East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Rwanda: Own-account workers, male (% of male employment)

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
30.4%
in 2016
Rwanda
66.5%
in 2016
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
11th
Rwanda rank
8th

Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Rwanda
020406080199120032016

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 66.5% against 30.4% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 36.1%.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 2.2 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 26 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Rwanda ranks 8th of 25 groups.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Rwanda Difference Ahead
1990s 42.3% 62.2% 19.9% Rwanda
2000s 37.9% 74.0% 36.1% Rwanda
2010s 31.4% 67.2% 35.8% Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher own-account workers, male (% of male employment), East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 66.5% against 30.4% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2016.
What is the difference in own-account workers, male (% of male employment) between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Rwanda?
36.1%, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Rwanda?
26 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2016.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Rwanda rank globally for own-account workers, male (% of male employment)?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Rwanda ranks 8th of 25 groups.
Where does this data come from?
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017, published as Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Rwanda: Own-account workers, male (% of male employment). Statizoid, drawing on International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/own-account-workers-male-percent-of-male-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/east-asia-and-pacific-excluding-high-income/rwanda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/own-account-workers-male-percent-of-male-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/east-asia-and-pacific-excluding-high-income/rwanda/">East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Rwanda: Own-account workers, male (% of male employment)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 5,537 data points, 1991–2016
Last refreshed

Own-account workers are workers who, working on their own account or with one or more more partners, hold the types of jobs defined as "self-employment jobs" and have not engaged on a continuous basis any employees to work for them. Own account workers are a subcategory of "self-employed".