Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) was 9.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Luxembourg, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 9.8% for self-employed, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Luxembourg peaked at 10.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2008.
Luxembourg ranks 152nd of 187 countries on this measure, 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 Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10.3% | — |
| 1992 | 9.1% | -12.1% |
| 1993 | 10.2% | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 9.7% | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 10.1% | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 8.1% | -19.4% |
| 1997 | 7.7% | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 7.6% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 7.8% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 7.6% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | -18.6% |
| 2002 | 6.6% | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 6.6% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 6.6% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 6.5% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 6.3% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 5.9% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 7.2% | +31.4% |
| 2010 | 6.9% | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 7.5% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 7.6% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 7.3% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | +29.4% |
| 2016 | 9.7% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 8.6% | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 9.0% | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 8.4% | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 10.6% | +25.9% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 9.7% | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 9.8% | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 9.8% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.0% | 7.6% | 10.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 6.5% | 5.5% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 6.9% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 8.4% | 10.6% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Luxembourg?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Luxembourg was 9.8% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2008.
- How does Luxembourg rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Luxembourg ranks 152nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.