Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Venezuela
Venezuela: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 37.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Venezuela, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Venezuela stood at 37.8%.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Venezuela peaked at 41.9% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 28.6%, in 1991.
That places Venezuela 79th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 28.6% | — |
| 1992 | 28.7% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 28.7% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 28.8% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 31.3% | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 33.8% | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 33.1% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 39.1% | +18.1% |
| 1999 | 39.8% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 40.8% | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 41.9% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 40.8% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 41.1% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 37.2% | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 36.8% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 35.7% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 34.9% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 34.7% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 35.2% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 35.9% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 35.3% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 34.1% | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 33.0% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 32.1% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 31.5% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 30.8% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 32.2% | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 34.2% | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 36.0% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 35.9% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 34.4% | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 36.1% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 37.0% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 37.5% | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 37.8% | +0.9% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 37.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.6%, 52% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 37.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30.5%, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.4% | 28.6% | 39.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 37.9% | 34.7% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.5% | 30.8% | 36.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.5% | 34.4% | 37.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More work & labour data for Venezuela
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,601 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 51.65 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 11,326 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.73 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.69 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 30,625 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 10,899 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 48.69 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.43 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.9762 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Venezuela?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Venezuela was 37.8% 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 Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 41.9% in 2001.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.6% in 1991.
- How does Venezuela rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Venezuela ranks 79th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.