Mauritania vs Pakistan: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Mauritania
- Pakistan
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 57.4% against 57.0% in Pakistan, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Pakistan ahead.
Mauritania ranks 49th and Pakistan ranks 50th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Pakistan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.6% | 66.0% | 6.3% | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 58.8% | 61.1% | 2.3% | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 57.9% | 59.7% | 1.8% | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 58.1% | 57.7% | 0.5% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Mauritania or Pakistan?
- Mauritania, at 57.4% against 57.0% in Pakistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Mauritania and Pakistan?
- 0.4%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Pakistan?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Pakistan rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Mauritania ranks 49th and Pakistan ranks 50th 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.
Individual pages
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.