Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Czechia
Czechia: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) was 11.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Czechia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Czechia recorded 11.4% for self-employed, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Czechia peaked at 13.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 1991.
That places Czechia 141st 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) in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6.3% | — |
| 1992 | 6.6% | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 6.8% | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 7.2% | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 8.7% | +19.8% |
| 1996 | 8.6% | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 8.6% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 9.8% | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 10.3% | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 10.2% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 10.2% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 10.7% | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 11.5% | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 10.9% | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 10.4% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 10.9% | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 10.5% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 12.9% | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 13.4% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 13.0% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 12.8% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 12.8% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 12.9% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 12.4% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 12.3% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 12.6% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 11.6% | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 11.2% | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 11.5% | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 11.4% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.1% | 6.3% | 10.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 10.7% | 10.2% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 12.2% | 13.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7% | 11.2% | 12.6% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Czechia?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Czechia was 11.4% 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 Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 1991.
- How does Czechia rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Czechia ranks 141st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia 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.