Female labor force participation - Country rankings

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Female labor force participation rate, 2019 - Country rankings:

The average for 2019 based on 182 countries was 51.96 percent.The highest value was in Rwanda: 83.93 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. Solomon Isl.

5. Burundi

6. Tanzania

7. Zimbabwe

8. Mozambique

9. Laos

10. Cambodia

11. Togo

12. Angola

13. Ethiopia

14. North Korea

15. Vietnam

16. Malawi

17. Kenya

18. Liberia

19. Eritrea

20. Cameroon

21. Iceland

22. Zambia

23. Peru

24. Benin

25. Bahamas

26. R. of Congo

27. Uganda

28. G.-Bissau

29. Botswana

30. Macao

31. New Zealand

32. C.A. Republic

33. Chad

34. Ghana

35. Azerbaijan

36. Bolivia

37. Switzerland

38. Guinea

39. Kazakhstan

40. Singapore

41. Haiti

42. Barbados

43. Sweden

44. Mali

45. Vanuatu

46. Canada

47. DR Congo

48. Niger

49. China

50. Norway

51. Australia

52. Lesotho

53. Jamaica

54. Israel

55. Saint Lucia

56. Paraguay

57. Thailand

58. Bhutan

59. Burkina Faso

60. Netherlands

61. Denmark

62. Euro area

63. Cyprus

64. Brunei

65. Belarus

66. N. Caledonia

67. UK

68. Georgia

69. Colombia

70. Sierra Leone

71. Estonia

72. Qatar

73. Lithuania

74. USA

75. Namibia

76. Ireland

77. Latvia

78. Uruguay

79. Finland

80. Germany

81. Ecuador

82. Austria

83. Luxembourg

84. Russia

85. Eq. Guinea

86. St. Vincent & ...

87. Brazil

88. Portugal

89. Hong Kong

90. Panama

91. Slovenia

92. Cape Verde

93. Mongolia

94. Indonesia

95. Czech Rep.

96. South Korea

97. Japan

98. UA Emirates

99. Uzbekistan

100. Slovakia

101. Honduras

102. Spain

103. Chile

104. Domin. Rep.

105. Turkmenistan

106. Gambia

107. France

108. Malaysia

109. Argentina

110. Djibouti

111. Tr.&Tobago

112. Belize

113. Kuwait

114. Nicaragua

115. South Africa

116. Bulgaria

117. Poland

118. Belgium

119. Swaziland

120. Hungary

121. Ivory Coast

122. Costa Rica

123. Nigeria

124. Burma

125. Serbia

126. Armenia

127. Ukraine

128. Albania

129. Montenegro

130. Papua N.G.

131. Philippines

132. Malta

133. Tonga

134. Croatia

135. Venezuela

136. El Salvador

137. Romania

138. Mauritius

139. Bahrain

140. Kyrgyzstan

141. Mexico

142. Greece

143. Guyana

144. Gabon

145. Macedonia

146. Maldives

147. S.T.&Principe

148. Italy

149. Cuba

150. Moldova

151. Guatemala

152. Suriname

153. Fiji

154. Comoros

155. Bangladesh

156. Sri Lanka

157. Bosnia & Herz.

158. Senegal

159. Turkey

160. Libya

161. Puerto Rico

162. Tajikistan

163. Samoa

164. Oman

165. Sudan

166. Mauritania

167. Tunisia

168. Lebanon

169. Saudi Arabia

170. Egypt

171. Pakistan

172. Somalia

173. Afghanistan

174. Morocco

175. India

176. Palestine

177. Iran

178. Algeria

179. Syria

180. Jordan

181. Iraq

182. 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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