Macao vs United States: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Macao
- United States
How they compare
Macao currently reports 6.8% against 6.1% in United States, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Macao's figure about 1.1 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Macao ahead.
Macao ranks 178th and United States ranks 180th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Macao averaged higher in 3 and United States in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Macao | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.6% | 8.9% | 1.7% | Macao |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 7.8% | 2.1% | Macao |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 7.0% | 0.1% | United States |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.3% | 0.7% | Macao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Macao or United States?
- Macao, at 6.8% against 6.1% in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Macao and United States?
- 0.7%, with Macao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and United States?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Macao and United States rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Macao ranks 178th and United States ranks 180th 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
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.