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Countries by Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (2016)

Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2016: highest in Sierra Leone (87.53%), lowest in Qatar (0.06%), median 19.23% across the 187 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (measured in %) across 212 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %212 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2016

Highest Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2016

  1. 1.Sierra Leone87.53%
  2. 2.Republic of the Congo87.01%
  3. 3.Somalia86.96%
  4. 4.Haiti85.98%
  5. 5.Burundi85.1%
  6. 6.Cameroon79.63%
  7. 7.Nigeria77.12%
  8. 8.Rwanda75.87%
  9. 9.Benin75.04%
  10. 10.Guinea-Bissau74.14%

Lowest Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2016

  1. 178.Hong Kong3.37%
  2. 179.Denmark3.3%
  3. 180.Jordan2.12%
  4. 181.Macao1.99%
  5. 182.Belarus1.83%
  6. 183.Saudi Arabia1.16%
  7. 184.Bahrain0.44%
  8. 185.Kuwait0.28%
  9. 186.United Arab Emirates0.21%
  10. 187.Qatar0.06%

All 187 ranked countries, 2016— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

Sierra LeoneRank 1 of 187Republic of the CongoRank 2 of 187SomaliaRank 3 of 187HaitiRank 4 of 187BurundiRank 5 of 187CameroonRank 6 of 187NigeriaRank 7 of 187RwandaRank 8 of 187BeninRank 9 of 187Guinea-BissauRank 10 of 187TogoRank 11 of 187Central African RepublicRank 12 of 187LiberiaRank 13 of 187AngolaRank 14 of 187VanuatuRank 15 of 187ZimbabweRank 16 of 187Cote d'IvoireRank 17 of 187The GambiaRank 18 of 187UgandaRank 19 of 187ComorosRank 20 of 187NigerRank 21 of 187MalawiRank 22 of 187IndiaRank 23 of 187GuineaRank 24 of 187MaliRank 25 of 187LesothoRank 26 of 187ChadRank 27 of 187GhanaRank 28 of 187Papua New GuineaRank 29 of 187TajikistanRank 30 of 187MauritaniaRank 31 of 187Lao PDRRank 32 of 187ColombiaRank 33 of 187MozambiqueRank 34 of 187VietnamRank 35 of 187GabonRank 36 of 187MongoliaRank 37 of 187TongaRank 38 of 187NicaraguaRank 39 of 187TanzaniaRank 40 of 187HondurasRank 41 of 187BhutanRank 42 of 187El SalvadorRank 43 of 187EcuadorRank 44 of 187PeruRank 45 of 187Burkina FasoRank 46 of 187DR CongoRank 47 of 187ZambiaRank 48 of 187GuatemalaRank 49 of 187BangladeshRank 50 of 187SenegalRank 51 of 187ParaguayRank 52 of 187EritreaRank 53 of 187ArmeniaRank 54 of 187CambodiaRank 55 of 187SamoaRank 56 of 187IndonesiaRank 57 of 187Equatorial GuineaRank 58 of 187Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 59 of 187JamaicaRank 60 of 187NepalRank 61 of 187MaldivesRank 62 of 187MadagascarRank 63 of 187EswatiniRank 64 of 187MyanmarRank 65 of 187PhilippinesRank 66 of 187GuamRank 67 of 187NamibiaRank 68 of 187ThailandRank 69 of 187Dominican RepublicRank 70 of 187VenezuelaRank 71 of 187AlgeriaRank 72 of 187BelizeRank 73 of 187YemenRank 74 of 187KazakhstanRank 75 of 187St. LuciaRank 76 of 187Sri LankaRank 77 of 187PanamaRank 78 of 187Cabo VerdeRank 79 of 187IranRank 80 of 187BoliviaRank 81 of 187MexicoRank 82 of 187KenyaRank 83 of 187SudanRank 84 of 187LibyaRank 85 of 187GeorgiaRank 86 of 187US Virgin IslandsRank 87 of 187GuyanaRank 88 of 187ChinaRank 89 of 187ChileRank 90 of 187AzerbaijanRank 91 of 187UruguayRank 92 of 187PakistanRank 93 of 187MoldovaRank 94 of 187BrazilRank 95 of 187GreeceRank 96 of 187EthiopiaRank 97 of 187DjiboutiRank 98 of 187West Bank and GazaRank 99 of 187MalaysiaRank 100 of 187The BahamasRank 101 of 187FijiRank 102 of 187Kyrgyz RepublicRank 103 of 187AlbaniaRank 104 of 187ArgentinaRank 105 of 187MoroccoRank 106 of 187UzbekistanRank 107 of 187North MacedoniaRank 108 of 187TurkmenistanRank 109 of 187Timor-LesteRank 110 of 187UkraineRank 111 of 187IraqRank 112 of 187South KoreaRank 113 of 187Solomon IslandsRank 114 of 187Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 115 of 187Costa RicaRank 116 of 187BotswanaRank 117 of 187ItalyRank 118 of 187TunisiaRank 119 of 187SerbiaRank 120 of 187BarbadosRank 121 of 187AfghanistanRank 122 of 187RomaniaRank 123 of 187Trinidad and TobagoRank 124 of 187Czech RepublicRank 125 of 187PolandRank 126 of 187French PolynesiaRank 127 of 187NetherlandsRank 128 of 187North KoreaRank 129 of 187LebanonRank 130 of 187PortugalRank 131 of 187OmanRank 132 of 187New ZealandRank 133 of 187MauritiusRank 134 of 187United KingdomRank 135 of 187South SudanRank 136 of 187South AfricaRank 137 of 187CanadaRank 138 of 187IsraelRank 139 of 187TurkeyRank 140 of 187SpainRank 141 of 187SlovakiaRank 142 of 187Puerto RicoRank 143 of 187SurinameRank 144 of 187CyprusRank 145 of 187EgyptRank 146 of 187AustraliaRank 147 of 187CubaRank 148 of 187Syrian Arab RepublicRank 149 of 187St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 150 of 187BelgiumRank 151 of 187SwitzerlandRank 152 of 187LithuaniaRank 153 of 187FinlandRank 154 of 187Channel IslandsRank 155 of 187LatviaRank 156 of 187MontenegroRank 157 of 187New CaledoniaRank 158 of 187BulgariaRank 159 of 187AustriaRank 160 of 187SloveniaRank 161 of 187FranceRank 162 of 187IcelandRank 163 of 187SingaporeRank 164 of 187CroatiaRank 165 of 187RussiaRank 166 of 187LuxembourgRank 167 of 187IrelandRank 168 of 187United StatesRank 169 of 187GermanyRank 170 of 187HungaryRank 171 of 187MaltaRank 172 of 187EstoniaRank 173 of 187SwedenRank 174 of 187Brunei DarussalamRank 175 of 187JapanRank 176 of 187NorwayRank 177 of 187Hong KongRank 178 of 187DenmarkRank 179 of 187JordanRank 180 of 187MacaoRank 181 of 187BelarusRank 182 of 187Saudi ArabiaRank 183 of 187BahrainRank 184 of 187KuwaitRank 185 of 187United Arab EmiratesRank 186 of 187QatarRank 187 of 187

Other countries and regions

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Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) Data Coverage

This page lists 212 countries with available Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.