Mauritius vs Montenegro: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Mauritius
17.8%
in 2025
Montenegro
17.4%
in 2025
Mauritius rank
132nd
Montenegro rank
133rd

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time

  • Mauritius
  • Montenegro
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How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 17.8% against 17.4% in Montenegro, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Mauritius ahead.

Mauritius ranks 132nd and Montenegro ranks 133rd of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 3 and Montenegro in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritius Montenegro Difference Ahead
1990s 23.6% 19.1% 4.4% Mauritius
2000s 20.4% 17.3% 3.1% Mauritius
2010s 19.7% 19.1% 0.7% Mauritius
2020s 18.5% 18.8% 0.3% Montenegro

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Mauritius or Montenegro?
Mauritius, at 17.8% against 17.4% in Montenegro as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Mauritius and Montenegro?
0.4%, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Montenegro?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Mauritius and Montenegro rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Mauritius ranks 132nd and Montenegro ranks 133rd 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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Indicator
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.