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