Female labor force participation - Country rankings

The average for 2018 was 52 percent.The highest value was in Rwanda: 86.01 percent and the lowest value was in Yemen: 5.82 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Female labor force participation.

Female labor force participation rate, 2018
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Rwanda

2. Madagascar

3. Nepal

4. Mozambique

5. Cambodia

6. Burundi

7. Tanzania

8. Zimbabwe

9. Ethiopia

10. Laos

11. Togo

12. Eritrea

13. Angola

14. Ghana

15. North Korea

16. Vietnam

17. Iceland

18. Malawi

19. DR Congo

20. Cameroon

21. Zambia

22. Bahamas

23. Peru

24. Papua N.G.

25. Benin

26. Niger

27. R. of Congo

28. Uganda

29. Macao

30. Botswana

31. G.-Bissau

32. Kazakhstan

33. Chad

34. Haiti

35. New Zealand

36. C.A. Republic

37. Guinea

38. Switzerland

39. Azerbaijan

40. Solomon Isl.

41. Kenya

42. Barbados

43. Vanuatu

44. Saint Lucia

45. Mali

46. China

47. Sweden

48. Norway

49. Canada

50. Singapore

51. Thailand

52. Israel

53. Lesotho

54. Australia

55. Denmark

56. Brunei

57. Namibia

58. Colombia

59. St. Vincent & ...

60. Bhutan

61. Belarus

62. Cyprus

63. Georgia

64. Burkina Faso

65. Netherlands

66. Qatar

67. Jamaica

68. N. Caledonia

69. Sierra Leone

70. Paraguay

71. UK

72. Russia

73. Uruguay

74. Estonia

75. Lithuania

76. Eq. Guinea

77. USA

78. Bolivia

79. Germany

80. Latvia

81. Ecuador

82. Austria

83. Finland

84. Domin. Rep.

85. Liberia

86. Hong Kong

87. Uzbekistan

88. Belize

89. Turkmenistan

90. Brazil

91. Portugal

92. Panama

93. Mongolia

94. Ireland

95. Luxembourg

96. Slovakia

97. South Korea

98. Spain

99. Czech Rep.

100. Armenia

101. Slovenia

102. Gambia

103. Burma

104. Malaysia

105. Tr.&Tobago

106. Honduras

107. Chile

108. Indonesia

109. Nicaragua

110. Nigeria

111. France

112. Japan

113. Venezuela

114. Cape Verde

115. Philippines

116. Djibouti

117. Poland

118. Ivory Coast

119. Kyrgyzstan

120. South Africa

121. Hungary

122. Belgium

123. Bulgaria

124. El Salvador

125. Argentina

126. Albania

127. Kuwait

128. Ukraine

129. Senegal

130. Costa Rica

131. Serbia

132. Croatia

133. Tajikistan

134. Greece

135. Tonga

136. Mauritius

137. Mexico

138. Bahrain

139. Romania

140. Maldives

141. Gabon

142. Swaziland

143. Macedonia

144. Malta

145. Montenegro

146. Suriname

147. Cuba

148. S.T.&Principe

149. Guyana

150. Fiji

151. Guatemala

152. UA Emirates

153. Italy

154. Moldova

155. Comoros

156. Bosnia & Herz.

157. Sri Lanka

158. Bangladesh

159. Puerto Rico

160. Turkey

161. Mauritania

162. Oman

163. India

164. Libya

165. Pakistan

166. Morocco

167. Tunisia

168. Samoa

169. Sudan

170. Lebanon

171. Egypt

172. Saudi Arabia

173. Palestine

174. Afghanistan

175. Iraq

176. Somalia

177. Iran

178. Algeria

179. Jordan

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.

Female labor force participation in the European union
Female labor force participation in Europe
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