Mauritania vs Moldova: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Mauritania
- Moldova
How they compare
Moldova currently reports 58.8% against 57.4% in Mauritania, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 49th and Moldova ranks 47th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Moldova in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Moldova | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.6% | 29.5% | 30.2% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 58.8% | 45.0% | 13.8% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 57.9% | 58.8% | 0.9% | Moldova |
| 2020s | 58.1% | 58.9% | 0.8% | Moldova |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Mauritania or Moldova?
- Moldova, at 58.8% against 57.4% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Mauritania and Moldova?
- 1.4%, with Moldova ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Moldova?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Moldova rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Mauritania ranks 49th and Moldova ranks 47th 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.