Working-age population, aged 15-64, female (% of female population) by country

Countries reporting
109
Highest
0.9%
Indonesia
Lowest
0.3%
Niger
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,558

What the numbers show

Working-age population, aged 15-64, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Indonesia; the lowest is 0.3% in Niger.

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 3.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 31.1%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 39.9%).

Working-age population, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 9.7% rising
2 Türkiye 0.9% 2019 up 31.1% rising
3 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 down 4.5% falling
4 China 0.8% 2013 down 1.6% flat
5 Thailand 0.7% 2021 down 1.6% rising
6 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2011 up 4.2% rising
7 Mauritius 0.7% 2017 up 1.3% flat
8 Ukraine 0.7% 2014 up 3.7% flat
9 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 up 7.1% rising
9 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 up 7.1% rising
11 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 down 0.8% flat
12 India 0.7% 2019 up 5.9% rising
13 Luxembourg 0.7% 2016 up 3.6% flat
14 Brazil 0.7% 2021 up 0.2% rising
15 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 22.5% flat
16 Russian Federation 0.7% 2019 down 10.0% falling
17 North Macedonia 0.7% 2020 down 2.7% flat
18 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 2.2% rising
19 Cambodia 0.7% 2012 up 9.5% rising
20 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 down 4.6% flat
21 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 up 2.5% rising
22 El Salvador 0.7% 2019 up 7.5% rising
23 Morocco 0.7% 2013 up 1.7% rising
24 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 2.6% flat
25 Chile 0.7% 2017 down 0.8% flat
26 Germany 0.7% 2011 up 3.3% flat
27 Armenia 0.7% 2020 down 5.2% falling
28 Montenegro 0.7% 2013 down 13.1% falling
29 Belarus 0.7% 2020 down 3.3% flat
30 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2019 down 2.0% flat
31 South Africa 0.7% 2020 up 3.2% rising
32 Austria 0.7% 2003 up 2.1% flat
33 Colombia 0.7% 2021 up 1.4% rising
34 Malta 0.7% 2016 down 4.9% flat
35 Paraguay 0.7% 2021 up 2.6% rising
36 Puerto Rico 0.7% 2005 up 1.5% rising
37 Iceland 0.7% 2015 down 1.1% flat
38 Tajikistan 0.7% 2013 up 12.7% rising
39 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 down 6.1% flat
40 Nepal 0.7% 2014 up 11.6% rising
41 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2018 down 8.0% flat
42 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7% 2018 up 7.6% rising
43 Hungary 0.7% 2016 down 1.7% flat
44 Netherlands 0.7% 2016 down 2.3% falling
45 Spain 0.6% 2016 down 3.5% flat
46 Guatemala 0.6% 2019 up 11.1% rising
47 United States of America 0.6% 2018 down 2.1% flat
48 Peru 0.6% 2021 up 0.8% rising
49 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 0.1% rising
50 Ireland 0.6% 2016 down 5.1% rising
51 Honduras 0.6% 2019 up 7.8% rising
52 Czechia 0.6% 2016 down 8.2% flat
53 Slovenia 0.6% 2016 down 5.0% flat
54 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 up 7.4% rising
55 Bangladesh 0.6% 2016 up 10.1% rising
56 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6% 2016 down 1.8% flat
57 Argentina 0.6% 2021 down 2.1% flat
58 Serbia 0.6% 2018 down 1.2% flat
59 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 up 4.1% rising
60 Uruguay 0.6% 2021 down 0.6% rising
61 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 7.0% rising
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% 2019 down 3.5% flat
63 Romania 0.6% 2018 down 6.3% flat
64 Croatia 0.6% 2016 down 2.3% flat
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2021 up 3.6% rising
66 Norway 0.6% 2016 up 1.0% flat
67 Philippines 0.6% 2019 up 2.5% rising
68 Belgium 0.6% 2003 down 1.2% flat
69 Greece 0.6% 2016 down 3.9% flat
70 Portugal 0.6% 2016 down 3.7% flat
71 Denmark 0.6% 2016 down 2.0% flat
72 Lithuania 0.6% 2016 down 4.3% flat
73 Bulgaria 0.6% 2016 down 6.3% falling
74 Djibouti 0.6% 2017 down 2.8% rising
75 Italy 0.6% 2016 down 2.1% falling
76 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 1.7% flat
77 France 0.6% 2016 down 3.6% flat
78 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 down 2.0% rising
79 Mongolia 0.6% 2021 down 10.5% falling
80 Estonia 0.6% 2016 down 6.2% flat
81 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 2.5% falling
82 Georgia 0.6% 2020 down 8.9% flat
83 Latvia 0.6% 2016 down 7.3% flat
84 Sweden 0.6% 2016 down 3.2% flat
85 Finland 0.6% 2016 down 5.9% flat
86 Poland 0.6% 2019 down 12.5% flat
87 Jordan 0.6% 2016 up 1.5% rising
88 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 up 14.0% flat
89 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 up 8.1% rising
90 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 down 9.0% falling
91 Namibia 0.6% 2015 up 7.8% rising
92 Ghana 0.6% 2016 up 2.7% rising
93 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 up 2.7% rising
94 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 up 0.4% flat
95 Kenya 0.6% 2019 up 5.4% rising
96 Palestine, State of 0.6% 2017 down 38.8% falling
97 Belize 0.6% 1999 up 4.5% rising
98 Gambia 0.6% 2020 down 1.2% flat
99 Ethiopia 0.5% 2021 up 5.7% rising
100 Togo 0.5% 2018 down 4.2% falling
101 Nigeria 0.5% 2018 down 9.7% flat
102 Guinea 0.5% 2018 down 1.5% flat
103 Malawi 0.5% 2019 up 5.0% flat
104 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 down 1.0% flat
105 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2020 up 1.0% flat
106 Uganda 0.5% 2016 up 4.7% flat
107 Senegal 0.5% 2018 down 11.4% falling
108 Mali 0.4% 2018 down 12.1% falling
109 Niger 0.3% 2018 down 39.9% falling

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Indicator
Working-age population, aged 15-64, female (% of female population)
Unit
% of female population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
109 places, 1,558 data points, 1970–2021
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