Timor-Leste vs Zambia: Self-employed, female (% of female employment)
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) over time
- Timor-Leste
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 80.1% against 79.8% in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.3%.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
Timor-Leste ranks 32nd and Zambia ranks 31st of 187 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.6% | 93.4% | 10.8% | Zambia |
| 2000s | 81.0% | 93.8% | 12.8% | Zambia |
| 2010s | 80.4% | 88.0% | 7.6% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 80.3% | 81.7% | 1.4% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, female (% of female employment), Timor-Leste or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 80.1% against 79.8% in Timor-Leste as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, female (% of female employment) between Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 0.3%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Timor-Leste and Zambia rank globally for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Timor-Leste ranks 32nd and Zambia ranks 31st 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.