Female Labor Force Participation by Country
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Female Labor Force Participation

186 countries ranked by Female Labor Force Participation, in %.

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Rank Country Continent Female Labor Force Participation Year
1 Madagascar flagMadagascar Africa
82.9%
 2024
2 Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands Oceania
82.3%
 2024
3 Nigeria flagNigeria Africa
80.7%
 2024
4 Tanzania flagTanzania Africa
80.3%
 2024
5 Burundi flagBurundi Africa
79.7%
 2024
6 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. flagKorea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia
77.7%
 2024
7 Cambodia flagCambodia Asia
77.3%
 2024
8 Mozambique flagMozambique Africa
77.2%
 2024
9 Uganda flagUganda Africa
75.6%
 2024
10 Benin flagBenin Africa
75.0%
 2024
11 Eritrea flagEritrea Africa
72.9%
 2024
12 Niger flagNiger Africa
72.8%
 2024
13 Bolivia flagBolivia South America
72.4%
 2024
14 Angola flagAngola Africa
72.4%
 2024
15 Moldova flagMoldova Europe
72.2%
 2024
16 Liberia flagLiberia Africa
72.0%
 2024
17 Bahamas, The flagBahamas, The North America
71.0%
 2024
18 South Sudan flagSouth Sudan Africa
70.4%
 2023
19 Iceland flagIceland Europe
70.3%
 2024
20 Viet Nam flagViet Nam Asia
68.9%
 2024
21 New Zealand flagNew Zealand Oceania
66.3%
 2024
22 Congo, Rep. flagCongo, Rep. Africa
65.6%
 2024
23 Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic Africa
65.5%
 2024
24 Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan Asia
65.3%
 2024
25 Peru flagPeru South America
64.9%
 2024
26 Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso Africa
64.1%
 2024
27 Macao SAR, China flagMacao SAR, China Asia
63.5%
 2024
28 Botswana flagBotswana Africa
63.5%
 2024
29 Singapore flagSingapore Asia
63.1%
 2024
30 Kenya flagKenya Africa
63.0%
 2024
31 Jamaica flagJamaica North America
62.9%
 2024
32 Netherlands flagNetherlands Europe
62.9%
 2024
33 Australia flagAustralia Oceania
62.6%
 2024
34 Switzerland flagSwitzerland Europe
62.5%
 2024
35 Norway flagNorway Europe
62.3%
 2024
36 Israel flagIsrael Asia
62.2%
 2024
37 Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe Africa
62.1%
 2024
38 Congo, Dem. Rep. flagCongo, Dem. Rep. Africa
61.9%
 2024
39 St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia North America
61.9%
 2024
40 Qatar flagQatar Asia
61.8%
 2024
41 Sweden flagSweden Europe
61.7%
 2024
42 Lao PDR flagLao PDR Asia
61.5%
 2024
43 Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste Asia
61.5%
 2024
44 Cyprus flagCyprus Asia
61.4%
 2024
45 Barbados flagBarbados North America
61.4%
 2024
46 Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan Asia
61.4%
 2024
47 Estonia flagEstonia Europe
61.3%
 2024
48 Denmark flagDenmark Europe
60.9%
 2024
49 Canada flagCanada North America
60.4%
 2024
50 Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau Africa
60.2%
 2024
51 Ireland flagIreland Europe
59.8%
 2024
52 Thailand flagThailand Asia
59.5%
 2024
53 Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire Africa
59.5%
 2024
54 China flagChina Asia
59.4%
 2024
55 St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines North America
59.3%
 2024
56 Paraguay flagParaguay South America
58.9%
 2024
57 Malawi flagMalawi Africa
