Latvia vs Malta: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Latvia
13.7%
in 2025
Malta
13.9%
in 2025
Latvia rank
150th
Malta rank
149th

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

  • Latvia
  • Malta
05101520199120082025

How they compare

Malta currently reports 13.9% against 13.7% in Latvia, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Latvia ranks 150th and Malta ranks 149th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia Malta Difference Ahead
1990s 14.8% 15.3% 0.5% Malta
2000s 15.3% 14.9% 0.5% Latvia
2010s 13.5% 14.6% 1.1% Malta
2020s 13.4% 14.2% 0.8% Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Latvia or Malta?
Malta, at 13.9% against 13.7% in Latvia as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Latvia and Malta?
0.2%, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Malta?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Latvia and Malta rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Latvia ranks 150th and Malta ranks 149th 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

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.