Mexico vs Tajikistan: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Mexico
- Tajikistan
How they compare
Tajikistan currently reports 31.3% against 30.8% in Mexico, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 97th and Tajikistan ranks 95th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 1 and Tajikistan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Tajikistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.3% | 33.0% | 6.3% | Mexico |
| 2000s | 33.4% | 34.1% | 0.7% | Tajikistan |
| 2010s | 30.7% | 33.8% | 3.1% | Tajikistan |
| 2020s | 31.2% | 32.0% | 0.8% | Tajikistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Mexico or Tajikistan?
- Tajikistan, at 31.3% against 30.8% in Mexico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Mexico and Tajikistan?
- 0.5%, with Tajikistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Tajikistan?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Mexico and Tajikistan rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Mexico ranks 97th and Tajikistan ranks 95th 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.