58.5%
 2024
58 Ethiopia flagEthiopia Africa
58.4%
 2024
59 Haiti flagHaiti North America
58.3%
 2024
60 Albania flagAlbania Europe
58.2%
 2024
61 Lithuania flagLithuania Europe
57.9%
 2024
62 Luxembourg flagLuxembourg Europe
57.6%
 2024
63 United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom Europe
57.5%
 2024
64 Uruguay flagUruguay South America
57.3%
 2024
65 Belarus flagBelarus Europe
57.2%
 2024
66 Cameroon flagCameroon Africa
57.1%
 2024
67 Rwanda flagRwanda Africa
57.1%
 2024
68 Korea, Rep. flagKorea, Rep. Asia
56.8%
 2024
69 Georgia flagGeorgia Asia
56.7%
 2024
70 Finland flagFinland Europe
56.7%
 2024
71 Bhutan flagBhutan Asia
56.6%
 2024
72 Togo flagTogo Africa
56.6%
 2024
73 United States flagUnited States North America
56.6%
 2024
74 Guam flagGuam Oceania
56.5%
 2024
75 Zambia flagZambia Africa
56.4%
 2024
76 Malta flagMalta Europe
55.9%
 2024
77 Ghana flagGhana Africa
55.7%
 2024
78 Germany flagGermany Europe
55.6%
 2024
79 Japan flagJapan Asia
55.6%
 2024
80 Latvia flagLatvia Europe
55.5%
 2024
81 Slovak Republic flagSlovak Republic Europe
55.5%
 2024
82 Austria flagAustria Europe
55.4%
 2024
83 Russian Federation flagRussian Federation Europe
55.2%
 2024
84 Namibia flagNamibia Africa
54.9%
 2024
85 Portugal flagPortugal Europe
54.9%
 2024
86 Panama flagPanama North America
54.8%
 2024
87 Brunei Darussalam flagBrunei Darussalam Asia
54.7%
 2024
88 Hungary flagHungary Europe
54.4%
 2024
89 Czechia flagCzechia Europe
53.7%
 2024
90 Indonesia flagIndonesia Asia
53.6%
 2024
91 Brazil flagBrazil South America
53.6%
 2024
92 Vanuatu flagVanuatu Oceania
53.5%
 2024
93 Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic North America
53.3%
 2024
94 Spain flagSpain Europe
53.2%
 2024
95 Mali flagMali Africa
53.1%
 2024
96 Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea Africa
53.0%
 2024
97 Virgin Islands (U.S.) flagVirgin Islands (U.S.) North America
52.8%
 2024
98 Chile flagChile South America
52.8%
 2024
99 Slovenia flagSlovenia Europe
52.6%
 2024
100 Serbia flagSerbia Europe
52.6%
 2024
101 United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates Asia
52.5%
 2024
102 Ecuador flagEcuador South America
52.4%
 2024
103 Argentina flagArgentina South America
52.3%
 2024
104 Hong Kong SAR, China flagHong Kong SAR, China Asia
52.3%
 2024
105 Mongolia flagMongolia Asia
52.1%
 2024
106 Poland flagPoland Europe
51.9%
 2024
107 Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone Africa
51.8%
 2024
108 France flagFrance Europe
51.8%
 2024
109 Colombia flagColombia South America
51.7%
 2024
110 Malaysia flagMalaysia Asia
51.6%
 2024
111 New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia Oceania
51.6%
 2024
112 Armenia flagArmenia Asia
51.6%
 2024
113 Montenegro flagMontenegro Europe
51.4%
 2024
114 Nicaragua flagNicaragua North America
51.1%
 2024
115 Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea Oceania
50.7%
 2024
116 Philippines flagPhilippines Asia
50.5%
 2024
117 Bulgaria flagBulgaria Europe
50.5%
 2024
118 Cabo Verde flagCabo Verde Africa
50.4%
 2024
119 Belgium flagBelgium Europe
50.0%
 2024
120 South Africa flagSouth Africa Africa
49.8%
 2024
121 El Salvador flagEl Salvador North America
49.0%
 2024
122 Lesotho flagLesotho Africa
48.5%
 2024
123 Eswatini flagEswatini Africa
