East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Laos: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 81.8% against 41.7% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 40.1%.
That makes Laos's figure about 2.0 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Laos has been ahead every year.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 26th and Laos ranks 28th of 47 groups.
Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.6% | 93.5% | 33.9% | Laos |
| 2000s | 53.0% | 89.5% | 36.5% | Laos |
| 2010s | 45.7% | 85.1% | 39.3% | Laos |
| 2020s | 42.5% | 82.4% | 39.8% | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Laos?
- Laos, at 81.8% against 41.7% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Laos?
- 40.1%, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Laos?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Laos rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 26th and Laos ranks 28th of 47 groups.
- 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
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.