Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) was 1.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in Timor-Leste, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in Timor-Leste stood at 1.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 83.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in Timor-Leste peaked at 8.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2023.
That places Timor-Leste 183rd 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.
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4.8% | — |
| 1992 | 5.1% | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 5.5% | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 5.6% | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 5.8% | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 6.0% | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 6.0% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 5.5% | -8.4% |
| 1999 | 6.1% | +10.9% |
| 2000 | 6.7% | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 7.0% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 5.1% | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 5.1% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 4.6% | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | +15.5% |
| 2009 | 6.8% | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 6.8% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 8.3% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 8.2% | +31.9% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | -80.5% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -27.0% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | +37.1% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | -0.8% |
Timor-Leste compared with similar countries
- Timor-Leste's 1.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.5%, 12% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Timor-Leste's 1.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.9%, 14% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in Timor-Leste 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 | -80.5% | 7.4% | 1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.6% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 4.6% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 6.2% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 1.0% | 7.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 180 Papua New Guinea 2.4% compare
- 181 Luxembourg 2.2% compare
- 182 Angola 1.7% compare
- 184 South Sudan 1.3% compare
- 185 Mozambique 1.2% compare
- 186 Djibouti 0.9% compare
More work & labour data for Timor-Leste
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 321 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 67.53 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 667.78 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.77 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.22 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 11,687 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 3,450 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 66.34 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.18 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.55 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in Timor-Leste?
- Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in Timor-Leste was 1.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employment in industry, female (% of female employment) recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest employment in industry, female (% of female employment) recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2023.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for employment in industry, female (% of female employment)?
- Timor-Leste ranks 183rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment in industry, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).