Post-demographic dividend vs Senegal: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)

Post-demographic dividend
11.3%
in 2025
Senegal
64.3%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend rank
45th
Senegal rank
42nd

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

  • Post-demographic dividend
  • Senegal
20406080199120082025

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 64.3% against 11.3% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 53.0%.

That makes Senegal's figure about 5.7 times Post-demographic dividend's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Senegal has been ahead every year.

Post-demographic dividend ranks 45th and Senegal ranks 42nd of 47 groups.

Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Post-demographic dividend Senegal Difference Ahead
1990s 15.9% 68.7% 52.8% Senegal
2000s 14.1% 67.9% 53.7% Senegal
2010s 12.9% 68.0% 55.1% Senegal
2020s 11.7% 65.2% 53.5% Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Post-demographic dividend or Senegal?
Senegal, at 64.3% against 11.3% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Post-demographic dividend and Senegal?
53.0%, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Post-demographic dividend and Senegal?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Post-demographic dividend and Senegal rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
Post-demographic dividend ranks 45th and Senegal ranks 42nd of 47 groups.
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
235 places, 8,211 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.