Mozambique vs Sierra Leone: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)

Mozambique
91.3%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
94.8%
in 2025
Mozambique rank
5th
Sierra Leone rank
3rd

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

  • Mozambique
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 94.8% against 91.3% in Mozambique, a difference of 3.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Mozambique ahead.

Mozambique ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mozambique Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 98.1% 96.9% 1.2% Mozambique
2000s 96.6% 96.6% 0.0% Mozambique
2010s 94.3% 95.2% 0.8% Sierra Leone
2020s 91.8% 95.1% 3.3% Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Mozambique or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 94.8% against 91.3% in Mozambique as of 2025.
What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Mozambique and Sierra Leone?
3.5%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sierra Leone?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Mozambique and Sierra Leone rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
Mozambique ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd 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

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.