Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brunei
Brunei: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 8.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Brunei, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Brunei is 8.8%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Brunei peaked at 10.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 2022.
That places Brunei 157th out of 187 countries 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.
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6.7% | — |
| 1992 | 6.7% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 6.8% | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 6.9% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 6.9% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 6.9% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 6.9% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 7.0% | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 6.9% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 6.8% | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 6.9% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 6.9% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 6.8% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 6.8% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 6.8% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 6.9% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 8.6% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 10.8% | +26.0% |
| 2020 | 10.8% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 8.9% | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | -27.3% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | +40.2% |
| 2024 | 8.9% | -1.1% |
| 2025 | 8.8% | -1.4% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 8.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.7%, 91% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 8.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 37.3%, 24% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brunei 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +40.2% | 6.4% | 9.0% |
| 2022 | -27.3% | 8.9% | 6.4% |
| 2019 | +26.0% | 8.6% | 10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.9% | 6.7% | 7.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 7.5% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 6.4% | 10.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More work & labour data for Brunei
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 137.72 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.56 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 240.28 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.43 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.08 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 172,284 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 64,415 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 60.11 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.06 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.5234 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Brunei?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Brunei was 8.8% 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 Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 2022.
- How does Brunei rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Brunei ranks 157th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei 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.