Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) fell 0.277% to 80.0% in East Timor in 2023, according to .
Historically, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in East Timor reached an all time high of 85.9% in 2001 and an all time low of 80.0% in 2023. When compared to East Timor's main peers, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Australia amounted to 9.39%, 61.2% in Indonesia, 20.7% in Malaysia and 84.4% in Papua New Guinea in 2023.
East Timor has been ranked 35th within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce), 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Australia | % | 10.3% | 9.71% | 9.90% | 9.64% | 9.67% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | 61.1% | 61.4% | 61.8% | 62.0% | 61.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | 82.6% | 82.3% | 81.6% | 81.4% | 80.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 58.3% | 59.1% | 59.0% | 60.0% | 60.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 21.0% | 20.8% | 20.7% | 20.8% | 20.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | 16.5% | 16.3% | 16.0% | 15.8% | 16.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | 85.6% | 85.2% | 84.8% | 84.9% | 84.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 40.7% | 39.9% | 39.5% | 41.0% | 41.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 8.94% | 8.85% | 8.90% | 8.71% | 8.86% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 50.7% | 51.6% | 50.3% | 50.6% | 52.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 62.2% | 60.5% | 59.4% | 59.5% | 58.4% |