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Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
0.6%
Nigeria
Lowest
0.0%
Russian Federation
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,503

What the numbers show

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.0% in Russian Federation.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 510.1%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 100.0%).

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 0.6% 2012 down 1.5% flat
2 Gambia 0.6% 2020 down 10.2% flat
3 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 up 65.6% rising
4 Guinea 0.6% 2018 down 17.9% falling
5 Togo 0.6% 2018 down 8.1% falling
6 Senegal 0.6% 2018 down 10.1% falling
7 Zambia 0.5% 2015 down 31.9% falling
8 Kenya 0.5% 2019 up 30.7% rising
9 Ghana 0.5% 2016 down 2.6% rising
10 Niger 0.5% 2018 down 43.3% falling
11 Ethiopia 0.5% 2021 up 27.7% rising
12 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2020 up 8.7% falling
13 Djibouti 0.4% 2017 up 58.0% rising
14 Bangladesh 0.4% 2016 up 164.0% rising
15 Colombia 0.4% 2021 down 3.4% rising
16 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2021 up 24.5% rising
17 Uganda 0.4% 2016 down 6.3% falling
18 Ecuador 0.4% 2021 up 12.0% rising
19 Madagascar 0.4% 2012 down 7.7% falling
20 Nicaragua 0.4% 2014 up 6.5% rising
21 Peru 0.4% 2021 up 13.4% flat
22 Honduras 0.4% 2019 down 12.8% rising
23 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2006 up 26.1% rising
24 El Salvador 0.3% 2019 down 7.9% falling
25 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 down 8.1% falling
26 Paraguay 0.3% 2021 down 10.3% falling
27 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 5.2% falling
28 Jamaica 0.3% 2002 down 6.2% flat
29 Guatemala 0.3% 2019 down 17.6% falling
30 Thailand 0.3% 2021 up 13.0% rising
31 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 60.8% rising
32 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 510.1% volatile
33 Armenia 0.3% 2020 up 7.8% rising
34 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 1.6% falling
35 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2013 up 3.1% rising
36 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 23.6% volatile
37 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 up 18.2% rising
38 Morocco 0.2% 2013 up 109.3% rising
39 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 up 18.5% rising
40 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2% 2018 down 74.6% falling
41 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 157.8% falling
42 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 0.9% flat
43 Brazil 0.2% 2021 up 8.2% falling
44 India 0.2% 2019 up 13.7% falling
45 Argentina 0.2% 2021 up 47.6% rising
46 Belize 0.2% 1999 up 27.3% rising
47 Mongolia 0.2% 2021 down 25.9% falling
48 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 20.3% rising
49 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 4.8% flat
50 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 14.4% rising
51 Malawi 0.2% 2019 down 77.5% volatile
52 Georgia 0.2% 2020 down 22.7% volatile
53 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 up 2.6% flat
54 Romania 0.2% 2018 up 52.5% falling
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 up 11.1% rising
56 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 47.5% rising
57 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 22.3% rising
58 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 down 18.9% falling
59 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 6.1% rising
60 Italy 0.1% 2016 down 5.5% falling
61 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 up 18.1% rising
61 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 up 18.1% rising
63 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 down 15.1% rising
64 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 down 24.0% falling
65 Czechia 0.1% 2016 up 21.9% rising
66 Serbia 0.1% 2018 up 19.8% volatile
67 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 41.5% rising
68 South Africa 0.1% 2020 down 11.9% volatile
69 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 up 133.6% rising
70 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 11.3% falling
71 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 3.8% falling
72 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 down 29.0% falling
73 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 down 27.0% falling
74 Austria 0.1% 2003 down 3.9% flat
75 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 38.1% falling
76 Portugal 0.1% 2016 down 39.8% volatile
77 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 — volatile
78 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 2.3% falling
79 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 7.3% falling
80 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 21.1% flat
81 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 down 82.0% volatile
82 France 0.1% 2016 up 72.4% rising
83 Iceland 0.1% 2015 up 6.3% falling
84 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 27.0% rising
85 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 12.6% falling
86 North Macedonia 0.1% 2020 up 0.7% rising
87 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 63.2% falling
88 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 6.3% flat
89 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 56.4% falling
90 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 up 58.8% falling
91 Montenegro 0.0% 2010 up 164.5% volatile
92 United States of America 0.0% 2018 down 34.2% rising
93 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 down 48.3% falling
94 Estonia 0.0% 2016 up 16.4% rising
95 Ireland 0.0% 2016 down 4.4% falling
96 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 up 32.3% rising
97 Norway 0.0% 2016 up 3.8% rising
98 Malta 0.0% 2016 down 10.8% falling
99 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 up 20.9% falling
100 Sweden 0.0% 2016 down 11.5% flat
101 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 45.1% falling
102 Croatia 0.0% 2016 down 0.8% rising
103 Denmark 0.0% 2016 up 6.1% volatile
104 Jordan 0.0% 2016 down 30.6% falling
105 Belarus 0.0% 2010 down 98.8% falling
106 Russian Federation 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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