Pre-demographic dividend vs Sierra Leone: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Pre-demographic dividend
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 88.8% against 79.7% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 9.1%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 2nd and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pre-demographic dividend | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.4% | 92.6% | 8.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 82.7% | 92.1% | 9.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 80.0% | 89.5% | 9.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 79.9% | 89.4% | 9.6% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Pre-demographic dividend or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 88.8% against 79.7% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Pre-demographic dividend and Sierra Leone?
- 9.1%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pre-demographic dividend and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Pre-demographic dividend and Sierra Leone rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 2nd and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd 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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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.