Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO) in East Timor
East Timor: Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO) was 1.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in East Timor, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in East Timor 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 East Timor peaked at 8.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2023.
That places East Timor 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) (modeled ILO) in East Timor, 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% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 1.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.5%, 12% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor'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) (modeled ILO) in East Timor 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 East Timor
- 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 East Timor
- 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 East Timor?
- Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) in East Timor 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest employment in industry, female (% of female employment) recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2023.
- How does East Timor rank for employment in industry, female (% of female employment)?
- East Timor ranks 183rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment in industry, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor 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).