Female Labour Force Participation Rate by Country (% of Total Labor Force)
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 meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.
Country Name | Country Code | 2000 | 2010 | 2014 |
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Afghanistan | AFG | 13.63 | 15.54 | 16.05 |
Albania | ALB | 41.16 | 40.92 | 41.27 |
Algeria | DZA | 13.48 | 16.88 | 17.38 |
American Samoa | ASM | |||
Andorra | AND | |||
Angola | AGO | 48.42 | 45.89 | 46.20 |
Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | |||
Arab World | ARB | 21.17 | 21.98 | 22.28 |
Argentina | ARG | 38.09 | 40.22 | 40.43 |
Armenia | ARM | 48.76 | 41.37 | 46.18 |
Aruba | ABW | |||
Australia | AUS | 43.67 | 45.10 | 45.39 |
Austria | AUT | 43.33 | 46.07 | 46.00 |
Azerbaijan | AZE | 46.83 | 49.39 | 48.63 |
Bahamas, The | BHS | 48.74 | 48.29 | 48.30 |
Bahrain | BHR | 21.36 | 19.42 | 19.57 |
Bangladesh | BGD | 37.52 | 39.96 | 40.41 |
Barbados | BRB | 48.09 | 48.85 | 48.90 |
Belarus | BLR | 48.67 | 48.83 | 48.73 |
Belgium | BEL | 43.09 | 45.42 | 45.78 |
Belize | BLZ | 32.07 | 37.48 | 37.95 |
Benin | BEN | 45.73 | 46.89 | 47.01 |
Bermuda | BMU | |||
Bhutan | BTN | 38.38 | 41.56 | 41.47 |
Bolivia | BOL | 42.52 | 44.36 | 44.63 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 37.27 | 37.99 | 38.04 |
Botswana | BWA | 47.02 | 47.13 | 47.06 |
Brazil | BRA | 41.24 | 43.56 | 43.77 |
British Virgin Islands | VGB | |||
Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 40.65 | 39.87 | 39.68 |
Bulgaria | BGR | 45.93 | 46.11 | 46.61 |
Burkina Faso | BFA | 48.26 | 47.57 | 47.32 |
Burundi | BDI | 51.55 | 51.48 | 51.49 |
Cabo Verde | CPV | 38.55 | 38.97 | 39.24 |
Cambodia | KHM | 51.27 | 50.21 | 49.82 |
Cameroon | CMR | 45.11 | 45.59 | 45.70 |
Canada | CAN | 45.74 | 47.09 | 47.12 |
Caribbean small states | CSS | 41.20 | 42.61 | 42.91 |
Cayman Islands | CYM | |||
Chad | TCD | 45.38 | 45.09 | 44.96 |
Channel Islands | CHI | 43.90 | 44.76 | 44.79 |
Chile | CHL | 33.20 | 39.67 | 40.76 |
China | CHN | 44.95 | 43.97 | 43.87 |
Colombia | COL | 38.43 | 42.29 | 42.60 |
Comoros | COM | 27.93 | 30.09 | 30.65 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD | 50.05 | 49.83 | 49.69 |
Congo, Rep. | COG | 48.02 | 48.60 | 48.67 |
Costa Rica | CRI | 31.25 | 36.94 | 37.27 |
Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 34.79 | 37.29 | 37.96 |
Croatia | HRV | 44.28 | 45.94 | 45.69 |
Cuba | CUB | 35.01 | 38.08 | 38.36 |
Curacao | CUW | |||
Cyprus | CYP | 40.79 | 43.53 | 43.18 |
Czech Republic | CZE | 44.34 | 43.30 | 44.12 |
Denmark | DNK | 46.47 | 47.13 | 47.69 |
Djibouti | DJI | 32.10 | 34.75 | 34.89 |
Dominica | DMA | |||
Dominican Republic | DOM | 36.84 | 39.71 | 40.09 |
Early-demographic dividend | EAR | 32.03 | 31.99 | 31.95 |
Ecuador | ECU | 37.56 | 39.80 | 40.39 |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | 21.07 | 23.97 | 24.12 |
El Salvador | SLV | 39.53 | 41.47 | 42.19 |
Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 44.33 | 44.66 | 44.83 |
Eritrea | ERI | 46.44 | 47.84 | |
Estonia | EST | 48.20 | 49.70 | 49.06 |
Ethiopia | ETH | 45.21 | 47.20 | 47.31 |
Faroe Islands | FRO | |||
Fiji | FJI | 33.25 | 33.46 | 33.68 |
Finland | FIN | 47.42 | 47.84 | 47.74 |
Fragile and conflict affected situations | FCS | 40.30 | 40.58 | 40.69 |