48.4%
 2024
124 Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago North America
48.1%
 2024
125 Ukraine flagUkraine Europe
47.7%
 2021
126 Chad flagChad Africa
47.6%
 2024
127 Croatia flagCroatia Europe
47.5%
 2024
128 Mauritius flagMauritius Africa
47.5%
 2024
129 Mexico flagMexico North America
47.4%
 2024
130 Guyana flagGuyana South America
47.4%
 2024
131 Kuwait flagKuwait Asia
47.3%
 2024
132 Comoros flagComoros Africa
47.1%
 2024
133 French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia Oceania
47.0%
 2024
134 Costa Rica flagCosta Rica North America
46.0%
 2024
135 Gambia, The flagGambia, The Africa
45.4%
 2024
136 Greece flagGreece Europe
45.0%
 2024
137 Suriname flagSuriname South America
44.9%
 2024
138 Kyrgyz Republic flagKyrgyz Republic Asia
44.3%
 2024
139 Belize flagBelize North America
43.8%
 2024
140 North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia Europe
42.9%
 2024
141 Guinea flagGuinea Africa
42.9%
 2024
142 Tonga flagTonga Oceania
42.5%
 2024
143 Bahrain flagBahrain Asia
42.4%
 2024
144 Romania flagRomania Europe
41.9%
 2024
145 Gabon flagGabon Africa
41.8%
 2024
146 Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan Asia
41.3%
 2024
147 Italy flagItaly Europe
41.0%
 2024
148 Myanmar flagMyanmar Asia
41.0%
 2024
149 Maldives flagMaldives Asia
40.5%
 2024
150 Cuba flagCuba North America
40.4%
 2024
151 Honduras flagHonduras North America
39.6%
 2024
152 Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina Europe
39.4%
 2024
153 Bangladesh flagBangladesh Asia
38.7%
 2024
154 Fiji flagFiji Oceania
38.5%
 2024
155 Guatemala flagGuatemala North America
38.4%
 2024
156 Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan Asia
38.4%
 2024
157 Senegal flagSenegal Africa
38.0%
 2024
158 Venezuela, RB flagVenezuela, RB South America
37.3%
 2024
159 Turkiye flagTurkiye Asia
36.8%
 2024
160 Puerto Rico (US) flagPuerto Rico (US) North America
36.7%
 2024
161 Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia Asia
33.3%
 2024
162 Libya flagLibya Africa
33.3%
 2024
163 India flagIndia Asia
32.4%
 2024
164 Samoa flagSamoa Oceania
31.1%
 2024
165 Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka Asia
31.0%
 2024
166 Oman flagOman Asia
30.1%
 2024
167 Nepal flagNepal Asia
27.4%
 2024
168 Tunisia flagTunisia Africa
26.6%
 2024
169 Mauritania flagMauritania Africa
26.2%
 2024
170 Pakistan flagPakistan Asia
24.0%
 2024
171 Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe Africa
22.8%
 2024
172 Lebanon flagLebanon Asia
22.2%
 2023
173 Tajikistan flagTajikistan Asia
21.9%
 2024
174 Somalia, Fed. Rep. flagSomalia, Fed. Rep. Africa
20.7%
 2024
175 Morocco flagMorocco Africa
19.8%
 2024
176 Djibouti flagDjibouti Africa
19.2%
 2024
177 West Bank and Gaza flagWest Bank and Gaza Asia
18.9%
 2022
178 Egypt, Arab Rep. flagEgypt, Arab Rep. Africa
18.5%
 2024
179 Jordan flagJordan Asia
16.0%
 2024
180 Sudan flagSudan Africa
14.5%
 2022
181 Algeria flagAlgeria Africa
14.3%
 2024
182 Iran, Islamic Rep. flagIran, Islamic Rep. Asia
14.1%
 2024
183 Syrian Arab Republic flagSyrian Arab Republic Asia
12.8%
 2024
184 Iraq flagIraq Asia
11.0%
 2024
185 Afghanistan flagAfghanistan Asia
5.1%
 2024
186 Yemen, Rep. flagYemen, Rep. Asia
4.7%
 2024
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