Female labor force participation - Country rankings

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Female labor force participation rate, 2018 - Country rankings:

The average for 2018 was 50.85 percent.The highest value was in Rwanda: 84.17 percent and the lowest value was in Yemen: 5.98 percent. 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. Tanzania

5. Zimbabwe

6. Mozambique

7. Laos

8. Togo

9. North Korea

10. Ethiopia

11. Eritrea

12. Malawi

13. Vietnam

14. Iceland

15. Zambia

16. Peru

17. G.-Bissau

18. Niger

19. Uganda

20. R. of Congo

21. Macao

22. Kazakhstan

23. Chad

24. New Zealand

25. Guinea

26. Ghana

27. Kenya

28. Haiti

29. Switzerland

30. Solomon Isl.

31. Vanuatu

32. Mali

33. China

34. Sweden

35. DR Congo

36. Singapore

37. Jamaica

38. Norway

39. Saint Lucia

40. Lesotho

41. Thailand

42. Israel

43. Colombia

44. Denmark

45. Netherlands

46. Georgia

47. Qatar

48. Sierra Leone

49. Kuwait

50. N. Caledonia

51. St. Vincent & ...

52. Cyprus

53. UK

54. Estonia

55. Paraguay

56. Ecuador

57. Lithuania

58. Namibia

59. USA

60. Uruguay

61. Latvia

62. Germany

63. Eq. Guinea

64. Ireland

65. Finland

66. Russia

67. Djibouti

68. Liberia

69. Hong Kong

70. Portugal

71. Luxembourg

72. Uzbekistan

73. Slovenia

74. Mongolia

75. Turkmenistan

76. South Korea

77. Slovakia

78. Panama

79. Czech Rep.

80. Indonesia

81. Gambia

82. Spain

83. Japan

84. UA Emirates

85. Chile

86. Malaysia

87. Domin. Rep.

88. Nicaragua

89. Nigeria

90. Tr.&Tobago

91. France

92. Poland

93. South Africa

94. Hungary

95. Ivory Coast

96. Kyrgyzstan

97. Venezuela

98. Burma

99. Honduras

100. Serbia

101. Ukraine

102. El Salvador

103. Papua N.G.

104. Croatia

105. Philippines

106. Costa Rica

107. Romania

108. Greece

109. Tonga

110. Mauritius

111. Mexico

112. Montenegro

113. Gabon

114. Malta

115. S.T.&Principe

116. Macedonia

117. Maldives

118. Swaziland

119. Guyana

120. Guatemala

121. Cuba

122. Italy

123. Suriname

124. Moldova

125. Fiji

126. Comoros

127. Senegal

128. Sri Lanka

129. Turkey

130. Puerto Rico

131. Oman

132. Mauritania

133. Tajikistan

134. Libya

135. Sudan

136. Tunisia

137. Pakistan

138. Samoa

139. India

140. Lebanon

141. Saudi Arabia

142. Egypt

143. Morocco

144. Palestine

145. Somalia

146. Iran

147. Jordan

148. Iraq

149. Syria

150. 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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