Employers, female (% of female employment) in IDA total
IDA total: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 3.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in IDA total, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, female (% of female employment) in IDA total is 3.3%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in IDA total peaked at 3.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2010.
IDA total ranks 8th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in IDA total, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.6% | — |
| 1992 | 2.6% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 2.6% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 2.6% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 2.7% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 2.7% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 2.7% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 2.7% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 2.7% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 2.7% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 3.3% | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 3.3% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 5 Sao Tome and Principe 8.6% compare
- 6 Tonga 8.4% compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 8.3% compare
- 8 Honduras 7.2% compare
- 9 Ghana 6.8% compare
- 10 Somalia 6.2% compare
- 11 Papua New Guinea 6.0% compare
More work & labour data for IDA total
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 41.7% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 71.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 75.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 54.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 52.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 50.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 65.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 77.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 48.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in IDA total?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in IDA total was 3.3% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2010.
- How does IDA total rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- IDA total ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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).