Employers, female (% of female employment) in Maldives
Maldives: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 1.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Maldives, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1.0% for employers, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Maldives peaked at 2.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2019.
That places Maldives 143rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.4% | — |
| 1992 | 1.4% | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 1.5% | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 1.6% | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 1.6% | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 1.7% | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 1.8% | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 2.0% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -18.0% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -19.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 1.0% | +1.7% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 45% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 1.0% is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More work & labour data for Maldives
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.3002 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4913 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1384 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.545 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 310.55 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 265.89 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 257.6 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 217.32 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 474.92 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Maldives?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Maldives was 1.0% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2019.
- How does Maldives rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Maldives ranks 143rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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).