Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Thailand
Thailand: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) was 49.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Thailand, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Thailand recorded 49.8% for self-employed, female (% of female employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Thailand peaked at 72.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 49.8%, in 2025.
Thailand ranks 63rd 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) in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 72.8% | — |
| 1992 | 72.6% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 69.4% | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 69.1% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 68.2% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 66.3% | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 65.4% | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 65.3% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 63.0% | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 65.8% | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 60.5% | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 61.2% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 60.3% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 57.5% | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 57.8% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 57.7% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 62.5% | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 57.9% | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 57.1% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 56.8% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 58.6% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 59.1% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 60.8% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 53.3% | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 52.2% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 51.3% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 50.7% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 51.6% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 50.3% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 50.6% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 52.6% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 51.5% | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 51.4% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 50.0% | -2.8% |
| 2025 | 49.8% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.0% | 63.0% | 72.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 59.8% | 57.1% | 65.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.5% | 50.3% | 60.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.0% | 49.8% | 52.6% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Thailand?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Thailand was 49.8% 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 72.8% in 1991.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.8% in 2025.
- How does Thailand rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Thailand ranks 63rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.