Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Macau, China
Macau, China: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) was 4.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Macau, China, 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 Macau, China is 4.2%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Macau, China peaked at 8.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2018.
That places Macau, China 181st 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.
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Macau, China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7.3% | — |
| 1992 | 7.2% | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 7.1% | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 7.0% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 7.0% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6.4% | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 5.9% | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 6.9% | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 8.0% | +16.9% |
| 2001 | 7.4% | -7.6% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 7.1% | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 6.5% | -14.1% |
| 2006 | 6.3% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | -14.7% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | -12.7% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 4.0% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 4.6% | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 4.7% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 4.5% | -3.8% |
| 2025 | 4.2% | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.9% | 5.9% | 7.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 4.7% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 3.5% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.8% | 4.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Macau, China
- 178 United Arab Emirates 5.2% compare
- 179 Hong Kong, China 4.7% compare
- 180 Channel Islands 4.5% compare
- 182 United States of America 3.8% compare
- 183 Norway 3.4% compare
- 184 Jordan 3.3% compare
More work & labour data for Macau, China
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.82 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 420.81 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 208.94 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.2761 % change on previous year (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 117,019 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 206,074 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.38 % change on previous year (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.74 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.99 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.769 (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Macau, China?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Macau, China was 4.2% 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 Macau, China?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Macau, China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2018.
- How does Macau, China rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Macau, China ranks 181st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Macau, China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Macau, China 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.