Lesotho vs Maldives: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Lesotho
- Maldives
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 33.6% against 31.5% in Maldives, a difference of 2.1%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Maldives ahead.
Lesotho ranks 89th and Maldives ranks 91st of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.2% | 48.9% | 6.6% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 39.0% | 44.8% | 5.9% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 36.4% | 0.5% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 34.1% | 32.2% | 1.9% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Lesotho or Maldives?
- Lesotho, at 33.6% against 31.5% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Lesotho and Maldives?
- 2.1%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Maldives?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Maldives rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Lesotho ranks 89th and Maldives ranks 91st 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.