North Korea vs Myanmar: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- North Korea
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 65.5% against 62.1% in North Korea, a difference of 3.4%.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times North Korea's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Myanmar has been ahead every year.
North Korea ranks 43rd and Myanmar ranks 40th of 187 countries.
Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.4% | 75.9% | 14.5% | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 61.9% | 71.3% | 9.4% | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 61.6% | 66.7% | 5.1% | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 62.3% | 65.4% | 3.2% | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), North Korea or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 65.5% against 62.1% in North Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between North Korea and Myanmar?
- 3.4%, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Myanmar?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do North Korea and Myanmar rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- North Korea ranks 43rd and Myanmar ranks 40th 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.