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Female labor force participation rate, 2022 - Country rankings:

The average for 2022 based on 45 countries was 44.96 percent.The highest value was in North Korea: 69.96 percent and the lowest value was in Yemen: 6.2 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Female labor force participation, 2022 Global rank Available data
North Korea 69.96 1 1990 - 2022
Cambodia 69.6 2 1990 - 2022
Vietnam 69.1 3 1990 - 2022
Kazakhstan 65.11 4 1990 - 2022
Macao 64.2 5 1990 - 2022
Azerbaijan 63.67 6 1990 - 2022
Singapore 63.2 7 1990 - 2022
China 61.07 8 1990 - 2022
Qatar 60.46 9 1990 - 2022
Israel 60.17 10 1990 - 2022
Thailand 58.69 11 1990 - 2022
Armenia 58.07 12 1990 - 2022
Georgia 55.65 13 1990 - 2022
Brunei 55.54 14 1990 - 2022
Laos 55.44 15 1990 - 2022
UA Emirates 54.85 16 1990 - 2022
South Korea 54.61 17 1990 - 2022
Japan 53.97 18 1990 - 2022
Hong Kong 53.82 19 1990 - 2022
Bhutan 53.76 20 1990 - 2022
Malaysia 52.74 21 1990 - 2022
Indonesia 52.66 22 1990 - 2022
Mongolia 52.13 23 1990 - 2022
Kuwait 47.78 24 1990 - 2022
Turkmenistan 47.45 25 1990 - 2022
Philippines 45.96 26 1990 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 45.39 27 1990 - 2022
Bahrain 44.3 28 1990 - 2022
Maldives 42.59 29 1990 - 2022
Uzbekistan 40.01 30 1990 - 2022
Bangladesh 37.69 31 1990 - 2022
Sri Lanka 33.09 32 1990 - 2022
Oman 31.96 33 1990 - 2022
Tajikistan 31.33 34 1990 - 2022
Lebanon 28.7 35 1990 - 2022
Nepal 28.6 36 1990 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 27.75 37 1990 - 2022
Pakistan 24.61 38 1990 - 2022
India 23.97 39 1990 - 2022
Palestine 18.67 40 1990 - 2022
Syria 16.83 41 1990 - 2022
Iran 15.67 42 1990 - 2022
Jordan 14.74 43 1990 - 2022
Iraq 11.49 44 1990 - 2022
Yemen 6.2 45 1990 - 2022

Economic outlook around the world

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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