Low income vs Sierra Leone: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Low income
78.9%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
88.8%
in 2025
Low income rank
4th
Sierra Leone rank
3rd

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

  • Low income
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 88.8% against 78.9% in Low income, a difference of 9.9%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Low income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Low income ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Low income Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 78.8% 92.6% 13.7% Sierra Leone
2000s 78.6% 92.1% 13.5% Sierra Leone
2010s 78.2% 89.5% 11.3% Sierra Leone
2020s 78.8% 89.4% 10.6% Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Low income or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 88.8% against 78.9% in Low income as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Low income and Sierra Leone?
9.9%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Sierra Leone?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Low income and Sierra Leone rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Low income ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd 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

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.