Euro area vs Somalia: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Euro area
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 66.4% against 10.5% in Euro area, a difference of 55.9%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 6.3 times Euro area's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Euro area ranks 44th and Somalia ranks 46th of 47 groups.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Euro area | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.9% | 70.3% | 57.5% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 69.2% | 57.8% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 66.9% | 56.4% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 10.4% | 66.7% | 56.3% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Euro area or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 66.4% against 10.5% in Euro area as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Euro area and Somalia?
- 55.9%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Somalia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Euro area and Somalia rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Euro area ranks 44th and Somalia ranks 46th 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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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.