Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Own-account workers, female (% of female employment)
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 87.0% against 46.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 40.4%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Somalia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 2nd of 187 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.4% | 54.2% | 33.1% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 87.1% | 50.1% | 36.9% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 87.0% | 47.5% | 39.5% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher own-account workers, female (% of female employment), Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Somalia, at 87.0% against 46.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2016.
- What is the difference in own-account workers, female (% of female employment) between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 40.4%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2016.
- How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for own-account workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Somalia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 2nd 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.
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About this data
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".