As of 2021, slightly over 0.9 percent of female employment in Nigeria were self-employed women. Between 2006 and 2013, the share steadily increased. In contrast, from 2014 onwards, self-employment among the female population gradually decreased.
Female employers as a share of total female employment in Nigeria from 2006 to 2021
The source defines employers as "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)."
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World Bank. (October 26, 2023). Female employers as a share of total female employment in Nigeria from 2006 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288137/share-of-female-employers-in-nigeria/
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