Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) rose 3.52% to 36.1% in Maldives in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Maldives reached an all time high of 60.4% in 1991 and an all time low of 28.9% in 2009. When compared to Maldives's main peers, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in India amounted to 76.4%, 58.3% in Indonesia, 9.17% in Singapore and 43.9% in Sri Lanka in 2020.
Maldives has been ranked 83rd within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce), 16 places above 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 |
| Australia | % | 12.6% | 12.6% | 12.6% | 12.4% | 12.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | % | 76.2% | 74.1% | 72.0% | 68.9% | 67.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 48.4% | 48.1% | 47.9% | 47.6% | 46.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 81.4% | 80.4% | 79.4% | 78.2% | 76.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 60.4% | 58.5% | 58.1% | 58.4% | 59.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 24.9% | 27.1% | 26.5% | 26.5% | 28.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 42.0% | 38.2% | 35.0% | 35.1% | 35.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 65.4% | 64.6% | 63.8% | 63.1% | 66.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 73.5% | 75.2% | 76.0% | 73.9% | 71.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 44.9% | 43.4% | 42.1% | 40.7% | 39.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 9.79% | 8.99% | 9.05% | 9.30% | 9.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 45.5% | 45.2% | 44.4% | 44.6% | 42.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 53.3% | 52.2% | 51.3% | 50.6% | 51.6% |
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