Employers, female (% of female employment) in South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
South Asia (IDA & IBRD): Employers, female (% of female employment) was 0.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in South Asia (IDA & IBRD), 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, female (% of female employment) in South Asia (IDA & IBRD) is 0.6%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in South Asia (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1999.
That places South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 46th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in South Asia (IDA & IBRD), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.4% | — |
| 1992 | 0.4% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.4% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +38.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -24.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +15.6% |
| 2025 | 0.6% | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +38.1% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
More work & labour data for South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 33.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 42.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 33.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 59.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 81.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 35.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 19.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in South Asia (IDA & IBRD) was 0.6% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1999.
- How does South Asia (IDA & IBRD) rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ranks 46th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 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).