1%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Maldives ahead.
Italy ranks 125th and Maldives ranks 127th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.7% | 37.9% | 9.2% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 26.8% | 35.6% | 8.7% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 24.2% | 25.9% | 1.7% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 20.7% | 0.9% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Italy or Maldives?
- Italy, at 21.1% against 20.0% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Italy and Maldives?
- 1.1%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Maldives?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Maldives rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Italy ranks 125th and Maldives ranks 127th 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.