Kenya vs Zimbabwe: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Kenya
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 78.4% against 74.0% in Kenya, a difference of 4.4%.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 35th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.6% | 77.3% | 4.3% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 78.3% | 77.7% | 0.5% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 73.3% | 78.7% | 5.3% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 74.3% | 78.5% | 4.2% | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Kenya or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 78.4% against 74.0% in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Kenya and Zimbabwe?
- 4.4%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zimbabwe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Zimbabwe rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Kenya ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 35th 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.