Malta vs Portugal: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Malta
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 14.4% against 13.9% in Malta, a difference of 0.5%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 149th and Portugal ranks 147th of 187 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.3% | 26.2% | 10.9% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 14.9% | 24.7% | 9.8% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 14.6% | 18.3% | 3.6% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 14.2% | 15.1% | 0.9% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Malta or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 14.4% against 13.9% in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Malta and Portugal?
- 0.5%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Portugal?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Portugal rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Malta ranks 149th and Portugal ranks 147th 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.