Maldives vs Mexico: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)

Maldives
31.5%
in 2025
Mexico
31.0%
in 2025
Maldives rank
91st
Mexico rank
94th

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time

  • Maldives
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 31.5% against 31.0% in Mexico, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 91st and Mexico ranks 94th of 187 countries.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Mexico Difference Ahead
1990s 48.9% 37.1% 11.8% Maldives
2000s 44.8% 32.4% 12.4% Maldives
2010s 36.4% 30.2% 6.2% Maldives
2020s 32.2% 31.2% 1.0% Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Maldives or Mexico?
Maldives, at 31.5% against 31.0% in Mexico as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Maldives and Mexico?
0.5%, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Mexico?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Maldives and Mexico rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
Maldives ranks 91st and Mexico ranks 94th 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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Indicator
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.