Euro area vs Mauritania: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)

Euro area
10.5%
in 2025
Mauritania
71.9%
in 2025
Euro area rank
44th
Mauritania rank
41st

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

  • Euro area
  • Mauritania
20406080199120082025

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 71.9% against 10.5% in Euro area, a difference of 61.4%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 6.9 times Euro area's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.

Euro area ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 41st of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Mauritania Difference Ahead
1990s 12.9% 75.1% 62.3% Mauritania
2000s 11.4% 72.7% 61.3% Mauritania
2010s 10.5% 71.7% 61.2% Mauritania
2020s 10.4% 72.5% 62.1% Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Euro area or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 71.9% against 10.5% in Euro area as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Euro area and Mauritania?
61.4%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Mauritania?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Euro area and Mauritania rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
Euro area ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 41st 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.

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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.