economic2026

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, %, self, employed, female, employment, modeled, ilo, estimate

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

39.6%

Median: 31.1%

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Chad

96.7%

Lowest

Qatar

1.3%

Top 5 Countries

1Chad96.7%

2Niger95.5%

3Sierra Leone94.9%

4Afghanistan93.6%

5Mozambique91.5%

By Region

Africa56.2%(9 countries)

Other49.7%(106 countries)

South America36.4%(7 countries)

Asia33.3%(26 countries)

North America24.8%(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.3%)High (96.7%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 39.6%)

Africa (9)

Other (106)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Chad	96.7%
2	Niger	95.5%
3	Sierra Leone	94.9%
4	Afghanistan	93.6%
5	Mozambique	91.5%
6	Nepal	91.1%
7	Liberia	90.9%
8	Madagascar	90.8%
9	United Republic of Tanzania	90.8%
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	90.8%
11	Burundi	90.7%
12	Republic of the Congo	90.2%
13	Guinea	90.1%
14	Nigeria	89.8%
15	Burkina Faso	89.2%
16	Central African Republic	88.4%
17	Uganda	88.0%
18	Ethiopia	87.0%
19	Papua New Guinea	85.7%
20	Angola	85.6%
21	Guinea-Bissau	85.6%
22	Togo	85.5%
23	Haiti	85.1%
24	South Sudan	84.9%
25	Benin	84.6%
26	Bhutan	82.7%
27	Mali	82.5%
28	Republic of The Gambia	82.5%
29	Lao People's Democratic Republic	82.0%
30	Cote d'Ivoire	81.2%
31	Zambia	80.4%
32	Timor-Leste	80.1%
33	Solomon Islands	79.6%
34	India	79.4%
35	Zimbabwe	78.5%
36	Cameroon	78.4%
37	Senegal	76.5%
38	Kenya	74.2%
39	Ghana	74.1%
40	Pakistan	73.8%
41	Mauritania	72.2%
42	Azerbaijan	71.8%
43	Bolivia	70.0%
44	Comoros	69.7%
45	Malawi	67.5%
46	Somalia	66.5%
47	Bangladesh	65.8%
48	Yemen	65.6%
49	Myanmar	65.3%
50	North Korea	63.9%
51	Vanuatu	63.8%
52	Djibouti	62.8%
53	Cambodia	61.1%
54	Indonesia	60.8%
55	Ecuador	60.7%
56	Moldova, Republic of	59.5%
57	Eritrea	59.2%
58	Vietnam	58.6%
59	Sudan	56.8%
60	Peru	55.1%
61	Honduras	54.6%
62	Guatemala	54.1%
63	Thailand	50.0%
64	Nicaragua	49.3%
65	Albania	48.9%
66	Cape Verde	47.7%
67	Rwanda	44.7%
68	Sao Tome and Principe	44.6%
69	Georgia	43.5%
70	Tonga	43.1%
71	Colombia	42.8%
72	El Salvador	42.8%
73	Namibia	42.1%
74	Philippines	41.4%
75	Paraguay	41.3%
76	Sri Lanka	40.5%
77	Mongolia	39.3%
78	Gabon	38.7%
79	Samoa	37.6%
80	Islamic Republic of Iran	37.5%
81	Venezuela	37.5%
82	Iraq	37.3%
83	Panama	37.2%
84	Belize	37.1%
85	Tajikistan	35.9%
86	People's Republic of China	35.9%
87	Eswatini	35.4%
88	Armenia	35.1%
89	Lesotho	33.9%
90	Fiji	32.7%
91	Maldives	31.9%
92	Dominican Republic	31.5%
93	Equatorial Guinea	31.2%
94	Mexico	30.9%
95	Egypt	30.7%
96	Jamaica	30.5%
97	Uzbekistan	30.5%
98	Guyana	29.8%
99	Turkmenistan	29.7%
100	Botswana	28.2%
101	Türkiye	27.9%
102	Kyrgyzstan	26.4%
103	Morocco	26.3%
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.0%
105	Uruguay	25.7%
106	Kazakhstan	25.4%
107	Brazil	24.9%
108	Greece	24.8%
109	Serbia	24.3%
110	Syrian Arab Republic	23.7%
111	Algeria	23.5%
112	Costa Rica	23.5%
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.5%
114	Libya	23.4%
115	State of Palestine	22.9%
116	Argentina	22.9%
117	Chile	22.9%
118	Suriname	21.1%
119	South Korea	19.6%
120	Ukraine	19.2%
121	Cuba	18.9%
122	Saint Lucia	18.5%
123	Malaysia	18.2%
124	Trinidad and Tobago	16.9%
125	Italy	15.9%
126	Tunisia	15.3%
127	New Zealand	15.2%
128	French Polynesia	15.2%
129	Switzerland	15.0%
130	Lebanon	14.9%
131	South Africa	14.7%
132	Poland	13.7%
133	Guam	13.4%
134	Barbados	13.4%
135	Netherlands	12.7%
136	Australia	12.4%
137	Montenegro	12.0%
138	The Republic of North Macedonia	11.9%
139	New Caledonia	11.6%
140	Latvia	11.5%
141	Czech Republic	11.5%
142	Portugal	11.3%
143	Romania	11.3%
144	Mauritius	11.3%
145	Spain	11.2%
146	Belgium	11.1%
147	Bahamas	11.1%
148	France	10.8%
149	Canada	10.3%
150	Slovenia	10.0%
151	United Kingdom	9.9%
152	Malta	9.8%
153	Luxembourg	9.8%
154	Austria	9.6%
155	Bulgaria	9.1%
156	Hungary	9.0%
157	Brunei Darussalam	8.9%
158	Croatia	8.8%
159	Iceland	8.7%
160	Lithuania	8.7%
161	Singapore	8.4%
162	Israel	8.4%
163	Finland	8.2%
164	Cyprus	8.0%
165	Puerto Rico	8.0%
166	Slovakia	7.9%
167	Ireland	7.8%
168	Japan	7.7%
169	Estonia	7.6%
170	Belarus	6.9%
171	Saudi Arabia	6.9%
172	Virgin Islands, U.S.	6.5%
173	Oman	6.4%
174	Sweden	6.4%
175	Germany	5.9%
176	Denmark	5.8%
177	Russian Federation	5.6%
178	United Arab Emirates	5.4%
179	Hong Kong	4.8%
180	Macao	4.5%
181	United States of America	3.9%
182	Norway	3.4%
183	Jordan	3.4%
184	Bahrain	3.2%
185	Kuwait	1.3%
186	Qatar	1.3%

Showing 186 of 186 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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