| # | Flag | Country | 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 |