Colombia vs Rwanda: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)

Colombia
42.7%
in 2025
Rwanda
44.1%
in 2025
Colombia rank
71st
Rwanda rank
68th

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time

  • Colombia
  • Rwanda
0204060199120082025

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 44.1% against 42.7% in Colombia, a difference of 1.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Rwanda ahead.

Colombia ranks 71st and Rwanda ranks 68th of 187 countries.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Rwanda Difference Ahead
1990s 42.0% 55.1% 13.1% Rwanda
2000s 42.3% 52.1% 9.9% Rwanda
2010s 45.5% 49.1% 3.6% Rwanda
2020s 43.3% 44.7% 1.4% Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Colombia or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 44.1% against 42.7% in Colombia as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Colombia and Rwanda?
1.4%, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Rwanda?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Colombia and Rwanda rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
Colombia ranks 71st and Rwanda ranks 68th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Colombia vs Rwanda: Self-employed, female (% of female employment). Statizoid, drawing on ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/self-employed-female-percent-of-female-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/colombia/rwanda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/self-employed-female-percent-of-female-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/colombia/rwanda/">Colombia vs Rwanda: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.