Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) fell 0.949% to 68.5% in East Timor in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in East Timor reached an all time high of 81.1% in 1991 and an all time low of 68.5% in 2020. When compared to East Timor's main peers, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Australia amounted to 16.3%, 51.1% in Indonesia, 25.1% in Malaysia and 79.4% in Papua New Guinea in 2020.
East Timor has been ranked 40th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce), 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Australia | % | 17.1% | 17.1% | 17.0% | 16.9% | 16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | 56.5% | 52.4% | 51.1% | 50.3% | 48.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | 69.2% | 69.0% | 68.5% | 69.4% | 69.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 53.3% | 51.0% | 51.1% | 51.2% | 51.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 24.6% | 26.1% | 25.6% | 26.0% | 27.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | 15.3% | 14.9% | 18.0% | 18.8% | 18.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | 78.1% | 76.5% | 75.8% | 75.3% | 75.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 42.5% | 41.0% | 38.6% | 37.8% | 36.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 14.6% | 14.0% | 14.1% | 14.6% | 14.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 52.6% | 51.6% | 50.9% | 50.6% | 51.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 64.3% | 60.7% | 58.8% | 57.2% | 56.1% |
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