Ethiopia vs Low & middle income: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Ethiopia
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 86.7% against 55.8% in Low & middle income, a difference of 30.9%.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.6 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.
Ethiopia ranks 18th and Low & middle income ranks 18th of 187 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.0% | 65.1% | 26.9% | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 92.6% | 61.7% | 30.9% | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 90.0% | 56.5% | 33.5% | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 87.4% | 55.8% | 31.7% | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Ethiopia or Low & middle income?
- Ethiopia, at 86.7% against 55.8% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Ethiopia and Low & middle income?
- 30.9%, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Ethiopia and Low & middle income rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Ethiopia ranks 18th 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.