Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) fell 0.230% to 92.4% in Benin in 2023, according to .
Historically, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Benin reached an all time high of 96.8% in 1991 and an all time low of 92.4% in 2023. When compared to Benin's main peers, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Burkina Faso amounted to 86.7%, 96.0% in Niger, 89.2% in Nigeria and 90.8% in Togo in 2023.
Benin has been ranked 9th within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce), 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | % | 25.4% | 25.2% | 25.4% | 25.2% | 25.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 94.4% | 94.2% | 94.0% | 93.8% | 93.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 87.4% | 87.1% | 86.9% | 87.2% | 86.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 83.2% | 82.1% | 81.1% | 80.4% | 79.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 96.8% | 96.6% | 96.6% | 96.6% | 96.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 83.6% | 83.2% | 82.9% | 83.0% | 82.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 81.9% | 82.3% | 82.8% | 83.6% | 84.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 8.84% | 8.58% | 8.74% | 8.72% | 8.73% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 89.1% | 87.9% | 90.5% | 93.0% | 92.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 97.0% | 96.7% | 96.3% | 96.3% | 96.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 90.0% | 89.7% | 89.3% | 89.7% | 89.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 93.0% | 92.8% | 92.7% | 92.4% | 91.8% |
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