Morocco vs Rwanda: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Morocco
40.1%
in 2025
Rwanda
40.4%
in 2025
Morocco rank
80th
Rwanda rank
78th

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

  • Morocco
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 40.4% against 40.1% in Morocco, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 80th and Rwanda ranks 78th of 186 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Rwanda Difference Ahead
1990s 49.7% 48.9% 0.8% Morocco
2000s 48.4% 46.8% 1.6% Morocco
2010s 43.0% 44.0% 1.0% Rwanda
2020s 40.8% 40.5% 0.3% Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Morocco or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 40.4% against 40.1% in Morocco as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Morocco and Rwanda?
0.3%, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Rwanda?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Morocco and Rwanda rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Morocco ranks 80th and Rwanda ranks 78th of 186 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
234 places, 8,176 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.