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Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — series 2

Name: Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % of female population ages 15+, labor, force, participation, rate, female, population, ages, national, estimate, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•209 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

52.5% of female population ages 15+

Median: 55.3% of female population ages 15+

Countries Covered

209

with available data

Highest

Solomon Islands

83.9% of female population ages 15+

Lowest

Yemen

6.0% of female population ages 15+

Top 5 Countries

1Solomon Islands83.9% of female population ages 15+

2United Republic of Tanzania81.7% of female population ages 15+

3Cayman Islands81.0% of female population ages 15+

4Bermuda81.0% of female population ages 15+

5Nigeria80.5% of female population ages 15+

By Region

Oceania64.8% of female population ages 15+(2 countries)

Europe55.9% of female population ages 15+(32 countries)

South America55.1% of female population ages 15+(7 countries)

North America53.6% of female population ages 15+(4 countries)

Other53.3% of female population ages 15+(129 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (6.0% of female population ages 15+)High (83.9% of female population ages 15+)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 52.5% of female population ages 15+)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Other (129)

Africa (9)

Asia (26)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Solomon Islands	83.9% of female population ages 15+
2	United Republic of Tanzania	81.7% of female population ages 15+
3	Cayman Islands	81.0% of female population ages 15+
4	Bermuda	81.0% of female population ages 15+
5	Nigeria	80.5% of female population ages 15+
6	Isle of Man	80.1% of female population ages 15+
7	Faroe Islands	79.4% of female population ages 15+
8	Burundi	78.3% of female population ages 15+
9	Mozambique	77.2% of female population ages 15+
10	Benin	74.7% of female population ages 15+
11	Uganda	74.7% of female population ages 15+
12	Cambodia	74.3% of female population ages 15+
13	Bolivia	74.2% of female population ages 15+
14	Rwanda	73.8% of female population ages 15+
15	Angola	73.6% of female population ages 15+
16	Equatorial Guinea	73.5% of female population ages 15+
17	Niger	73.4% of female population ages 15+
18	Bahamas	72.1% of female population ages 15+
19	Iceland	72.0% of female population ages 15+
20	South Sudan	71.6% of female population ages 15+
21	Greenland	71.5% of female population ages 15+
22	San Marino	70.4% of female population ages 15+
23	Moldova, Republic of	69.9% of female population ages 15+
24	Antigua and Barbuda	69.1% of female population ages 15+
25	Togo	69.1% of female population ages 15+
26	Central African Republic	69.0% of female population ages 15+
27	Madagascar	68.9% of female population ages 15+
28	Vietnam	68.1% of female population ages 15+
29	Macao	67.2% of female population ages 15+
30	Northern Mariana Islands	66.6% of female population ages 15+
31	New Zealand	66.5% of female population ages 15+
32	Vanuatu	66.3% of female population ages 15+
33	Belarus	65.7% of female population ages 15+
34	Botswana	65.2% of female population ages 15+
35	Sweden	64.6% of female population ages 15+
36	Saint Kitts and Nevis	64.4% of female population ages 15+
37	Ghana	64.4% of female population ages 15+
38	Netherlands	64.4% of female population ages 15+
39	Kenya	64.1% of female population ages 15+
40	Sierra Leone	63.9% of female population ages 15+
41	People's Republic of China	63.7% of female population ages 15+
42	Peru	63.7% of female population ages 15+
43	Qatar	63.5% of female population ages 15+
44	Kazakhstan	63.3% of female population ages 15+
45	Seychelles	63.3% of female population ages 15+
46	Australia	63.2% of female population ages 15+
47	Saint Lucia	62.9% of female population ages 15+
48	Switzerland	62.8% of female population ages 15+
49	Singapore	62.5% of female population ages 15+
50	Estonia	61.9% of female population ages 15+
