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

Countries reporting
108
Highest
1.0%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.1%
Palestine
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Labor force participation 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 Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.1% in Palestine.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 190.9%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 56.3%).

Labor force participation rate, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 1.0% 2018 up 48.0% rising
2 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 17.0% rising
3 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 190.9% rising
4 Ghana 0.9% 2016 up 32.8% rising
5 Senegal 0.9% 2018 up 166.3% rising
6 Georgia 0.9% 2020 up 43.2% rising
7 Madagascar 0.9% 2012 up 22.5% rising
8 Nepal 0.8% 2014 up 8.2% flat
9 Mozambique 0.8% 2014 down 6.0% flat
10 Sweden 0.8% 2016 up 1.0% rising
11 Uganda 0.8% 2016 down 6.2% rising
12 Belarus 0.8% 2010 down 1.6% flat
13 Portugal 0.8% 2016 up 7.6% rising
14 Latvia 0.7% 2016 up 6.1% rising
15 Estonia 0.7% 2016 up 7.5% rising
16 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 up 22.4% rising
17 Malawi 0.7% 2019 down 2.0% rising
18 France 0.7% 2016 up 7.5% rising
19 Spain 0.7% 2016 up 21.0% rising
20 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 up 7.7% flat
21 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 up 8.2% rising
22 Peru 0.7% 2021 down 3.1% rising
23 Norway 0.7% 2016 down 0.0% rising
24 Finland 0.7% 2016 down 0.1% flat
25 Slovenia 0.7% 2016 up 10.3% rising
26 Denmark 0.7% 2016 up 3.8% falling
27 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 up 14.6% rising
28 United Kingdom 0.7% 2016 up 3.3% rising
29 Germany 0.7% 2011 up 9.6% rising
30 Netherlands 0.7% 2016 up 12.4% rising
31 Iceland 0.7% 2015 down 13.2% falling
32 Nigeria 0.7% 2018 up 2.3% rising
33 Guinea 0.7% 2018 down 12.2% falling
34 Czechia 0.7% 2016 up 7.0% rising
35 United States 0.7% 2018 down 3.1% rising
36 Tanzania 0.7% 2020 down 10.6% falling
37 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 0.4% rising
38 Croatia 0.7% 2016 up 8.5% rising
39 Armenia 0.7% 2020 up 7.2% rising
40 Thailand 0.7% 2021 down 6.3% falling
41 Russia 0.7% 2016 down 9.0% falling
42 Hungary 0.7% 2016 up 10.2% rising
43 Kenya 0.6% 2019 up 1.0% rising
44 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 down 21.3% falling
45 Cambodia 0.6% 2012 down 21.8% falling
46 Austria 0.6% 2003 up 2.6% flat
47 Laos 0.6% 2018 down 25.4% rising
48 Albania 0.6% 2019 up 22.7% rising
49 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 up 6.3% rising
50 Poland 0.6% 2019 down 0.1% rising
51 Bolivia 0.6% 2021 down 3.7% flat
52 Ireland 0.6% 2016 up 7.3% rising
53 Greece 0.6% 2016 up 10.2% rising
54 Luxembourg 0.6% 2016 up 4.2% rising
55 China 0.6% 2013 down 13.5% falling
56 Italy 0.6% 2016 up 14.5% rising
57 Argentina 0.6% 2021 up 7.9% rising
58 Romania 0.6% 2018 up 14.9% falling
59 Serbia 0.6% 2018 up 0.9% rising
60 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 up 15.2% flat
61 Ethiopia 0.6% 2021 down 13.2% rising
62 Ukraine 0.6% 2014 down 3.0% flat
63 South Korea 0.6% 2017 up 16.2% rising
64 Brazil 0.6% 2021 down 3.3% rising
65 Colombia 0.6% 2021 down 5.0% rising
66 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6% 2011 up 22.4% rising
67 Chile 0.6% 2017 up 18.4% rising
68 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 12.9% rising
69 Moldova 0.6% 2021 down 26.5% falling
70 Belgium 0.6% 2003 up 11.0% rising
71 Mongolia 0.6% 2021 up 4.3% falling
72 Malta 0.6% 2016 up 28.2% rising
73 Indonesia 0.5% 2019 up 8.0% flat
74 Namibia 0.5% 2015 down 29.5% flat
75 North Macedonia 0.5% 2020 up 4.1% rising
76 Venezuela 0.5% 2006 up 23.3% rising
77 Panama 0.5% 2021 up 4.0% rising
78 Nicaragua 0.5% 2014 up 8.1% rising
79 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2013 up 27.7% rising
80 Costa Rica 0.5% 2021 down 2.5% rising
81 Montenegro 0.5% 2010 down 15.0% falling
82 El Salvador 0.5% 2019 up 1.7% rising
83 Philippines 0.5% 2019 down 2.5% flat
84 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 down 15.5% falling
85 Mexico 0.5% 2020 up 8.4% rising
86 Kosovo 0.5% 2017 down 6.0% rising
86 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.5% 2017 down 6.0% rising
88 South Africa 0.5% 2020 up 0.5% falling
89 Honduras 0.5% 2019 up 11.3% rising
90 Rwanda 0.5% 2021 down 49.1% falling
91 Mauritius 0.5% 2017 up 9.6% rising
92 Puerto Rico 0.5% 2005 down 9.1% rising
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% 2019 up 7.8% rising
94 Guatemala 0.4% 2019 down 6.9% falling
95 Belize 0.4% 1999 up 7.9% rising
96 Turkey 0.4% 2019 up 35.9% rising
97 Gambia 0.4% 2020 down 41.4% falling
98 Sri Lanka 0.4% 2019 down 5.2% falling
99 Morocco 0.4% 2013 up 20.2% falling
100 Tunisia 0.3% 2015 up 13.4% rising
101 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 down 3.9% falling
102 India 0.3% 2019 down 8.0% falling
103 Tajikistan 0.3% 2013 down 45.8% falling
104 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 up 11.0% rising
105 Djibouti 0.2% 2017 down 56.3% falling
106 Egypt 0.2% 2019 down 32.9% falling
107 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 18.2% rising
108 Palestine 0.1% 2017 down 13.2% rising

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Indicator
Labor force participation 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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