Maldives vs Poland: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Maldives
- Poland
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 20.0% against 18.9% in Poland, a difference of 1.1%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Poland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 127th and Poland ranks 129th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Poland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.9% | 32.1% | 5.7% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 35.6% | 30.5% | 5.0% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 25.9% | 25.6% | 0.3% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 20.7% | 21.2% | 0.5% | Poland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Maldives or Poland?
- Maldives, at 20.0% against 18.9% in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Maldives and Poland?
- 1.1%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Poland?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Poland rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Maldives ranks 127th and Poland ranks 129th 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.