Burkina Faso vs Low & middle income: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Burkina Faso
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 88.9% against 55.8% in Low & middle income, a difference of 33.1%.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.6 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 15th and Low & middle income ranks 18th of 187 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.9% | 65.1% | 25.8% | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 89.4% | 61.7% | 27.7% | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 89.0% | 56.5% | 32.5% | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 89.3% | 55.8% | 33.6% | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Burkina Faso or Low & middle income?
- Burkina Faso, at 88.9% against 55.8% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Burkina Faso and Low & middle income?
- 33.1%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Low & middle income rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Burkina Faso ranks 15th and Low & middle income ranks 18th 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.