Tajikistan vs Turkmenistan: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 32.0% against 31.3% in Tajikistan, a difference of 0.7%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Turkmenistan has been ahead every year.
Tajikistan ranks 95th and Turkmenistan ranks 93rd of 187 countries.
Turkmenistan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tajikistan | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.0% | 41.7% | 8.7% | Turkmenistan |
| 2000s | 34.1% | 40.4% | 6.3% | Turkmenistan |
| 2010s | 33.8% | 35.2% | 1.4% | Turkmenistan |
| 2020s | 32.0% | 32.5% | 0.5% | Turkmenistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Tajikistan or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 32.0% against 31.3% in Tajikistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Tajikistan and Turkmenistan?
- 0.7%, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tajikistan and Turkmenistan?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Tajikistan and Turkmenistan rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Tajikistan ranks 95th and Turkmenistan ranks 93rd 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.