Suriname vs Palestine: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)

Suriname
20.7%
in 2025
Palestine
22.9%
in 2022
Suriname rank
118th
Palestine rank
115th

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

  • Suriname
  • Palestine
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How they compare

Palestine currently reports 22.9% against 20.7% in Suriname, a difference of 2.2%.

That makes Palestine's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Palestine ahead.

Suriname ranks 118th and Palestine ranks 115th of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Suriname Palestine Difference Ahead
1990s 13.6% 49.5% 35.9% Palestine
2000s 14.4% 41.9% 27.5% Palestine
2010s 19.7% 31.2% 11.4% Palestine
2020s 21.2% 22.2% 0.9% Palestine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Suriname or Palestine?
Palestine, at 22.9% against 20.7% in Suriname as of 2022.
What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Suriname and Palestine?
2.2%, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Palestine?
32 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2022.
How do Suriname and Palestine rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
Suriname ranks 118th and Palestine ranks 115th 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.