Kuwait vs Norway: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Kuwait
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 4.9% against 3.2% in Kuwait, a difference of 1.7%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.5 times Kuwait's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 185th and Norway ranks 184th of 187 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.5% | 8.3% | 3.8% | Norway |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 6.7% | 4.1% | Norway |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 5.8% | 4.3% | Norway |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 4.9% | 2.0% | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Kuwait or Norway?
- Norway, at 4.9% against 3.2% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Kuwait and Norway?
- 1.7%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Norway?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Norway rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Kuwait ranks 185th and Norway ranks 184th 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.