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Self-employed female percentage of female employment modeled ILO estimate

Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.Source:
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Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)Year
1
Chad
98.96%
2018
2
Central African Republic
97.62%
2018
3
Burundi
97.09%
2018
4
Guinea
97.06%
2018
5
Afghanistan
95.72%
2018
6
Mali
95.21%
2018
7
Benin
95.02%
2018
8
Sierra Leone
94.76%
2018
9
Mozambique
94.22%
2018
10
South Sudan
93.81%
2018
11
Republic of the Congo
91.84%
2018
12
Niger
91.72%
2018
13
Madagascar
91.67%
2018
14
Democratic Republic Of Congo
91.41%
2018
15
Nepal
90.56%
2018
16
Burkina Faso
90.38%
2018
17
Liberia
90.11%
2018
18
Tanzania
89.86%
2018
19
Ethiopia
89.59%
2018
20
Somalia
88.9%
2018
21
Haiti
88.48%
2018
22
Papua New Guinea
88.33%
2018
23
Zambia
88.02%
2018
24
Eritrea
87.61%
2018
25
Guinea-Bissau
87.35%
2018
26
Nigeria
86.82%
2018
27
Togo
86.18%
2018
28
Laos
86.16%
2018
29
Cameroon
85.96%
2018
30
Ivory Coast
85.77%
2018
31
Solomon Islands
85.57%
2018
32
Uganda
85.17%
2018
33
Gambia
84.38%
2018
34
Bhutan
84.07%
2018
35
Angola
83.19%
2018
36
Comoros
82.92%
2018
37
Ghana
82.6%
2018
38
East Timor
80.96%
2018
39
India
80.78%
2018
40
Rwanda
78.2%
2018
41
Kenya
76.99%
2018
42
North Korea
76.28%
2018
43
Vanuatu
76.25%
2018
44
Zimbabwe
75.86%
2018
45
Pakistan
74.89%
2018
46
Senegal
73.34%
2018
47
Azerbaijan
72.83%
2018
48
Equatorial Guinea
70.81%
2018
49
Mauritania
69.15%
2018
50
Yemen
68.41%
2018
51
Bangladesh
68.11%
2018
52
Malawi
66.43%
2018
53
Guyana
66%
2018
54
Bolivia
65.62%
2018
55
Morocco
63.63%
2018
56
Myanmar
62.31%
2018
57
Vietnam
61.69%
2018
58
Peru
60.4%
2018
59
Tonga
58.69%
2018
60
Honduras
58.26%
2018
61
Ecuador
58.24%
2018
62
Djibouti
57.78%
2018
63
Indonesia
57.61%
2018
64
Cambodia
57.22%
2018
65
São Tomé and Príncipe
56.49%
2018
66
Albania
55.68%
2018
67
Georgia
50.91%
2018
68
Thailand
50.41%
2018
69
Fiji
49.56%
2018
70
Nicaragua
49.36%
2018
71
Colombia
48.77%
2018
72
China
48.68%
2018
73
El Salvador
47.52%
2018
74
Lesotho
47.41%
2018
75
Guatemala
47.13%
2018
76
Sudan
46.38%
2018
77
Mongolia
46.17%
2018
78
Paraguay
45.65%
2018
79
Sri Lanka
43.87%
2018
80
Iran
43.69%
2018
81
Swaziland
42.38%
2018
82
Uzbekistan
42.08%
2018
83
Gabon
40.72%
2018
84
Philippines
40.38%
2018
85
Armenia
40.24%
2018
86
Iraq
38.39%
2018
87
Tajikistan
38.3%
2018
88
Samoa
36.93%
2018
89
Egypt
36.58%
2018
90
Turkey
35.98%
2018
91
Venezuela
35.26%
2018
92
Namibia
34.92%
2018
93
Maldives
34.02%
2018
94
Cape Verde
34.02%
2018
95
Belize
33.6%
2018
96
Jamaica
32.99%
2018
97
Panama
31.71%
2018
98
Mexico
31.58%
2018
99
Botswana
30.72%
2018
100
Dominican Republic
30.33%
2018
101
Moldova
30.03%
2018
102
Saint Lucia
29.19%
2018
103
Kyrgyzstan
29.14%
2018
104
Greece
29.08%
2018
105
Chile
27.71%
2018
106
Brazil
26.38%
2018
107
Serbia
26.27%
2018
108
Algeria
26.27%
2018
109
Malaysia
26.01%
2018
110
Kazakhstan
25.96%
2018
111
Bosnia and Herzegovina
24.63%
2018
112
Romania
24.47%
2018
113
Uruguay
24.22%
2018
114
Turkmenistan
22.67%
2018
115
South Korea
22.53%
2018
116
Argentina
21.42%
2018
117
Costa Rica
20.73%
2018
118
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
19.45%
2018
119
Republic of Macedonia
19.42%
2018
120
Syria
18.58%
2018
121
Tunisia
18.45%
2018
122
Italy
16.95%
2018
123
Lebanon
16.93%
2018
124
Poland
15.97%
2018
125
Trinidad and Tobago
15.74%
2018
126
Montenegro
15.2%
2018
127
New Zealand
14.98%
2018
128
Mauritius
14.81%
2018
129
Ukraine
13.57%
2018
130
New Caledonia
13.56%
2018
131
Netherlands
13.12%
2018
132
South Africa
12.85%
2018
133
Czech Republic
12.82%
2018
134
Switzerland
12.74%
2018
135
Portugal
12.7%
2018
136
Australia
12.44%
2018
137
Spain
12.14%
2018
138
French Polynesia
11.99%
2018
139
Canada
11.85%
2018
140
Barbados
11.82%
2018
141
Virgin Islands (US)
11.58%
2018
142
Slovenia
11.47%
2018
143
Guam
11.27%
2018
144
United Kingdom
10.94%
2018
145
Belgium
10.65%
2018
146
Suriname
10.58%
2018
147
Slovakia
10.43%
2018
148
Latvia
10.34%
2018
149
Cyprus
10.06%
2018
150
Croatia
9.96%
2018
151
Austria
9.78%
2018
152
Singapore
9.45%
2018
153
Lithuania
9.32%
2018
154
Bulgaria
9.03%
2018
155
Finland
9.02%
2018
156
Israel
8.94%
2018
157
Japan
8.86%
2018
158
Luxembourg
8.7%
2018
159
France
8.52%
2018
160
The Bahamas
8.5%
2018
161
Brunei
8.42%
2018
162
Hungary
8.2%
2018
163
Puerto Rico
8.16%
2018
164
Malta
7.78%
2018
165
Republic of Ireland
7.67%
2018
166
Iceland
7.63%
2018
167
Germany
7.53%
2018
168
Cuba
7.22%
2018
169
Estonia
6.42%
2018
170
Sweden
5.77%
2018
171
Russia
5.46%
2018
172
Denmark
5.28%
2018
173
Hong Kong
5.23%
2018
174
United States
5.22%
2018
175
Libya
4.75%
2018
176
Oman
4.42%
2018
177
Norway
4.29%
2018
178
Macao
3.51%
2018
179
Jordan
3.26%
2018
180
Bahrain
3.15%
2018
181
Belarus
2.83%
2018
182
United Arab Emirates
2.42%
2018
183
Saudi Arabia
1.36%
2018
184
Kuwait
0.62%
2018
185
Qatar
0.41%
2018
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