Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO) in East Timor
East Timor: Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO) was 14.8% in 2016. ▼ Falling
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) in East Timor, 1991–2016
Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 14.8% for own-account workers, female (% of female employment) in 2016. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.8% on the previous year and up 78.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, own-account workers, female (% of female employment) in East Timor peaked at 14.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 1999.
That places East Timor 110th out of 187 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO) in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12.3% | — |
| 1992 | 12.2% | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 12.0% | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 12.0% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 12.2% | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 12.1% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 12.4% | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 12.1% | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 7.3% | -39.5% |
| 2000 | 10.7% | +46.7% |
| 2001 | 11.5% | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 9.3% | -18.8% |
| 2003 | 9.2% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 8.3% | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 9.8% | +18.0% |
| 2008 | 10.5% | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 11.0% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 11.0% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 10.2% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | +44.8% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 14.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 34.8%, 43% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 14.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 17.4%, 85% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO) in East Timor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +46.7% | 7.3% | 10.7% |
| 2016 | +44.8% | 10.2% | 14.8% |
| 1999 | -39.5% | 12.1% | 7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.6% | 7.3% | 12.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 8.3% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 10.2% | 14.8% | 7 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 107 Uzbekistan 16.4% compare
- 108 North Macedonia 15.6% compare
- 109 Turkmenistan 15.4% compare
- 111 Ukraine 13.8% compare
- 112 Iraq 13.7% compare
- 113 South Korea 13.7% compare
More gender data for East Timor
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 462.75 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4702 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1,057 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1,057 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 14,331 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 15,248 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 14,172 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 15,056 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 14,127 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is own-account workers, female (% of female employment) in East Timor?
- Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) in East Timor was 14.8% in 2016, according to International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017.
- What is the highest own-account workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 14.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest own-account workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 1999.
- How does East Timor rank for own-account workers, female (% of female employment)?
- East Timor ranks 110th out of 187 countries with data for 2016.
- Is own-account workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in March 2017, published as part of Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Own-account workers are workers who, working on their own account or with one or more more partners, hold the types of jobs defined as "self-employment jobs" and have not engaged on a continuous basis any employees to work for them. Own account workers are a subcategory of "self-employed".