51	Azerbaijan	61.9% of female population ages 15+
52	Burkina Faso	61.9% of female population ages 15+
53	Norway	61.7% of female population ages 15+
54	Lao People's Democratic Republic	61.5% of female population ages 15+
55	Ireland	61.3% of female population ages 15+
56	Paraguay	61.3% of female population ages 15+
57	Canada	61.1% of female population ages 15+
58	Palau	60.7% of female population ages 15+
59	Jamaica	60.6% of female population ages 15+
60	Denmark	60.5% of female population ages 15+
61	Virgin Islands, British	60.3% of female population ages 15+
62	Democratic Republic of the Congo	60.3% of female population ages 15+
63	Guinea-Bissau	60.1% of female population ages 15+
64	Cyprus	60.0% of female population ages 15+
65	Cote d'Ivoire	59.6% of female population ages 15+
66	Israel	59.5% of female population ages 15+
67	Virgin Islands, U.S.	59.5% of female population ages 15+
68	Thailand	59.3% of female population ages 15+
69	Malta	59.3% of female population ages 15+
70	United Kingdom	59.3% of female population ages 15+
71	Barbados	59.2% of female population ages 15+
72	Georgia	58.9% of female population ages 15+
73	Aruba	58.8% of female population ages 15+
74	Lithuania	58.6% of female population ages 15+
75	Luxembourg	58.6% of female population ages 15+
76	Grenada	57.9% of female population ages 15+
77	Finland	57.7% of female population ages 15+
78	Cameroon	57.7% of female population ages 15+
79	Ethiopia	57.6% of female population ages 15+
80	Gibraltar	57.5% of female population ages 15+
81	Lesotho	57.5% of female population ages 15+
82	Zambia	57.4% of female population ages 15+
83	South Korea	57.3% of female population ages 15+
84	Cuba	57.3% of female population ages 15+
85	United States of America	57.3% of female population ages 15+
86	Albania	57.3% of female population ages 15+
87	Austria	57.2% of female population ages 15+
88	Uruguay	57.2% of female population ages 15+
89	Belize	57.2% of female population ages 15+
90	Montenegro	57.0% of female population ages 15+
91	Germany	56.9% of female population ages 15+
92	Armenia	56.8% of female population ages 15+
93	Latvia	56.7% of female population ages 15+
94	Zimbabwe	56.6% of female population ages 15+
95	Guam	56.5% of female population ages 15+
96	Russian Federation	56.4% of female population ages 15+
97	Japan	56.4% of female population ages 15+
98	Malaysia	55.8% of female population ages 15+
99	Portugal	55.7% of female population ages 15+
100	Slovakia	55.6% of female population ages 15+
101	Dominican Republic	55.5% of female population ages 15+
102	Bhutan	55.4% of female population ages 15+
103	Namibia	55.4% of female population ages 15+
104	Hungary	55.3% of female population ages 15+
105	Brunei Darussalam	55.3% of female population ages 15+
106	Czech Republic	55.1% of female population ages 15+
107	United Arab Emirates	55.1% of female population ages 15+
108	Turks and Caicos Islands	54.4% of female population ages 15+
109	Slovenia	54.2% of female population ages 15+
110	New Caledonia	54.1% of female population ages 15+
111	Curaçao	54.0% of female population ages 15+
112	Mongolia	54.0% of female population ages 15+
113	Spain	53.7% of female population ages 15+
114	Brazil	53.7% of female population ages 15+
115	France	53.5% of female population ages 15+
116	Indonesia	53.4% of female population ages 15+
117	Chile	53.3% of female population ages 15+
118	Argentina	53.3% of female population ages 15+
119	Liechtenstein	53.1% of female population ages 15+
120	Hong Kong	52.7% of female population ages 15+
121	Serbia	52.5% of female population ages 15+
122	Colombia	52.3% of female population ages 15+
123	Poland	52.2% of female population ages 15+
124	Panama	52.1% of female population ages 15+
125	Ecuador	52.0% of female population ages 15+
126	Belgium	51.6% of female population ages 15+
127	Papua New Guinea	50.7% of female population ages 15+
128	Maldives	50.6% of female population ages 15+
129	Cape Verde	50.5% of female population ages 15+
130	Kuwait	49.9% of female population ages 15+
131	Philippines	49.9% of female population ages 15+
132	South Africa	49.8% of female population ages 15+
