The statistic shows the estimated self-employment rate among working women in China in selected years from 2011 to 2021. In 2021, approximately 44.9 percent of working women in China were self-employed. The figure has been gradually declining in the past decade.
Self-employment rate among working women in China from 2011 to 2021
Characteristic
Share of female employment
2021
44.9%
2020
46%
2019
46.55%
2018
47.49%
2017
48.81%
2016
49.81%
2015
50.77%
2014
51.75%
2013
52.82%
2012
53.93%
2011
55.07%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of female employment55.07%55.07%53.93%53.93%52.82%52.82%51.75%51.75%50.77%50.77%49.81%49.81%48.81%48.81%47.49%47.49%46.55%46.55%46%46%44.9%44.9%20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
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Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.
Figures have been rounded.
According to the source, the data are ILO estimates.
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World Bank. (May 12, 2023). Self-employment rate among working women in China from 2011 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/916367/china-self-employment-rate-among-working-women/
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