Benin vs World: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Benin
- World
How they compare
Benin currently reports 84.2% against 45.4% in World, a difference of 38.8%.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.9 times World's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 25th and World ranks 23rd of 187 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.1% | 52.0% | 40.1% | Benin |
| 2000s | 90.8% | 49.7% | 41.1% | Benin |
| 2010s | 89.2% | 45.7% | 43.5% | Benin |
| 2020s | 85.6% | 45.2% | 40.3% | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Benin or World?
- Benin, at 84.2% against 45.4% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Benin and World?
- 38.8%, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and World?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Benin and World rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Benin ranks 25th and World ranks 23rd 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.