Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) fell 11.7% to 13.9% in Malta in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Malta reached an all time high of 15.7% in 2019 and an all time low of 12.1% in 1998. When compared to Malta's main peers, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Greece amounted to 33.3%, 22.9% in Italy, 26.9% in Tunisia and 30.9% in Turkey in 2020.
Malta has been ranked 142nd 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 |
| Albania | % | 57.9% | 58.8% | 58.6% | 57.1% | 55.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Algeria | % | 31.2% | 31.4% | 31.5% | 31.7% | 32.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria | % | 13.3% | 13.0% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 12.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 12.5% | 12.0% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 11.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 11.6% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 36.0% | 35.0% | 34.1% | 34.1% | 33.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 44.0% | 44.1% | 45.1% | 45.3% | 46.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 26.0% | 25.1% | 23.4% | 22.4% | 22.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 24.7% | 24.4% | 23.9% | 23.2% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 37.3% | 38.8% | 39.9% | 39.3% | 38.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 26.7% | 26.1% | 24.1% | 23.7% | 23.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 13.6% | 13.9% | 14.1% | 14.9% | 14.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 18.6% | 16.5% | 14.2% | 14.6% | 15.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 15.3% | 14.9% | 15.1% | 14.9% | 14.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 27.0% | 26.2% | 25.9% | 25.6% | 25.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 33.9% | 32.9% | 32.5% | 32.7% | 32.0% |
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