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Employment rate, aged 15-64, female (% of female labor force in working age) by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
1.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.3%
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Employment rate, aged 15-64, female (% of female labor force in working age) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.3% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244).

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 77.9%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 32.0%).

Employment rate, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 11.6% rising
2 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 4.3% flat
3 Senegal 1.0% 2018 up 16.2% rising
4 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 0.9% flat
5 Cambodia 1.0% 2012 up 1.5% flat
6 Thailand 1.0% 2021 down 0.8% flat
7 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 7.5% flat
8 Guatemala 1.0% 2019 up 2.0% flat
9 China 1.0% 2013 up 4.2% rising
10 Nepal 1.0% 2014 down 0.7% flat
11 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 5.4% flat
12 Iceland 1.0% 2015 down 0.8% flat
13 Belarus 1.0% 2010 down 1.7% flat
14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2018 up 0.2% flat
15 Guinea 1.0% 2018 down 2.0% flat
16 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 down 1.4% flat
17 Tajikistan 1.0% 2013 down 0.7% rising
18 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 2.0% flat
19 Indonesia 1.0% 2019 up 2.7% flat
20 Romania 1.0% 2018 down 0.3% rising
21 Mozambique 1.0% 2014 down 2.4% flat
22 Uganda 1.0% 2016 down 1.6% flat
23 Mexico 1.0% 2020 up 2.2% flat
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 down 1.0% flat
25 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 0.9% flat
26 Nigeria 1.0% 2018 up 5.1% falling
27 Austria 1.0% 2003 up 0.6% flat
28 United States of America 1.0% 2018 up 6.1% flat
29 El Salvador 1.0% 2019 down 0.5% flat
30 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 2.5% rising
31 Ecuador 0.9% 2021 up 1.3% flat
32 Ethiopia 0.9% 2021 down 4.1% flat
33 Peru 0.9% 2021 down 1.8% flat
34 Kenya 0.9% 2019 up 4.2% rising
35 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2020 up 0.4% flat
36 Denmark 0.9% 2016 down 0.2% flat
37 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 0.8% flat
38 India 0.9% 2019 down 2.7% flat
39 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 3.9% rising
40 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 up 1.3% rising
41 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2013 down 0.1% rising
42 Sweden 0.9% 2016 down 1.7% flat
43 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 1.4% flat
44 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% 2011 up 5.4% rising
45 Mongolia 0.9% 2021 down 3.4% flat
46 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 down 6.2% falling
47 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 3.2% rising
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2021 down 5.1% flat
49 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 3.7% flat
50 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 7.3% flat
51 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 down 4.6% flat
52 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 20.2% rising
53 Honduras 0.9% 2019 down 4.5% flat
54 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 down 8.1% falling
55 Argentina 0.9% 2021 up 0.8% flat
56 Paraguay 0.9% 2021 down 1.3% flat
57 Bangladesh 0.9% 2016 down 2.1% flat
58 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 2.0% falling
59 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 0.6% flat
60 Germany 0.9% 2011 down 1.2% flat
61 Armenia 0.9% 2020 up 26.4% rising
62 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 down 1.7% rising
63 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 1.4% flat
64 Czechia 0.9% 2016 up 6.7% flat
65 Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 5.9% rising
66 Mauritius 0.9% 2017 up 5.4% flat
67 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 2.3% flat
68 France 0.9% 2016 up 0.5% flat
69 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 2.6% falling
70 Finland 0.9% 2016 down 2.8% rising
71 Panama 0.9% 2021 down 7.4% rising
72 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 up 1.0% rising
73 Ukraine 0.9% 2014 up 7.3% rising
74 Zambia 0.9% 2015 down 9.2% flat
75 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 7.1% flat
76 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 6.8% falling
77 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 down 4.1% falling
78 Serbia 0.9% 2018 up 11.4% rising
79 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 up 23.2% rising
80 Bulgaria 0.8% 2016 down 7.6% falling
81 Puerto Rico 0.8% 2005 up 8.0% falling
82 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 down 2.5% falling
83 Portugal 0.8% 2016 down 5.6% falling
84 Morocco 0.8% 2013 down 7.6% flat
85 Brazil 0.8% 2021 down 9.3% falling
86 Colombia 0.8% 2021 down 4.5% flat
87 Slovenia 0.8% 2016 down 4.6% falling
88 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 down 14.0% falling
89 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 7.6% flat
90 Jamaica 0.8% 2002 up 28.4% rising
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2019 up 16.9% flat
92 Namibia 0.8% 2015 down 8.6% flat
93 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 8.4% flat
94 Egypt 0.8% 2019 down 1.9% falling
95 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 19.4% falling
96 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 down 12.7% falling
97 Croatia 0.7% 2016 up 7.8% rising
98 Spain 0.7% 2016 down 11.9% flat
99 Greece 0.7% 2016 down 16.7% falling
100 South Africa 0.7% 2020 down 5.6% rising
101 Albania 0.6% 2019 down 23.4% falling
102 Gambia 0.6% 2020 down 30.4% flat
103 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2018 down 32.0% rising
104 Djibouti 0.6% 2017 up 38.4% rising
105 Georgia 0.6% 2020 down 31.1% falling
106 Jordan 0.6% 2016 down 1.4% falling
107 Kosovo 0.3% 2017 up 77.9% rising
107 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.3% 2017 up 77.9% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Employment rate, aged 15-64, female (% of female labor force in working age)
Unit
% of female labor force in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,528 data points, 1970–2021
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