Niger vs Pre-demographic dividend: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Niger
- Pre-demographic dividend
How they compare
Niger currently reports 89.5% against 79.7% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 9.8%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Niger ranks 2nd and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 2nd of 187 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Pre-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.1% | 84.4% | 1.7% | Niger |
| 2000s | 86.3% | 82.7% | 3.7% | Niger |
| 2010s | 89.8% | 80.0% | 9.9% | Niger |
| 2020s | 90.2% | 79.9% | 10.3% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Niger or Pre-demographic dividend?
- Niger, at 89.5% against 79.7% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Niger and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 9.8%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Niger and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Niger ranks 2nd and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 2nd 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.