Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Comoros
Comoros: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 49.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Comoros, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Comoros recorded 49.3% for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Comoros peaked at 63.6% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 49.3%, in 2025.
Comoros ranks 56th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Comoros, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 63.3% | — |
| 1992 | 63.3% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 63.3% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 63.5% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 63.5% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 63.6% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 63.6% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 63.6% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 63.5% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 63.3% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 62.9% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 62.6% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 62.3% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 61.9% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 60.8% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 59.7% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 58.7% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 57.7% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 56.7% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 55.6% | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 54.6% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 53.6% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 52.6% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 51.6% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 51.4% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 51.2% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 51.0% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 50.7% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 50.5% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 50.7% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 49.9% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 49.7% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 49.6% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 49.5% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 49.3% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63.5% | 63.3% | 63.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 60.6% | 56.7% | 63.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.3% | 50.5% | 55.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.8% | 49.3% | 50.7% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Comoros?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Comoros was 49.3% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 63.6% in 1996.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.3% in 2025.
- How does Comoros rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Comoros ranks 56th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.