Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) rose 3.28% to 8.35% in Bulgaria in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 13.9% in 1991 and an all time low of 8.08% in 2019. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Greece amounted to 28.2%, 22.7% in Romania, 22.9% in Serbia and 32.2% in Turkey in 2020.
Bulgaria has been ranked 148th 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 |
| Albania | % | 58.7% | 57.3% | 56.7% | 54.9% | 53.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 22.2% | 23.0% | 23.9% | 24.7% | 21.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 9.33% | 8.82% | 8.93% | 9.04% | 8.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | 12.4% | 12.3% | 10.6% | 9.97% | 9.98% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 30.4% | 29.6% | 29.5% | 29.2% | 28.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 7.78% | 7.98% | 8.19% | 8.26% | 8.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 43.0% | 43.7% | 44.8% | 43.8% | 44.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 27.3% | 22.1% | 16.1% | 9.16% | 5.94% | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 21.8% | 21.3% | 19.8% | 19.5% | 19.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | % | 27.6% | 30.8% | 33.0% | 30.3% | 28.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | 31.7% | 27.8% | 25.0% | 24.5% | 23.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 27.1% | 24.8% | 26.5% | 26.4% | 23.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 39.5% | 37.9% | 36.3% | 36.3% | 34.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 14.1% | 13.9% | 13.4% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
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