Female labor force participation - Country rankings

(measure: percent; Source: The World Bank)

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Female labor force participation - Country rankings:

The average for 2018 was 51.84 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.

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

1. Rwanda

2. Madagascar

3. Nepal

4. Burundi

5. Tanzania

6. Zimbabwe

7. Mozambique

8. Laos

9. Togo

10. Angola

11. Cambodia

12. North Korea

13. Ethiopia

14. Eritrea

15. Malawi

16. Vietnam

17. Iceland

18. Cameroon

19. Zambia

20. Peru

21. Benin

22. Bahamas

23. G.-Bissau

24. Niger

25. Uganda

26. R. of Congo

27. Botswana

28. Macao

29. Kazakhstan

30. Cape Verde

31. Chad

32. C.A. Republic

33. New Zealand

34. Guinea

35. Ghana

36. Kenya

37. Haiti

38. Azerbaijan

39. Switzerland

40. Solomon Isl.

41. Barbados

42. Vanuatu

43. Mali

44. China

45. Sweden

46. Canada

47. DR Congo

48. Singapore

49. Jamaica

50. Norway

51. Saint Lucia

52. Lesotho

53. Australia

54. Thailand

55. Israel

56. Colombia

57. Burkina Faso

58. Brunei

59. Bhutan

60. Belarus

61. Denmark

62. Netherlands

63. Georgia

64. Qatar

65. Sierra Leone

66. Kuwait

67. N. Caledonia

68. St. Vincent & ...

69. Cyprus

70. UK

71. Estonia

72. Paraguay

73. Ecuador

74. Bolivia

75. Lithuania

76. Namibia

77. USA

78. Uruguay

79. Latvia

80. Germany

81. Eq. Guinea

82. Ireland

83. Finland

84. Russia

85. Austria

86. Djibouti

87. Liberia

88. Hong Kong

89. Brazil

90. Portugal

91. Luxembourg

92. Uzbekistan

93. Slovenia

94. Mongolia

95. Belize

96. Turkmenistan

97. South Korea

98. Slovakia

99. Panama

100. Czech Rep.

101. Indonesia

102. Gambia

103. Spain

104. Japan

105. UA Emirates

106. Chile

107. Malaysia

108. Domin. Rep.

109. Nicaragua

110. Nigeria

111. Tr.&Tobago

112. France

113. Armenia

114. Bulgaria

115. Argentina

116. Poland

117. South Africa

118. Afghanistan

119. Hungary

120. Ivory Coast

121. Kyrgyzstan

122. Belgium

123. Venezuela

124. Burma

125. Honduras

126. Albania

127. Serbia

128. Ukraine

129. El Salvador

130. Papua N.G.

131. Croatia

132. Philippines

133. Costa Rica

134. Romania

135. Greece

136. Tonga

137. Mauritius

138. Bahrain

139. Mexico

140. Montenegro

141. Gabon

142. Malta

143. S.T.&Principe

144. Macedonia

145. Maldives

146. Swaziland

147. Guyana

148. Guatemala

149. Cuba

150. Italy

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. Tunisia

167. Pakistan

168. Samoa

169. India

170. Lebanon

171. Saudi Arabia

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.

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