Guinea-Bissau vs South Sudan: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- South Sudan
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 85.5% against 84.9% in South Sudan, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1991 it was South Sudan ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 21st and South Sudan ranks 24th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 3 and South Sudan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.7% | 88.4% | 0.2% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 87.8% | 86.7% | 1.2% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 86.7% | 87.5% | 0.8% | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 86.0% | 85.6% | 0.5% | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Guinea-Bissau or South Sudan?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 85.5% against 84.9% in South Sudan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan?
- 0.6%, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 21st and South Sudan ranks 24th 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.