Mauritania vs Viet Nam: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Mauritania
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 57.4% against 53.3% in Viet Nam, a difference of 4.1%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Mauritania ranks 49th and Viet Nam ranks 52nd of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Viet Nam in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.6% | 78.7% | 19.1% | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 58.8% | 70.9% | 12.1% | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 57.9% | 61.4% | 3.5% | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 58.1% | 54.5% | 3.6% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Mauritania or Viet Nam?
- Mauritania, at 57.4% against 53.3% in Viet Nam as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Mauritania and Viet Nam?
- 4.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Viet Nam?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Viet Nam rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Mauritania ranks 49th and Viet Nam ranks 52nd 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.