Nicaragua vs Samoa: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Nicaragua
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 44.5% against 44.3% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Samoa ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 67th and Samoa ranks 66th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.4% | 48.7% | 2.4% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 47.0% | 46.6% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 45.9% | 45.6% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 44.9% | 44.8% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Nicaragua or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 44.5% against 44.3% in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Nicaragua and Samoa?
- 0.2%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Samoa?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Nicaragua and Samoa rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Nicaragua ranks 67th and Samoa ranks 66th 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.