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Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (2025)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025: highest in Chad (96.75%), lowest in Qatar (1.24%), median 31.23% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (measured in %) across 231 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: %231 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2025

Highest Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 1.Chad96.75%
  2. 2.Niger95.42%
  3. 3.Sierra Leone94.77%
  4. 4.Afghanistan93.51%
  5. 5.Mozambique91.33%
  6. 6.Nepal90.83%
  7. 7.Liberia90.7%
  8. 8.Madagascar90.64%
  9. 9.Burundi90.59%
  10. 10.Tanzania90.58%

Lowest Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 173.United Arab Emirates5.2%
  2. 174.Hong Kong4.69%
  3. 175.Channel Islands4.47%
  4. 176.Macao4.22%
  5. 177.United States3.81%
  6. 178.Norway3.36%
  7. 179.Jordan3.35%
  8. 180.Bahrain3.18%
  9. 181.Kuwait1.38%
  10. 182.Qatar1.24%

All 182 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

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

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

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

This page lists 231 countries with available Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.