133	Guatemala	49.7% of female population ages 15+
134	Croatia	49.4% of female population ages 15+
135	Bulgaria	49.3% of female population ages 15+
136	French Polynesia	49.1% of female population ages 15+
137	Haiti	48.4% of female population ages 15+
138	Eswatini	48.2% of female population ages 15+
139	Nicaragua	48.0% of female population ages 15+
140	Ukraine	47.8% of female population ages 15+
141	Mauritius	47.6% of female population ages 15+
142	Republic of The Gambia	47.4% of female population ages 15+
143	Venezuela	47.2% of female population ages 15+
144	Comoros	47.2% of female population ages 15+
145	Trinidad and Tobago	47.1% of female population ages 15+
146	Kiribati	46.8% of female population ages 15+
147	El Salvador	46.5% of female population ages 15+
148	Mexico	46.5% of female population ages 15+
149	Micronesia, Federated States of	46.2% of female population ages 15+
150	Greece	45.7% of female population ages 15+
151	Myanmar	45.6% of female population ages 15+
152	Mali	45.5% of female population ages 15+
153	Suriname	45.3% of female population ages 15+
154	Dominica	45.1% of female population ages 15+
155	Malawi	44.8% of female population ages 15+
156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	44.3% of female population ages 15+
157	Costa Rica	44.1% of female population ages 15+
158	Liberia	43.6% of female population ages 15+
159	Bahrain	43.5% of female population ages 15+
160	Kyrgyzstan	43.5% of female population ages 15+
161	Honduras	43.0% of female population ages 15+
162	Republic of the Congo	43.0% of female population ages 15+
163	Tonga	42.9% of female population ages 15+
164	The Republic of North Macedonia	42.9% of female population ages 15+
165	Guinea	42.9% of female population ages 15+
166	Gabon	42.6% of female population ages 15+
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.4% of female population ages 15+
168	American Samoa	42.4% of female population ages 15+
169	Romania	42.0% of female population ages 15+
170	Chad	41.9% of female population ages 15+
171	Italy	41.6% of female population ages 15+
172	Timor-Leste	40.9% of female population ages 15+
173	Uzbekistan	39.9% of female population ages 15+
174	Oman	39.9% of female population ages 15+
175	Monaco	39.8% of female population ages 15+
176	Puerto Rico	39.5% of female population ages 15+
177	Guyana	39.1% of female population ages 15+
178	Bangladesh	38.4% of female population ages 15+
179	Fiji	37.8% of female population ages 15+
180	Marshall Islands	37.3% of female population ages 15+
181	Türkiye	36.2% of female population ages 15+
182	Saudi Arabia	35.2% of female population ages 15+
183	Tuvalu	35.2% of female population ages 15+
184	Nauru	34.4% of female population ages 15+
185	India	34.0% of female population ages 15+
186	Libya	33.8% of female population ages 15+
187	Djibouti	31.7% of female population ages 15+
188	Samoa	31.4% of female population ages 15+
189	Senegal	31.0% of female population ages 15+
190	Sao Tome and Principe	30.4% of female population ages 15+
191	Mauritania	29.8% of female population ages 15+
192	Sri Lanka	29.8% of female population ages 15+
193	Lebanon	29.4% of female population ages 15+
194	Pakistan	28.2% of female population ages 15+
195	Nepal	27.9% of female population ages 15+
196	Tunisia	26.7% of female population ages 15+
197	Egypt	23.8% of female population ages 15+
198	Afghanistan	23.3% of female population ages 15+
199	Tajikistan	22.5% of female population ages 15+
200	Somalia	20.0% of female population ages 15+
201	Morocco	19.8% of female population ages 15+
202	State of Palestine	18.2% of female population ages 15+
203	Jordan	17.6% of female population ages 15+
204	Algeria	17.0% of female population ages 15+
205	Syrian Arab Republic	14.8% of female population ages 15+
206	Sudan	14.4% of female population ages 15+
207	Islamic Republic of Iran	14.1% of female population ages 15+
208	Iraq	10.8% of female population ages 15+
209	Yemen	6.0% of female population ages 15+

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Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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