Self-employed, female (% of females employed) - Gender Statistics

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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."
Self-employed, female (% of females employed) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Malawi (1987)96.1
2Yemen (1999)85.8
3Tanzania (2006)80.9
4Mali (2004)78.4
5Nepal (2001)74.4
6Azerbaijan (2007)67.3
7Haiti (1990)65.8
8Rwanda (1996)65.5
9Zimbabwe (2002)63.2
10Cameroon (2001)61.7
11Senegal (1991)58.7
12Gabon (1993)57.5
13Laos (1995)57.1
14Chad (1993)53.7
15Uganda (2003)52.1
16Paraguay (2007)44.3
17Ethiopia (2006)44
18Guyana (1992)43.5
19Peru (2007)41
20Guatemala (2002)39.4
21Honduras (2005)39.2
22Nicaragua (2006)38.9
23Bolivia (2002)38.6
24Kazakhstan (2004)38.4
25Venezuela (2007)37.7
26Colombia (2007)37.6
27Maldives (2000)37.4
28El Salvador (2006)36.9
29Algeria (2004)36.6
30Indonesia (2007)35.8
31Madagascar (2003)35.4
32Ecuador (2006)34.4
33Cambodia (2001)33
34Vietnam (2004)31.6
35Jamaica (2006)31.3
36Philippines (2007)31
37Cape Verde (2000)30.9
38Swaziland (1997)29.4
39Dominican Republic (2007)29.3
40Zambia (2000)29.2
41Sao Tome and Principe (1991)29.2
42Tunisia (1994)29.2
43Marshall Islands (1999)29
44Kyrgyzstan (2006)29
45Thailand (2007)27.7
46Moldova (2007)27
47St. Lucia (2000)26.9
48Namibia (2004)26.6
49Bangladesh (2005)26.5
50Georgia (2005)26.2
51Mongolia (2003)26.1
52Tonga (1996)25.8
53Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2006)25.4
54Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2006)25.3
55Mexico (2007)24.8
56Bhutan (2005)24.6
57Iran (2007)24.3
58Uruguay (2007)24
59Sri Lanka (2007)23.2
60Chile (2007)22.8
61Dominica (2001)21.8
62Belize (2005)21.7
63Grenada (1998)21.4
64Panama (2007)21.4
65Greece (2008)21.3
66Portugal (2008)21.2
67Costa Rica (2007)21.1
68Fiji (2005)20.6
69Ukraine (2007)20.2
70Upper middle income (2006)19.48
71Brazil (2006)18.9
72South Korea (2007)18.5
73North Korea (2007)18.5
74South Africa (2007)18.3
75Argentina (2006)18.2
76St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)17.8
77Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)17.8
78Equatorial Guinea (1983)16.8
79Botswana (2003)16.8
80Italy (2008)16.8
81Croatia (2007)16.5
82Djibouti (1991)15.7
83Antigua and Barbuda (1991)15.3
84Poland (2008)14.5
85Trinidad and Tobago (2005)14.2
86Malaysia (2007)13.9
87Morocco (2007)13.9
88Egypt (2006)13.7
89Pakistan (2007)13.5
90West Bank and Gaza (2006)13.5
91French Polynesia (2002)13.4
92Romania (2008)13.4
93Turkey (2008)12.6
94Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2007)12.41
95Montenegro (2005)11.9
96Spain (2008)11.8
97Mauritius (2007)11.6
98Bahamas (2004)11.5
99Serbia (2007)11.3
100Canada (2007)11.2
101New Zealand (2007)11.2
102Burkina Faso (1994)11
103Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2007)11
104Switzerland (2007)10.7
105New Caledonia (1996)10.4
106Euro area (2008)10.27
107Barbados (2004)10.2
108European Union (2008)10.05
109Cyprus (2008)9.9
110Oman (2000)9.9
111OECD members (2007)9.86
112Czech Republic (2008)9.6
113Suriname (1998)9.4
114Netherlands (2008)9.3
115Syria (2001)9.2
116Puerto Rico (2007)8.9
117Singapore (2007)8.8
118Austria (2008)8.7
119Australia (2007)8.7
120Belgium (2008)8.6
121High income (2007)8.52
122High income: OECD (2007)8.52
123Bulgaria (2008)8.3
124Macedonia (2007)8.2
125Finland (2008)8.1
126Hungary (2008)8.1
127Israel (2007)7.8
128St. Kitts and Nevis (2001)7.8
129Slovakia (2008)7.7
130Isle of Man (2001)7.7
131United Kingdom (2008)7.7
132Iceland (2007)7.4
133Germany (2008)7.2
134San Marino (2007)7.1
135Lithuania (2008)6.8
136Lesotho (1999)6.8
137Ireland (2008)6.7
138Russia (2007)6.6
139France (2008)6.4
140North America (2007)6.28
141Malta (2008)6.2
142Latvia (2008)6.2
143Seychelles (1987)6.1
144Luxembourg (2008)6
145Slovenia (2008)5.9
146Japan (2007)5.8
147United States (2007)5.7
148Sweden (2008)5.6
149Hong Kong (2007)4.9
150Estonia (2008)4.7
151Cayman Islands (2007)4.7
152Denmark (2008)4.5
153Netherlands Antilles (2000)4.3
154Norway (2008)4.1
155Macau (2007)4
156Aruba (1991)4
157Brunei Darussalam (1991)3.3
158Tuvalu (2002)2.3
159United Arab Emirates (2005)1.3
160American Samoa (1990)1.2
161Qatar (2004)0.1
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