Egypt vs Puerto Rico: Own-account workers, female (% of female employment)

Egypt
8.4%
in 2016
Puerto Rico
8.5%
in 2016
Egypt rank
146th
Puerto Rico rank
143rd

Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) over time

  • Egypt
  • Puerto Rico
468101214199120032016

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 8.5% against 8.4% in Egypt, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 146th and Puerto Rico ranks 143rd of 187 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Puerto Rico Difference Ahead
1990s 11.5% 5.5% 6.1% Egypt
2000s 12.1% 7.1% 5.0% Egypt
2010s 11.0% 8.0% 3.0% Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher own-account workers, female (% of female employment), Egypt or Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico, at 8.5% against 8.4% in Egypt as of 2016.
What is the difference in own-account workers, female (% of female employment) between Egypt and Puerto Rico?
0.1%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Puerto Rico?
26 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2016.
How do Egypt and Puerto Rico rank globally for own-account workers, female (% of female employment)?
Egypt ranks 146th and Puerto Rico ranks 143rd of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017, published as Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Egypt vs Puerto Rico: Own-account workers, female (% of female employment). Statizoid, drawing on International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/own-account-workers-female-percent-of-female-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/egypt-arab-rep/puerto-rico-us/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/own-account-workers-female-percent-of-female-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/egypt-arab-rep/puerto-rico-us/">Egypt vs Puerto Rico: Own-account workers, female (% of female employment)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 5,537 data points, 1991–2016
Last refreshed

Own-account workers are workers who, working on their own account or with one or more more partners, hold the types of jobs defined as "self-employment jobs" and have not engaged on a continuous basis any employees to work for them. Own account workers are a subcategory of "self-employed".