Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) fell 2.48% to 12.5% in Portugal in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Portugal reached an all time high of 35.1% in 1987 and an all time low of 12.4% in 2018. When compared to Portugal's main peers, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in France amounted to 8.32%, 7.72% in Ireland, 59.9% in Morocco and 11.7% in Spain in 2020.
Portugal has been ranked 125th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce), 9 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | % | 26.0% | 25.9% | 25.6% | 25.4% | 25.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 10.9% | 11.1% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 10.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 11.7% | 11.9% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 12.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 8.15% | 8.15% | 8.37% | 8.52% | 8.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 7.98% | 7.75% | 7.65% | 7.55% | 7.29% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 8.37% | 7.96% | 7.97% | 7.91% | 8.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 8.28% | 8.38% | 8.52% | 7.90% | 7.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 18.5% | 18.3% | 18.1% | 17.0% | 16.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 73.6% | 75.3% | 75.8% | 77.0% | 76.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 65.1% | 63.8% | 62.3% | 60.8% | 58.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 14.9% | 13.9% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 12.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 12.9% | 12.8% | 12.7% | 12.2% | 11.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 17.3% | 16.0% | 15.4% | 14.9% | 14.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 10.5% | 10.4% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 10.9% |
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