Lower middle income vs Uganda: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Lower middle income
70.4%
in 2025
Uganda
80.5%
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
15th
Uganda rank
16th

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

  • Lower middle income
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 80.5% against 70.4% in Lower middle income, a difference of 10.1%.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Lower middle income's.

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

Lower middle income ranks 15th and Uganda ranks 16th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Uganda Difference Ahead
1990s 79.4% 83.2% 3.8% Uganda
2000s 77.1% 80.8% 3.7% Uganda
2010s 73.2% 78.9% 5.7% Uganda
2020s 71.1% 80.9% 9.8% Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Lower middle income or Uganda?
Uganda, at 80.5% against 70.4% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Lower middle income and Uganda?
10.1%, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Uganda?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Lower middle income and Uganda rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Lower middle income ranks 15th and Uganda ranks 16th 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.