Kazakhstan vs Libya: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Kazakhstan
26.1%
in 2025
Libya
25.9%
in 2025
Kazakhstan rank
112th
Libya rank
113th

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Libya
010203040199120082025

How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 26.1% against 25.9% in Libya, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 112th and Libya ranks 113th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 3 and Libya in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Libya Difference Ahead
1990s 41.6% 23.9% 17.7% Kazakhstan
2000s 36.9% 22.3% 14.6% Kazakhstan
2010s 29.0% 25.9% 3.2% Kazakhstan
2020s 26.3% 26.5% 0.2% Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Kazakhstan or Libya?
Kazakhstan, at 26.1% against 25.9% in Libya as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Kazakhstan and Libya?
0.2%, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Libya?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Kazakhstan and Libya rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Kazakhstan ranks 112th and Libya ranks 113th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kazakhstan vs Libya: Self-employed, total (% of total employment). Statizoid, drawing on ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO). Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/self-employed-total-percent-of-total-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/kazakhstan/libya/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/self-employed-total-percent-of-total-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/kazakhstan/libya/">Kazakhstan vs Libya: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.