Employers, female (% of female employment) in Albania
Albania: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 2.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Albania, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, female (% of female employment) in Albania is 2.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 150.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Albania peaked at 2.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2009.
Albania ranks 66th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.8% | — |
| 1992 | 0.8% | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -39.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -40.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +30.1% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +155.7% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -15.6% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -48.6% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +77.9% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +34.6% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | -15.6% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +17.0% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | +49.2% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 2.5% | +1.3% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 2.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 1.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Albania's 2.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.0%, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +155.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| 2015 | +77.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| 2014 | -48.6% | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| 2023 | +49.2% | 1.6% | 2.4% |
| 2009 | -40.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| 2008 | -39.1% | 1.0% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More work & labour data for Albania
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.31 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.32 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.29 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.33 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.217 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 2,083 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 580.32 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 580.03 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 604.96 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,185 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Albania?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Albania was 2.5% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2009.
- How does Albania rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Albania ranks 66th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 150.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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).