Labor force: percent female - Country rankings

(measure: percent; Source: The World Bank)

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Labor force: percent female - Country rankings:

The average for 2017 was 41.16 percent.The highest value was in Burundi: 52.33 percent and the lowest value was in Yemen: 7.94 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Labor force: percent female.

Labor force, percent female, 2017
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Burundi

2. Nepal

3. Rwanda

4. Mozambique

5. Lithuania

6. Sierra Leone

7. Angola

8. Latvia

9. Barbados

10. Laos

11. Belarus

12. Guinea

13. Togo

14. Benin

15. Zimbabwe

16. Hong Kong

17. Tanzania

18. Portugal

19. Madagascar

20. Moldova

21. Papua N.G.

22. Azerbaijan

23. Kenya

24. Macao

25. Liberia

26. R. of Congo

27. Kazakhstan

28. Estonia

29. Cambodia

30. DR Congo

31. Russia

32. Malawi

33. Vietnam

34. Namibia

35. Ghana

36. Uganda

37. Finland

38. Zambia

39. Haiti

40. North Korea

41. Sweden

42. G.-Bissau

43. Cape Verde

44. New Zealand

45. Ukraine

46. Denmark

47. Canada

48. Iceland

49. Norway

50. Israel

51. Cameroon

52. Lesotho

53. France

54. Bahamas

55. UK

56. Austria

57. Botswana

58. Ethiopia

59. Slovenia

60. Germany

61. Switzerland

62. Bulgaria

63. Australia

64. Croatia

65. Cyprus

66. Spain

67. Netherlands

68. USA

69. Armenia

70. Luxembourg

71. C.A. Republic

72. Belgium

73. Saint Lucia

74. N. Caledonia

75. Slovakia

76. Georgia

77. Thailand

78. Peru

79. Chad

80. Jamaica

81. Hungary

82. Ireland

83. Nigeria

84. Mongolia

85. Uruguay

86. South Africa

87. Singapore

88. Poland

89. Burkina Faso

90. Czech Rep.

91. Gambia

92. Serbia

93. Montenegro

94. Mali

95. Vanuatu

96. Greece

97. China

98. Romania

99. Japan

100. Djibouti

101. Brazil

102. Niger

103. Solomon Isl.

104. Brunei

105. Colombia

106. Tr.&Tobago

107. Comoros

108. Italy

109. South Korea

110. Albania

111. Bolivia

112. Argentina

113. Turkmenistan

114. St. Vincent & ...

115. Chile

116. Uzbekistan

117. Ecuador

118. Puerto Rico

119. Ivory Coast

120. El Salvador

121. Swaziland

122. Domin. Rep.

123. Kyrgyzstan

124. Bhutan

125. Belize

126. Gabon

127. Burma

128. Panama

129. Paraguay

130. Malta

131. Senegal

132. Mauritius

133. Bosnia & Herz.

134. Nicaragua

135. Macedonia

136. Venezuela

137. Indonesia

138. Tonga

139. Philippines

140. Suriname

141. Costa Rica

142. Malaysia

143. Cuba

144. Eq. Guinea

145. S.T.&Principe

146. Honduras

147. Samoa

148. Mexico

149. Guyana

150. Afghanistan

151. Sri Lanka

152. Guatemala

153. Fiji

154. Turkey

155. Tajikistan

156. Kuwait

157. Mauritania

158. Bangladesh

159. Maldives

160. Tunisia

161. Sudan

162. Lebanon

163. Libya

164. Morocco

165. Egypt

166. India

167. Pakistan

168. Bahrain

169. Palestine

170. Somalia

171. Iran

172. Algeria

173. Jordan

174. Saudi Arabia

175. UA Emirates

176. Syria

177. Iraq

178. Qatar

179. Oman

180. Yemen

Definition: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

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