Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) rose 113% to 16.2% in Syria in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Syria reached an all time high of 58.7% in 1991 and an all time low of 7.61% in 2019. When compared to Syria's main peers, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Iraq amounted to 9.61%, 3.37% in Jordan, 15.6% in Lebanon and 32.2% in Turkey in 2020.
Syria has been ranked 114th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce), 2 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 |
| Bulgaria | % | 9.33% | 8.82% | 8.93% | 9.04% | 8.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | % | 12.3% | 11.5% | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 30.4% | 29.6% | 29.5% | 29.2% | 28.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 43.0% | 43.7% | 44.8% | 43.8% | 44.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 27.3% | 22.1% | 16.1% | 9.16% | 5.94% | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 8.36% | 8.41% | 8.57% | 8.52% | 9.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 2.47% | 2.42% | 2.37% | 2.34% | 2.31% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 0.360% | 0.310% | 0.600% | 0.530% | 0.520% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 14.5% | 14.6% | 14.6% | 14.6% | 14.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 1.39% | 1.35% | 1.30% | 1.32% | 1.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 10.3% | 9.57% | 9.06% | 8.52% | 8.08% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 39.5% | 37.9% | 36.3% | 36.3% | 34.5% |
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