Lebanon vs Uruguay: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Lebanon
28.4%
in 2023
Uruguay
28.0%
in 2025
Lebanon rank
104th
Uruguay rank
106th

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

  • Lebanon
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 28.4% against 28.0% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Lebanon ahead.

Lebanon ranks 104th and Uruguay ranks 106th of 187 countries.

Lebanon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lebanon Uruguay Difference Ahead
1990s 31.7% 27.2% 4.5% Lebanon
2000s 30.5% 28.9% 1.6% Lebanon
2010s 29.4% 27.4% 2.0% Lebanon
2020s 28.5% 28.4% 0.1% Lebanon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Lebanon or Uruguay?
Lebanon, at 28.4% against 28.0% in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Lebanon and Uruguay?
0.4%, with Lebanon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Uruguay?
33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
How do Lebanon and Uruguay rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Lebanon ranks 104th and Uruguay ranks 106th 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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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.