Low & middle income vs South Sudan: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Low & middle income
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 82.5% against 55.0% in Low & middle income, a difference of 27.5%.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.5 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, South Sudan has been ahead every year.
Low & middle income ranks 17th and South Sudan ranks 14th of 47 groups.
South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63.0% | 84.5% | 21.5% | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 60.2% | 82.7% | 22.5% | South Sudan |
| 2010s | 56.1% | 84.4% | 28.3% | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 55.4% | 83.2% | 27.8% | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Low & middle income or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 82.5% against 55.0% in Low & middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Low & middle income and South Sudan?
- 27.5%, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and South Sudan?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
- How do Low & middle income and South Sudan rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Low & middle income ranks 17th and South Sudan ranks 14th of 47 groups.
- 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.