Employers, female (% of female employment) in Benin
Benin: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 0.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Benin, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.7% for employers, female (% of female employment) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 103.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Benin peaked at 0.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1991.
Benin ranks 162nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3% | — |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 0.3% | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +33.9% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +22.9% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | +0.7% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.7%, 43% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.4%, 51% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +33.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 159 Syrian Arab Republic 0.7% compare
- 160 Kuwait 0.7% compare
- 161 Romania 0.7% compare
- 163 Lithuania 0.7% compare
- 164 Bangladesh 0.7% compare
- 165 Mozambique 0.6% compare
More work & labour data for Benin
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4203 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.395 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4457 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3247 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.72 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 15,661 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 8,269 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 19,967 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 19,620 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 39,588 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Benin?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Benin was 0.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Benin ranks 162nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, 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), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).