Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Belize
Belize: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) was 37.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Belize, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Belize recorded 37.0% for self-employed, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Belize peaked at 37.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 26.4%, in 1996.
Belize ranks 84th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 27.3% | — |
| 1992 | 27.2% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 27.1% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 27.2% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 27.2% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 26.4% | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 26.5% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 26.8% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 26.8% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 26.9% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 27.0% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 27.1% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 27.4% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 27.5% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 27.6% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 27.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 27.7% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 27.7% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 27.9% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 28.0% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 28.1% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 28.3% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 28.4% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 28.7% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 28.7% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 35.0% | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 32.5% | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 31.0% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 37.0% | +19.3% |
| 2020 | 37.4% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 36.8% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 37.1% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 37.2% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 37.1% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 37.0% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.0% | 26.4% | 27.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 27.4% | 26.9% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.6% | 28.0% | 37.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.1% | 36.8% | 37.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Belize?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Belize was 37.0% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 37.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.4% in 1996.
- How does Belize rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Belize ranks 84th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, 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. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.