Maldives vs New Zealand: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Maldives
- New Zealand
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 20.0% against 18.4% in New Zealand, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 127th and New Zealand ranks 130th of 187 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.9% | 23.4% | 14.5% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 35.6% | 21.5% | 14.0% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 25.9% | 20.2% | 5.7% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 20.7% | 19.0% | 1.7% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Maldives or New Zealand?
- Maldives, at 20.0% against 18.4% in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Maldives and New Zealand?
- 1.6%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and New Zealand?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and New Zealand rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Maldives ranks 127th and New Zealand ranks 130th 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.