France | FRA | 45.18 | 46.95 | 47.14 |
French Polynesia | PYF | 39.68 | 41.13 | 41.20 |
Gabon | GAB | 46.18 | 45.80 | 45.77 |
Gambia, The | GMB | 46.78 | 47.72 | 47.87 |
Georgia | GEO | 46.23 | 46.60 | 46.36 |
Germany | DEU | 43.66 | 45.65 | 45.91 |
Ghana | GHA | 48.56 | 50.03 | 49.71 |
Gibraltar | GIB | |||
Greece | GRC | 39.04 | 41.88 | 42.83 |
Greenland | GRL | |||
Grenada | GRD | |||
Guam | GUM | 42.01 | 43.44 | 44.06 |
Guatemala | GTM | 34.83 | 37.95 | 38.17 |
Guinea | GIN | 45.29 | 45.67 | 45.71 |
Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 45.49 | 47.10 | 47.10 |
Guyana | GUY | 32.75 | 34.08 | 34.94 |
Haiti | HTI | 46.77 | 47.35 | 47.47 |
Honduras | HND | 34.05 | 34.03 | 34.64 |
Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG | 41.96 | 46.79 | 46.77 |
Hungary | HUN | 44.72 | 46.00 | 45.82 |
Iceland | ISL | 46.73 | 47.15 | 47.63 |
India | IND | 27.80 | 25.05 | 24.17 |
Indonesia | IDN | 37.53 | 37.76 | 37.97 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | 15.57 | 18.01 | 18.34 |
Iraq | IRQ | 15.37 | 17.29 | 17.68 |
Ireland | IRL | 40.58 | 44.10 | 44.46 |
Isle of Man | IMN | |||
Israel | ISR | 45.80 | 47.11 | 46.84 |
Italy | ITA | 38.58 | 40.92 | 41.84 |
Jamaica | JAM | 44.11 | 44.64 | 44.87 |
Japan | JPN | 40.67 | 42.48 | 42.71 |
Jordan | JOR | 14.28 | 17.80 | 18.37 |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | 49.23 | 49.39 | 49.32 |
Kenya | KEN | 46.73 | 46.49 | 46.54 |
Kiribati | KIR | |||
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | PRK | 47.97 | 48.03 | 47.87 |
Korea, Rep. | KOR | 40.51 | 41.43 | 41.59 |
Kosovo | KSV | |||
Kuwait | KWT | 25.27 | 26.68 | 27.16 |
Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ | 44.64 | 42.73 | 42.57 |
Lao PDR | LAO | 50.24 | 50.40 | 49.95 |
Latvia | LVA | 48.03 | 50.35 | 49.94 |
Lebanon | LBN | 22.15 | 22.87 | 24.54 |
Lesotho | LSO | 48.80 | 46.24 | 45.65 |
Liberia | LBR | 48.92 | 47.67 | 47.41 |
Libya | LBY | 24.97 | 27.31 | 28.36 |
Liechtenstein | LIE | |||
Lithuania | LTU | 49.47 | 50.59 | 50.09 |
Luxembourg | LUX | 39.72 | 43.41 | 44.20 |
Macao SAR, China | MAC | 45.34 | 48.51 | 48.28 |
Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 38.87 | 38.87 | 39.39 |
Madagascar | MDG | 48.81 | 49.49 | 49.38 |
Malawi | MWI | 49.50 | 51.73 | 51.37 |
Malaysia | MYS | 35.02 | 36.10 | 36.08 |
Maldives | MDV | 34.17 | 42.21 | 42.48 |
Mali | MLI | 36.53 | 38.27 | 38.50 |
Malta | MLT | 30.56 | 34.17 | 36.60 |
Marshall Islands | MHL | |||
Mauritania | MRT | 23.08 | 26.43 | 26.76 |
Mauritius | MUS | 34.44 | 37.47 | 37.99 |
Mexico | MEX | 33.43 | 36.41 | 37.16 |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | FSM | |||
Moldova | MDA | 49.72 | 48.19 | 48.49 |
Monaco | MCO | |||
Mongolia | MNG | 46.31 | 45.58 | 45.81 |
Montenegro | MNE | 43.19 | 43.41 | 43.98 |
Morocco | MAR | 27.74 | 26.72 | 27.04 |
Mozambique | MOZ | 55.13 | 53.65 | 53.13 |
Myanmar | MMR | 49.49 | 49.57 | 49.42 |
Namibia | NAM | 44.59 | 48.48 | 48.52 |
Nauru | NRU | |||
Nepal | NPL | 48.76 | 50.46 | 50.85 |
Netherlands | NLD | 43.14 | 45.80 | 46.06 |
New Caledonia | NCL | 40.25 | 39.99 | 40.18 |
New Zealand | NZL | 45.22 | 46.76 | 47.27 |
Nicaragua | NIC | 32.89 | 38.09 | 38.71 |
Niger | NER | 30.80 | 31.01 | 31.17 |
Nigeria | NGA | 39.73 | 42.57 | 42.40 |
Northern Mariana Islands | MNP | |||
Norway | NOR | 46.40 | 47.02 | 47.11 |
Not classified | INX | |||
Oman | OMN | 16.89 | 17.33 | 13.41 |
Pakistan | PAK | 15.17 | 21.62 | 22.26 |
Palau | PLW | |||
Panama | PAN | 35.41 | 37.30 | 37.61 |
Papua New Guinea | PNG | 48.46 | 48.27 | 48.26 |
Paraguay | PRY | 36.69 | 38.71 | 39.18 |
Peru | PER | 41.41 | 44.94 | 45.26 |
Philippines | PHL | 37.45 | 38.85 | 39.22 |
Poland | POL | 45.80 | 45.03 | 45.13 |
Portugal | PRT | 45.36 | 47.95 | 48.43 |
Puerto Rico | PRI | 39.51 | 42.31 | 42.62 |
Qatar | QAT | 15.34 | 12.12 | 13.53 |
Romania | ROU | 46.60 | 44.62 | 45.00 |
Russian Federation | RUS | 48.29 | 48.77 | 48.78 |
Rwanda | RWA | 53.79 | 54.16 | 53.95 |
Samoa | WSM | 29.00 | 27.36 | 27.66 |
San Marino | SMR | |||
Sao Tome and Principe | STP | 35.67 | 37.29 | 37.65 |
Saudi Arabia | SAU | 14.01 | 14.20 | 15.23 |
Senegal | SEN | 43.80 | 44.99 | 44.97 |
Serbia | SRB | 42.37 | 43.68 | 43.80 |
Seychelles | SYC | |||
Sierra Leone | SLE | 52.33 | 49.85 | 49.51 |
Singapore | SGP | 40.62 | 43.51 | 44.21 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | SXM | |||
Slovak Republic | SVK | 45.63 | 44.78 | 44.75 |
Slovenia | SVN | 46.06 | 45.46 | 46.07 |
Small states | SST | 40.84 | 39.52 | 39.47 |
Solomon Islands | SLB | 39.21 | 40.11 | 40.14 |
Somalia | SOM | 32.64 | 33.50 | 33.73 |
South Africa | ZAF | 45.80 | 44.23 | 43.84 |
South Sudan | SSD | |||
Spain | ESP | 39.42 | 44.18 | 45.65 |
Sri Lanka | LKA | 33.12 | 32.88 | 33.53 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | KNA | |||
St. Lucia | LCA | 46.49 | 46.39 | 46.54 |
St. Martin (French part) | MAF | |||
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | 38.37 | 40.96 | 41.34 |
Sudan | SDN | 28.21 | 29.06 | 29.41 |
Suriname | SUR | 35.15 | 37.00 | 37.38 |
Eswatini(Swaziland) | SWZ | 40.32 | 39.66 | 39.11 |
Sweden | SWE | 47.09 | 46.94 | 47.37 |
Switzerland | CHE | 44.24 | 45.82 | 46.15 |
Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | 19.86 | 15.10 | 15.51 |
Tajikistan | TJK | 44.09 | 43.49 | 43.32 |
Tanzania | TZA | 49.64 | 50.20 | 50.13 |
Thailand | THA | 45.88 | 45.39 | 45.51 |
Timor-Leste | TLS | 33.19 | 32.05 | 32.05 |
Togo | TGO | 50.25 | 51.30 | 50.93 |
Tonga | TON | 40.06 | 42.65 | 42.72 |
Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 38.44 | 41.82 | 42.29 |
Tunisia | TUN | 25.06 | 26.90 | 26.99 |
Turkey | TUR | 27.75 | 29.34 | 30.55 |
Turkmenistan | TKM | 40.58 | 39.34 | 39.21 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA | |||
Tuvalu | TUV | |||
Uganda | UGA | 50.28 | 49.37 | 49.32 |
Ukraine | UKR | 48.99 | 48.85 | 49.01 |
United Arab Emirates | ARE | 11.92 | 12.78 | 13.12 |
United Kingdom | GBR | 45.34 | 46.00 | 45.96 |
United States | USA | 45.55 | 46.21 | 45.84 |
Uruguay | URY | 43.10 | 44.40 | 44.54 |
Uzbekistan | UZB | 40.86 | 40.37 | 40.16 |
Vanuatu | VUT | 44.74 | 43.43 | 43.64 |
Venezuela, RB | VEN | 37.45 | 39.35 | 39.86 |
Vietnam | VNM | 48.47 | 48.42 | 48.37 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | VIR | 43.62 | 45.76 | 45.90 |
West Bank and Gaza | PSE | 13.90 | 17.90 | 18.79 |
World | WLD | 39.91 | 39.73 | 39.60 |
Yemen, Rep. | YEM | 23.54 | 25.75 | 25.98 |
Zambia | ZMB | 47.47 | 46.55 | 46.44 |
Zimbabwe | ZWE | 46.29 | 49.20 | 49.46 |
Last Updated on : November 12, 2016