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Labour force participation rate, female (ages 15+) by country

% of female population ages 15+ · 182 countries ranked · 2025

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  1. 1MadagascarWorld rank 1st of 182
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  2. 2Solomon IslandsWorld rank 2nd of 182
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  3. 3NigeriaWorld rank 3rd of 182
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  4. 4TanzaniaWorld rank 4th of 182
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  5. 5BurundiWorld rank 5th of 182
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  6. 6North KoreaWorld rank 6th of 182
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  7. 7CambodiaWorld rank 7th of 182
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  8. 8MozambiqueWorld rank 8th of 182
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  9. 9UgandaWorld rank 9th of 182
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  10. 10BeninWorld rank 10th of 182
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  11. 11BoliviaWorld rank 11th of 182
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  12. 12EritreaWorld rank 12th of 182
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  13. 13NigerWorld rank 13th of 182
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  14. 14MoldovaWorld rank 14th of 182
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  15. 15AngolaWorld rank 15th of 182
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  16. 16LiberiaWorld rank 16th of 182
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  17. 17BahamasWorld rank 17th of 182
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  18. 18IcelandWorld rank 18th of 182
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  19. 19VietnamWorld rank 19th of 182
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  20. 20New ZealandWorld rank 20th of 182
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  21. 21Republic of the CongoWorld rank 21st of 182
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  22. 22Central African RepublicWorld rank 22nd of 182
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  23. 23PeruWorld rank 23rd of 182
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  24. 24Burkina FasoWorld rank 24th of 182
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  25. 25BotswanaWorld rank 25th of 182
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Labour force participation rate, female (ages 15+), 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Labour force participation rate, female (ages 15+), 2025World map of Labour force participation rate, female (ages 15+) (2025) for 182 countries, from 4.7 % to 82.9 %.Fiji: 38.5 %Tanzania: 80.3 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 60.2 %United States: 56.3 %Kazakhstan: 62.6 %Uzbekistan: 41.2 %Papua New Guinea: 50.8 %Indonesia: 53.7 %Argentina: 52.5 %Chile: 52.9 %DR Congo: 61.8 %Somalia: 20.7 %Kenya: 63.0 %Sudan: —Chad: 47.3 %Haiti: 58.3 %Dominican Republic: 53.7 %Russia: 54.5 %Bahamas: 70.7 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 62.1 %Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 61.7 %South Africa: 49.9 %Lesotho: 48.1 %Mexico: 47.5 %Uruguay: 57.3 %Brazil: 53.4 %Bolivia: 72.9 %Peru: 65.0 %Colombia: 51.6 %Panama: 54.9 %Costa Rica: 46.0 %Nicaragua: 51.3 %Honduras: 39.6 %El Salvador: 49.1 %Guatemala: 38.3 %Belize: 46.5 %Venezuela: 37.1 %Guyana: 47.4 %Suriname: 44.9 %France: 51.5 %Ecuador: 52.4 %Puerto Rico: 36.9 %Jamaica: 63.0 %Cuba: 40.0 %Zimbabwe: 62.2 %Botswana: 63.7 %Namibia: 54.9 %Senegal: 38.2 %Mali: 52.8 %Mauritania: 26.2 %Benin: 75.2 %Niger: 72.8 %Nigeria: 80.7 %Cameroon: 56.6 %Togo: 56.6 %Ghana: 55.3 %Côte d'Ivoire: 59.5 %Guinea: 42.6 %Guinea-Bissau: 60.3 %Liberia: 72.0 %Sierra Leone: 51.6 %Burkina Faso: 64.1 %Central African Republic: 65.5 %Republic of the Congo: 65.6 %Gabon: 41.6 %Equatorial Guinea: 52.6 %Zambia: 56.4 %Malawi: 58.2 %Mozambique: 77.1 %Eswatini: 48.5 %Angola: 72.2 %Burundi: 79.5 %Israel: 62.3 %Lebanon: —Madagascar: 82.9 %Palestine: —Gambia: 45.5 %Tunisia: 26.5 %Algeria: 14.1 %Jordan: 16.0 %United Arab Emirates: 53.0 %Qatar: 61.9 %Kuwait: 47.2 %Iraq: 10.9 %Oman: 30.0 %Vanuatu: 53.3 %Cambodia: 77.4 %Thailand: 59.0 %Laos: 61.6 %Myanmar: 40.9 %Vietnam: 68.6 %North Korea: 77.7 %South Korea: 56.8 %Mongolia: 51.5 %India: 32.4 %Bangladesh: 38.6 %Bhutan: 56.7 %Nepal: 27.5 %Pakistan: 24.0 %Afghanistan: 5.1 %Tajikistan: 21.9 %Kyrgyzstan: 44.1 %Turkmenistan: 38.2 %Iran: 14.0 %Syria: 12.7 %Armenia: 51.1 %Sweden: 61.5 %Belarus: 56.8 %Ukraine: —Poland: 51.6 %Austria: 55.1 %Hungary: 54.3 %Moldova: 72.3 %Romania: 41.8 %Lithuania: 57.7 %Latvia: 55.2 %Estonia: 61.0 %Germany: 55.3 %Bulgaria: 50.4 %Greece: 44.7 %Türkiye: 37.1 %Albania: 58.6 %Croatia: 47.4 %Switzerland: 62.2 %Luxembourg: 57.5 %Belgium: 49.8 %Netherlands: 62.7 %Portugal: 54.6 %Spain: 52.8 %Ireland: 59.8 %New Caledonia: 51.1 %Solomon Islands: 82.3 %New Zealand: 66.1 %Australia: 62.5 %Sri Lanka: 31.0 %China: 59.1 %Taiwan: —Italy: 40.8 %Denmark: 60.8 %United Kingdom: 57.3 %Iceland: 70.0 %Azerbaijan: 60.8 %Georgia: 56.7 %Philippines: 50.5 %Malaysia: 51.6 %Brunei: 54.4 %Slovenia: 52.3 %Finland: 56.5 %Slovakia: 55.1 %Czechia: 53.5 %Eritrea: 72.8 %Japan: 55.9 %Paraguay: 59.0 %Yemen: 4.7 %Saudi Arabia: 33.6 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 61.2 %Morocco: 19.7 %Egypt: 18.5 %Libya: 33.0 %Ethiopia: 58.5 %Djibouti: 19.4 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 75.6 %Rwanda: 57.3 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 39.2 %North Macedonia: 42.7 %Serbia: 52.6 %Montenegro: 51.2 %Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 47.8 %South Sudan: —
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  • 57.4 % – 62.6 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

MadagascarSolomon IslandsNigeria
Rank over timeRank by year for Madagascar, Solomon Islands, Nigeria, 1990–2025.199019952000200520102015202020251510RankMadagascar · 1Solomon Islands · 2Nigeria · 3

Rank by year for Madagascar, Solomon Islands, Nigeria, 1990–2025.