Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 88.8% against 86.2% in Nigeria, a difference of 2.6%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.8% | 92.6% | 2.3% | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 91.9% | 92.1% | 0.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 87.8% | 89.5% | 1.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 86.8% | 89.4% | 2.6% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Nigeria or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 88.8% against 86.2% in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 2.6%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Nigeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Nigeria ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd 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.