Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland

Ireland: Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female was 0.0% in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
0.0%
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
95th
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.1%
in 1989
All-time low
0.0%
in 2008
Years of data
16
1983–2016

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland, 1983–2016

00.020.040.061983199920161983: 0.062 % of female employed population in working age1984: 0.06 % of female employed population in working age1985: 0.063 % of female employed population in working age1986: 0.062 % of female employed population in working age1987: 0.062 % of female employed population in working age1989: 0.066 % of female employed population in working age2004: 0.044 % of female employed population in working age2005: 0.044 % of female employed population in working age2006: 0.038 % of female employed population in working age2007: 0.039 % of female employed population in working age2008: 0.035 % of female employed population in working age2009: 0.038 % of female employed population in working age2013: 0.041 % of female employed population in working age2014: 0.04 % of female employed population in working age2015: 0.037 % of female employed population in working age2016: 0.037 % of female employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of female employed population in working age.

Analysis

In 2016, self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland stood at 0.0%.

The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland peaked at 0.1% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2008.

Ireland ranks 95th of 106 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) in Ireland, 1983 to 2016.
Year % of female employed population in working age Change
1983 0.1%
1984 0.1% -2.6%
1985 0.1% +5.0%
1986 0.1% -1.5%
1987 0.1% -0.0%
1989 0.1% +6.0%
2004 0.0% -33.9%
2005 0.0% +1.6%
2006 0.0% -13.6%
2007 0.0% +1.3%
2008 0.0% -10.5%
2009 0.0% +8.6%
2013 0.0% +7.9%
2014 0.0% -2.2%
2015 0.0% -6.4%
2016 0.0% -1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 6
2000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6
2010s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 92 United States of America 0.0% compare
  2. 93 Bulgaria 0.0% compare
  3. 94 Estonia 0.0% compare
  4. 96 Ukraine 0.0% compare
  5. 97 Norway 0.0% compare
  6. 98 Malta 0.0% compare

See the full ranking of 106 places →

More reference data data for Ireland

All data for Ireland →

Frequently asked questions

What is self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland?
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland was 0.0% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female recorded in Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 1989.
What is the lowest self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2008.
How does Ireland rank for self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female?
Ireland ranks 95th out of 106 countries with data for 2016.
Is self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ireland data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland. Statizoid. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/self-employed-workers-aged-15-64-female-percent-of-female-employed-population-in-working/ireland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/self-employed-workers-aged-15-64-female-percent-of-female-employed-population-in-working/ireland/">Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female in Ireland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Self-employed workers, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed