Mauritania vs North America: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Mauritania
- North America
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 57.4% against 6.8% in North America, a difference of 50.6%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 8.4 times North America's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 49th and North America ranks 47th of 187 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.6% | 9.6% | 50.0% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 58.8% | 8.6% | 50.2% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 57.9% | 7.8% | 50.1% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 58.1% | 7.1% | 51.1% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Mauritania or North America?
- Mauritania, at 57.4% against 6.8% in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Mauritania and North America?
- 50.6%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and North America?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and North America rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Mauritania ranks 49th and North America 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.