Female labor force participation - Country rankings

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Female labor force participation rate, 2019 - Country rankings:

The average for 2019 based on 181 countries was 51.81 percent.The highest value was in Rwanda: 84.16 percent and the lowest value was in Yemen: 5.83 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank

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1. Rwanda

2. Madagascar

3. Nepal

4. Burundi

5. Tanzania

6. Zimbabwe

7. Mozambique

8. Laos

9. Togo

10. Angola

11. Cambodia

12. Ethiopia

13. North Korea

14. Eritrea

15. Malawi

16. Vietnam

17. Iceland

18. Cameroon

19. Zambia

20. Peru

21. Benin

22. Bahamas

23. G.-Bissau

24. Uganda

25. Niger

26. R. of Congo

27. Botswana

28. Cape Verde

29. Macao

30. Kazakhstan

31. Chad

32. C.A. Republic

33. New Zealand

34. Guinea

35. Kenya

36. Haiti

37. Ghana

38. Azerbaijan

39. Switzerland

40. Solomon Isl.

41. Barbados

42. Vanuatu

43. Mali

44. Sweden

45. Canada

46. China

47. Jamaica

48. DR Congo

49. Singapore

50. Saint Lucia

51. Norway

52. Lesotho

53. Australia

54. Israel

55. Thailand

56. Colombia

57. Bhutan

58. Burkina Faso

59. Brunei

60. Denmark

61. Georgia

62. Netherlands

63. Belarus

64. Qatar

65. Sierra Leone

66. Kuwait

67. St. Vincent & ...

68. Cyprus

69. Paraguay

70. UK

71. N. Caledonia

72. Estonia

73. Namibia

74. Ecuador

75. Bolivia

76. Lithuania

77. Uruguay

78. USA

79. Eq. Guinea

80. Germany

81. Latvia

82. Djibouti

83. Finland

84. Ireland

85. Austria

86. Liberia

87. Russia

88. Brazil

89. Hong Kong

90. Belize

91. Portugal

92. Luxembourg

93. Uzbekistan

94. Mongolia

95. Slovenia

96. South Korea

97. Turkmenistan

98. Panama

99. Slovakia

100. Czech Rep.

101. Indonesia

102. Gambia

103. Spain

104. Japan

105. Chile

106. Malaysia

107. UA Emirates

108. Domin. Rep.

109. Nicaragua

110. Nigeria

111. France

112. Tr.&Tobago

113. Armenia

114. Bulgaria

115. Afghanistan

116. Argentina

117. South Africa

118. Poland

119. Ivory Coast

120. Hungary

121. Belgium

122. Venezuela

123. Kyrgyzstan

124. Burma

125. Honduras

126. Albania

127. Serbia

128. Ukraine

129. El Salvador

130. Philippines

131. Costa Rica

132. Papua N.G.

133. Croatia

134. Tonga

135. Romania

136. Greece

137. Mauritius

138. Bahrain

139. Mexico

140. Gabon

141. Montenegro

142. Malta

143. S.T.&Principe

144. Macedonia

145. Maldives

146. Swaziland

147. Guyana

148. Guatemala

149. Italy

150. Cuba

151. Suriname

152. Moldova

153. Fiji

154. Comoros

155. Bangladesh

156. Bosnia & Herz.

157. Senegal

158. Sri Lanka

159. Turkey

160. Puerto Rico

161. Oman

162. Mauritania

163. Tajikistan

164. Libya

165. Sudan

166. Pakistan

167. Tunisia

168. Samoa

169. Lebanon

170. Saudi Arabia

171. India

172. Egypt

173. Morocco

174. Palestine

175. Somalia

176. Iran

177. Algeria

178. Jordan

179. Iraq

180. Syria

181. Yemen

Definition: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

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