Somalia vs Yemen: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Somalia
- Yemen
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 66.4% against 65.2% in Yemen, a difference of 1.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 46th and Yemen ranks 48th of 187 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.3% | 65.7% | 4.6% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 69.2% | 64.3% | 4.9% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 66.9% | 66.6% | 0.3% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 66.7% | 65.9% | 0.8% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Somalia or Yemen?
- Somalia, at 66.4% against 65.2% in Yemen as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Somalia and Yemen?
- 1.2%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Yemen rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Somalia ranks 46th and Yemen ranks 48th 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.