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Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2

Name: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of female employment, self, employed, female, employment, modeled, ilo, estimate, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

39.5% of female employment

Median: 31.2% of female employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Chad

96.8% of female employment

Lowest

Qatar

1.2% of female employment

Top 5 Countries

1Chad96.8% of female employment

2Niger95.4% of female employment

3Sierra Leone94.8% of female employment

4Afghanistan93.5% of female employment

5Mozambique91.3% of female employment

By Region

Africa56.0% of female employment(9 countries)

Other49.5% of female employment(106 countries)

South America36.3% of female employment(7 countries)

Asia33.1% of female employment(26 countries)

North America24.7% of female employment(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.2% of female employment)High (96.8% of female employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 39.5% of female employment)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Chad	96.8% of female employment
2	Niger	95.4% of female employment
3	Sierra Leone	94.8% of female employment
4	Afghanistan	93.5% of female employment
5	Mozambique	91.3% of female employment
6	Nepal	90.8% of female employment
7	Liberia	90.7% of female employment
8	Madagascar	90.6% of female employment
9	Burundi	90.6% of female employment
10	United Republic of Tanzania	90.6% of female employment
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	90.5% of female employment
12	Republic of the Congo	90.1% of female employment
13	Guinea	89.9% of female employment
14	Nigeria	89.5% of female employment
15	Burkina Faso	88.9% of female employment
16	Central African Republic	88.3% of female employment
17	Uganda	87.9% of female employment
18	Ethiopia	86.7% of female employment
19	Angola	85.6% of female employment
20	Papua New Guinea	85.5% of female employment
21	Guinea-Bissau	85.5% of female employment
22	Togo	85.1% of female employment
23	Haiti	85.0% of female employment
24	South Sudan	84.9% of female employment
25	Benin	84.2% of female employment
26	Bhutan	82.3% of female employment
27	Republic of The Gambia	82.3% of female employment
28	Lao People's Democratic Republic	81.8% of female employment
29	Mali	81.6% of female employment
30	Cote d'Ivoire	80.9% of female employment
31	Zambia	80.1% of female employment
32	Timor-Leste	79.8% of female employment
33	Solomon Islands	79.6% of female employment
34	India	78.8% of female employment
35	Zimbabwe	78.4% of female employment
36	Cameroon	78.1% of female employment
37	Senegal	76.2% of female employment
38	Kenya	74.0% of female employment
39	Ghana	73.7% of female employment
40	Pakistan	73.3% of female employment
41	Mauritania	71.9% of female employment
42	Azerbaijan	71.6% of female employment
43	Bolivia	69.7% of female employment
44	Comoros	69.5% of female employment
45	Malawi	67.4% of female employment
46	Somalia	66.4% of female employment
47	Bangladesh	65.3% of female employment
48	Yemen	65.2% of female employment
49	Myanmar	65.2% of female employment
50	North Korea	63.8% of female employment
51	Vanuatu	63.6% of female employment
52	Djibouti	62.7% of female employment
53	Cambodia	60.8% of female employment
54	Ecuador	60.7% of female employment
55	Indonesia	60.4% of female employment
56	Moldova, Republic of	59.5% of female employment
57	Eritrea	59.0% of female employment
58	Vietnam	58.2% of female employment
59	Sudan	56.8% of female employment
60	Peru	54.7% of female employment
61	Honduras	54.3% of female employment
62	Guatemala	53.6% of female employment
63	Thailand	49.8% of female employment
64	Nicaragua	49.1% of female employment
65	Albania	48.5% of female employment
66	Cape Verde	47.2% of female employment
67	Sao Tome and Principe	44.4% of female employment
68	Rwanda	44.1% of female employment
69	Georgia	43.0% of female employment
70	Tonga	42.8% of female employment
71	Colombia	42.7% of female employment
72	El Salvador	42.3% of female employment
73	Namibia	41.7% of female employment
74	Philippines	41.1% of female employment
75	Paraguay	41.0% of female employment
76	Sri Lanka	40.4% of female employment
77	Mongolia	39.0% of female employment
78	Gabon	38.6% of female employment
79	Venezuela	37.8% of female employment
80	Samoa	37.3% of female employment
81	Iraq	37.3% of female employment
