Egypt vs Guyana: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)

Egypt
30.3%
in 2025
Guyana
29.2%
in 2025
Egypt rank
97th
Guyana rank
99th

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

  • Egypt
  • Guyana
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 30.3% against 29.2% in Guyana, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 97th and Guyana ranks 99th of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Guyana Difference Ahead
1990s 39.3% 39.9% 0.6% Guyana
2000s 36.6% 39.0% 2.4% Guyana
2010s 34.5% 35.8% 1.3% Guyana
2020s 31.3% 31.8% 0.5% Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Egypt or Guyana?
Egypt, at 30.3% against 29.2% in Guyana as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Egypt and Guyana?
1.1%, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Guyana?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Egypt and Guyana rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
Egypt ranks 97th and Guyana ranks 99th 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

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.