Niger vs Rwanda: Female employment rate

Niger
73.2%
in 2022
Rwanda
69.6%
in 2025
Niger rank
10th
Rwanda rank
13th

Female employment rate over time

  • Niger
  • Rwanda
20406080100198920072025

How they compare

Niger currently reports 73.2% against 69.6% in Rwanda, a difference of 3.6%.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Rwanda ahead.

Niger ranks 10th and Rwanda ranks 13th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Female employment rate
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 4,067 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the female working-age population who are employed. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.