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Female employment as a % of employment: total and by situation in main occupation

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2021

49.5

1974

39.7

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Years	Situation in main occupation
	Total	Self-employed worker			Employee	Other situations
	Total	Total	Employer	Isolated	Employee	Other situations
1974	39.7	21.8	11.2	23.7	35.3	80.4
1975	38.8	22.7	10.7	24.8	34.3	79.6
1976	38.4	19.8	10.7	21.2	33.8	77.1
1977	38.4	19.2	9.8	20.5	33.4	77.4
1978	38.0	20.6	10.3	22.0	33.1	76.5
1979	38.8	23.0	12.0	24.5	34.0	75.5
1980	38.8	23.5	9.2	25.7	34.5	76.5
1981	39.9	25.3	8.9	27.8	35.4	77.3
1982	40.0	24.9	10.5	27.3	36.2	77.0
1983	┴39.4	┴38.3	┴17.2	┴42.0	┴37.0	┴67.0
1984	39.6	41.1	17.8	44.7	37.3	58.7
1985	40.0	39.6	16.9	43.2	38.3	60.1
1986	40.1	41.5	17.5	45.3	38.3	55.4
1987	40.9	42.6	17.5	46.5	39.1	56.5
1988	41.5	42.5	18.1	46.8	40.4	52.7
1989	41.7	42.4	20.5	46.6	40.8	54.3
1990	42.3	42.3	21.6	46.8	41.4	58.7
1991	43.1	42.8	22.0	47.7	42.1	62.8
1992	┴43.9	┴40.4	┴24.3	┴46.0	┴44.7	┴57.2
1993	44.2	41.1	25.4	46.6	44.9	57.5
1994	44.4	40.7	25.1	46.1	45.3	57.4
1995	44.6	39.8	25.0	44.7	45.9	56.7
1996	44.7	41.0	25.8	45.7	45.9	52.9
1997	44.9	42.2	27.5	46.3	45.7	57.8
1998	┴44.4	┴40.8	┴25.3	┴45.7	┴45.2	┴58.1
1999	44.9	41.2	24.7	46.5	45.6	59.1
2000	45.0	40.0	25.2	45.0	45.6	64.0
2001	45.1	39.7	23.7	45.0	46.1	66.8
2002	45.3	40.3	24.5	45.5	46.3	66.2
2003	45.8	41.3	26.3	46.4	46.9	60.3
2004	45.9	40.6	26.5	45.6	47.3	61.7
2005	46.4	41.8	25.6	47.1	47.4	62.1
2006	46.3	42.0	27.2	46.6	47.3	63.0
2007	46.5	41.7	28.6	45.8	47.7	60.6
2008	46.7	42.8	28.0	47.4	47.8	58.7
2009	47.4	41.7	26.6	46.3	49.0	60.8
2010	47.5	41.2	27.1	45.4	49.2	60.4
2011	┴47.6	┴33.5	┴27.5	┴36.8	┴50.1	┴61.5
2012	48.5	35.0	31.6	36.9	50.9	55.1
2013	48.8	36.6	30.4	39.9	51.1	53.8
2014	49.0	35.2	28.9	38.9	51.4	55.5
2015	49.2	35.6	28.6	39.5	51.4	56.4
2016	49.2	36.3	31.3	39.0	51.3	50.7
2017	49.1	35.8	30.2	39.0	51.2	51.6
2018	49.3	36.1	31.3	38.8	51.4	49.0
2019	49.4	37.1	32.1	39.7	51.4	56.6
2020	49.7	37.9	31.5	41.1	51.7	60.5
2021	49.5	37.9	31.0	41.7	51.6	41.2

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-02-14

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