82	Panama	37.2% of female employment
83	Islamic Republic of Iran	37.0% of female employment
84	Belize	37.0% of female employment
85	Tajikistan	35.7% of female employment
86	People's Republic of China	35.4% of female employment
87	Eswatini	35.2% of female employment
88	Armenia	34.4% of female employment
89	Lesotho	33.6% of female employment
90	Fiji	32.4% of female employment
91	Maldives	31.5% of female employment
92	Equatorial Guinea	31.5% of female employment
93	Dominican Republic	31.4% of female employment
94	Mexico	31.0% of female employment
95	Jamaica	30.5% of female employment
96	Uzbekistan	30.4% of female employment
97	Egypt	30.3% of female employment
98	Turkmenistan	29.5% of female employment
99	Guyana	29.2% of female employment
100	Botswana	28.1% of female employment
101	Türkiye	27.3% of female employment
102	Morocco	25.9% of female employment
103	Uruguay	25.6% of female employment
104	Kyrgyzstan	25.5% of female employment
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.5% of female employment
106	Kazakhstan	25.4% of female employment
107	Greece	24.7% of female employment
108	Brazil	24.7% of female employment
109	Serbia	24.0% of female employment
110	Syrian Arab Republic	23.4% of female employment
111	Algeria	23.4% of female employment
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.3% of female employment
113	Costa Rica	23.3% of female employment
114	Libya	23.1% of female employment
115	State of Palestine	22.9% of female employment
116	Argentina	22.8% of female employment
117	Chile	22.8% of female employment
118	Suriname	20.7% of female employment
119	South Korea	19.4% of female employment
120	Ukraine	19.2% of female employment
121	Cuba	18.9% of female employment
122	Saint Lucia	18.5% of female employment
123	Malaysia	18.2% of female employment
124	Trinidad and Tobago	17.0% of female employment
125	Italy	15.9% of female employment
126	Tunisia	15.2% of female employment
127	French Polynesia	15.1% of female employment
128	Switzerland	15.1% of female employment
129	New Zealand	15.0% of female employment
130	Lebanon	14.9% of female employment
131	South Africa	14.7% of female employment
132	Poland	13.6% of female employment
133	Guam	13.2% of female employment
134	Barbados	13.2% of female employment
135	Netherlands	12.7% of female employment
136	Australia	12.3% of female employment
137	New Caledonia	11.7% of female employment
138	The Republic of North Macedonia	11.6% of female employment
139	Montenegro	11.6% of female employment
140	Latvia	11.5% of female employment
141	Czech Republic	11.4% of female employment
142	Portugal	11.3% of female employment
143	Spain	11.1% of female employment
144	Bahamas	11.1% of female employment
145	Belgium	11.1% of female employment
146	Romania	11.0% of female employment
147	France	10.8% of female employment
148	Mauritius	10.6% of female employment
149	Canada	10.2% of female employment
150	United Kingdom	9.9% of female employment
151	Slovenia	9.9% of female employment
152	Luxembourg	9.8% of female employment
153	Malta	9.7% of female employment
154	Austria	9.6% of female employment
155	Bulgaria	8.9% of female employment
156	Hungary	8.8% of female employment
157	Brunei Darussalam	8.8% of female employment
158	Iceland	8.7% of female employment
159	Lithuania	8.5% of female employment
160	Croatia	8.5% of female employment
161	Israel	8.3% of female employment
162	Singapore	8.3% of female employment
163	Cyprus	8.3% of female employment
164	Finland	8.2% of female employment
165	Puerto Rico	8.0% of female employment
166	Slovakia	7.9% of female employment
167	Ireland	7.8% of female employment
168	Estonia	7.6% of female employment
169	Japan	7.5% of female employment
170	Saudi Arabia	6.8% of female employment
171	Belarus	6.7% of female employment
172	Virgin Islands, U.S.	6.5% of female employment
173	Oman	6.4% of female employment
174	Sweden	6.3% of female employment
175	Germany	5.9% of female employment
176	Denmark	5.7% of female employment
177	Russian Federation	5.6% of female employment
178	United Arab Emirates	5.2% of female employment
179	Hong Kong	4.7% of female employment
180	Macao	4.2% of female employment
181	United States of America	3.8% of female employment
182	Norway	3.4% of female employment
183	Jordan	3.3% of female employment
184	Bahrain	3.2% of female employment
185	Kuwait	1.4% of female employment
186	Qatar	1.2% of female employment

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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