Malawi vs Post-demographic dividend: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Malawi
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 61.3% against 11.3% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 50.0%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 5.4 times Post-demographic dividend's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 44th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 45th of 187 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.8% | 15.9% | 48.9% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 63.8% | 14.1% | 49.6% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 62.3% | 12.9% | 49.4% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 61.5% | 11.7% | 49.8% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Malawi or Post-demographic dividend?
- Malawi, at 61.3% against 11.3% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Malawi and Post-demographic dividend?
- 50.0%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Post-demographic dividend?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Malawi ranks 44th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 45th 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.