Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Syria
Syria: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 23.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Syria, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Syria stood at 23.4%.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Syria peaked at 61.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 17.0%, in 2011.
Syria ranks 110th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Syria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 61.4% | — |
| 1992 | 60.4% | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 59.4% | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 59.1% | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 58.3% | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 58.0% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 57.5% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 56.7% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 54.7% | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 53.4% | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 53.3% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 48.7% | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 44.1% | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 39.6% | -10.1% |
| 2005 | 34.9% | -11.9% |
| 2006 | 30.3% | -13.1% |
| 2007 | 31.1% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 28.1% | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 21.6% | -23.1% |
| 2010 | 24.1% | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 17.0% | -29.7% |
| 2012 | 18.0% | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 21.1% | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 23.6% | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 24.6% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 25.3% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 25.5% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 25.3% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 24.9% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 25.0% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 24.2% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 24.4% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 24.0% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 23.7% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 23.4% | -1.0% |
Syria compared with similar countries
- Syria's 23.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 86.7%, 27% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Syria's 23.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 22.9%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Syria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -29.7% | 24.1% | 17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.4% | 54.7% | 61.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 38.5% | 21.6% | 53.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.9% | 17.0% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.1% | 23.4% | 25.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More work & labour data for Syria
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 12,499 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 36.74 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,259 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 13.9 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 3.36 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 14,788 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 2,364 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 31.63 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.65 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 3.31 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Syria?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Syria was 23.4% 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 61.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.0% in 2011.
- How does Syria rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Syria ranks 110th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syria 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.