East Timor vs Upper middle income: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- East Timor
- Upper middle income
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 74.9% against 38.7% in Upper middle income, a difference of 36.2%.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.9 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
East Timor ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 187 countries.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.3% | 52.3% | 28.0% | East Timor |
| 2000s | 78.1% | 47.4% | 30.7% | East Timor |
| 2010s | 75.7% | 41.6% | 34.1% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 75.0% | 39.5% | 35.4% | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), East Timor or Upper middle income?
- East Timor, at 74.9% against 38.7% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between East Timor and Upper middle income?
- 36.2%, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do East Timor and Upper middle income rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- East Timor ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 29th 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.