Gambia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Gambia
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 82.3% against 34.7% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 47.6%.
That makes Gambia's figure about 2.4 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.
Gambia ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 187 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.5% | 38.4% | 49.1% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 86.1% | 37.2% | 49.0% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 84.1% | 34.9% | 49.2% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 82.9% | 35.7% | 47.2% | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Gambia or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Gambia, at 82.3% against 34.7% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Gambia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 47.6%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Gambia ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th 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.