Argentina vs South Korea: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Argentina
- South Korea
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 22.8% against 19.4% in South Korea, a difference of 3.4%.
That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times South Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was South Korea ahead.
Argentina ranks 116th and South Korea ranks 119th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and South Korea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.1% | 32.9% | 7.8% | South Korea |
| 2000s | 20.9% | 29.1% | 8.1% | South Korea |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 23.8% | 3.4% | South Korea |
| 2020s | 23.6% | 20.2% | 3.4% | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Argentina or South Korea?
- Argentina, at 22.8% against 19.4% in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Argentina and South Korea?
- 3.4%, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and South Korea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Argentina and South Korea rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Argentina ranks 116th and South Korea ranks 119th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.