demographic2026

Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, %, labor, force, participation, rate, female, population, ages, modeled, ilo, estimate

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

51.0%

Median: 53.2%

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Madagascar

82.9%

Lowest

Yemen

4.7%

Top 5 Countries

1Madagascar82.9%

2Solomon Islands82.3%

3Nigeria80.7%

4United Republic of Tanzania80.3%

5Burundi79.7%

By Region

Oceania64.5%(2 countries)

Europe55.1%(32 countries)

South America55.0%(7 countries)

Other51.8%(106 countries)

North America50.7%(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (4.7%)High (82.9%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 51.0%)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Other (106)

North America (4)

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

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Madagascar	82.9%
2	Solomon Islands	82.3%
3	Nigeria	80.7%
4	United Republic of Tanzania	80.3%
5	Burundi	79.7%
6	North Korea	77.7%
7	Cambodia	77.3%
8	Mozambique	77.2%
9	Uganda	75.6%
10	Benin	75.0%
11	Eritrea	72.9%
12	Niger	72.8%
13	Bolivia	72.4%
14	Angola	72.4%
15	Moldova, Republic of	72.2%
16	Liberia	72.0%
17	Bahamas	71.0%
18	South Sudan	70.4%
19	Iceland	70.3%
20	Vietnam	68.9%
21	New Zealand	66.3%
22	Republic of the Congo	65.6%
23	Central African Republic	65.5%
24	Kazakhstan	65.3%
25	Peru	64.9%
26	Burkina Faso	64.1%
27	Macao	63.5%
28	Botswana	63.5%
29	Singapore	63.1%
30	Kenya	63.0%
31	Jamaica	62.9%
32	Netherlands	62.9%
33	Australia	62.6%
34	Switzerland	62.5%
35	Norway	62.3%
36	Israel	62.2%
37	Zimbabwe	62.1%
38	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.9%
39	Saint Lucia	61.9%
40	Qatar	61.8%
41	Sweden	61.7%
42	Lao People's Democratic Republic	61.5%
43	Timor-Leste	61.5%
44	Cyprus	61.4%
45	Barbados	61.4%
46	Azerbaijan	61.4%
47	Estonia	61.3%
48	Denmark	60.9%
49	Canada	60.4%
50	Guinea-Bissau	60.2%
51	Ireland	59.8%
52	Thailand	59.5%
53	Cote d'Ivoire	59.5%
54	People's Republic of China	59.4%
55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	59.3%
56	Paraguay	58.9%
57	Malawi	58.5%
58	Ethiopia	58.4%
59	Haiti	58.3%
60	Albania	58.2%
61	Lithuania	57.9%
62	Luxembourg	57.6%
63	United Kingdom	57.5%
64	Uruguay	57.3%
65	Belarus	57.2%
66	Cameroon	57.1%
67	Rwanda	57.1%
68	South Korea	56.8%
69	Georgia	56.7%
70	Finland	56.7%
71	Bhutan	56.6%
72	Togo	56.6%
73	United States of America	56.6%
74	Guam	56.5%
75	Zambia	56.4%
76	Malta	55.9%
77	Ghana	55.7%
78	Germany	55.6%
79	Japan	55.6%
80	Latvia	55.5%
81	Slovakia	55.5%
82	Austria	55.4%
83	Russian Federation	55.2%
84	Namibia	54.9%
85	Portugal	54.9%
86	Panama	54.8%
87	Brunei Darussalam	54.7%
88	Hungary	54.4%
89	Czech Republic	53.7%
90	Indonesia	53.6%
91	Brazil	53.6%
92	Vanuatu	53.5%
93	Dominican Republic	53.3%
94	Spain	53.2%
95	Mali	53.1%
96	Equatorial Guinea	53.0%
97	Virgin Islands, U.S.	52.8%
98	Chile	52.8%
99	Slovenia	52.6%
100	Serbia	52.6%
101	United Arab Emirates	52.5%
102	Ecuador	52.4%
103	Argentina	52.3%
104	Hong Kong	52.3%
105	Mongolia	52.1%
106	Poland	51.9%
107	Sierra Leone	51.8%
108	France	51.8%
109	Colombia	51.7%
110	Malaysia	51.6%
111	New Caledonia	51.6%
112	Armenia	51.6%
113	Montenegro	51.4%
114	Nicaragua	51.1%
115	Papua New Guinea	50.7%
116	Philippines	50.5%
117	Bulgaria	50.5%
118	Cape Verde	50.4%
119	Belgium	50.0%
120	South Africa	49.8%
121	El Salvador	49.0%
122	Lesotho	48.5%
123	Eswatini	48.4%
124	Trinidad and Tobago	48.1%
125	Ukraine	47.7%
126	Chad	47.6%
127	Croatia	47.5%
128	Mauritius	47.5%
129	Mexico	47.4%
130	Guyana	47.4%
131	Kuwait	47.3%
132	Comoros	47.1%
133	French Polynesia	47.0%
134	Costa Rica	46.0%
135	Republic of The Gambia	45.4%
136	Greece	45.0%
137	Suriname	44.9%
138	Kyrgyzstan	44.3%
139	Belize	43.8%
140	The Republic of North Macedonia	42.9%
141	Guinea	42.9%
142	Tonga	42.5%
143	Bahrain	42.4%
144	Romania	41.9%
145	Gabon	41.8%
146	Uzbekistan	41.3%
147	Italy	41.0%
148	Myanmar	41.0%
149	Maldives	40.5%
150	Cuba	40.4%
151	Honduras	39.6%
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.4%
153	Bangladesh	38.7%
154	Fiji	38.5%
155	Guatemala	38.4%
156	Turkmenistan	38.4%
157	Senegal	38.0%
158	Venezuela	37.3%
159	Türkiye	36.8%
160	Puerto Rico	36.7%
161	Saudi Arabia	33.3%
162	Libya	33.3%
163	India	32.4%
164	Samoa	31.1%
165	Sri Lanka	31.0%
166	Oman	30.1%
167	Nepal	27.4%
168	Tunisia	26.6%
169	Mauritania	26.2%
170	Pakistan	24.0%
171	Sao Tome and Principe	22.8%
172	Lebanon	22.2%
173	Tajikistan	21.9%
174	Somalia	20.7%
175	Morocco	19.8%
176	Djibouti	19.2%
177	State of Palestine	18.9%
178	Egypt	18.5%
179	Jordan	16.0%
180	Sudan	14.5%
181	Algeria	14.3%
182	Islamic Republic of Iran	14.1%
183	Syrian Arab Republic	12.8%
184	Iraq	11.0%
185	Afghanistan	5.1%
186	Yemen	4.7%

Showing 186 of 186 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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