Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
81.2%
Solomon Islands
Lowest
3.2%
Yemen
Median
49.8%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 81.2% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 3.2% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.8%, and the mean is 47.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 87.9%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 77.4%).
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 81.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Madagascar | 80.2% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | Burundi | 78.9% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 4 | Tanzania | 78.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 77.6% | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 6 | Cambodia | 77.2% | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 7 | North Korea | 74.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Benin | 74.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 73.1% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | Niger | 72.6% | 2025 | up 18.1% | flat |
| 11 | Mozambique | 71.6% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 12 | Moldova | 71.4% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia | 70.5% | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 14 | Liberia | 70.4% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Eritrea | 67.9% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 67.7% | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 17 | Vietnam | 67.6% | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 18 | Bahamas | 64.2% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 62.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 61.9% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | Macao | 61.8% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 22 | Singapore | 61.7% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 23 | Qatar | 61.6% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 61.3% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 61.3% | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 26 | Laos | 61.0% | 2025 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 60.9% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | South Sudan | 60.8% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 29 | East Timor | 60.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 30 | Jamaica | 60.3% | 2025 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 31 | Israel | 60.2% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 32 | Netherlands | 60.2% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 60.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 35 | Norway | 59.4% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 59.2% | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.1% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 59.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 58.8% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 40 | Thailand | 58.5% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 57.9% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 57.9% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 43 | Denmark | 57.3% | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 44 | Ireland | 57.1% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 57.0% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 46 | Barbados | 56.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 47 | China | 56.8% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 56.3% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 49 | Canada | 56.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 50 | Sweden | 56.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Estonia | 56.1% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 55.8% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 53 | Togo | 55.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 54 | Paraguay | 55.4% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 55 | Saint Lucia | 55.3% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 56 | South Korea | 55.3% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 55.2% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 54.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Malawi | 54.7% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 60 | Japan | 54.6% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 61 | Bhutan | 54.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 62 | Cameroon | 54.2% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 63 | Malta | 54.2% | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 64 | Lithuania | 54.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 65 | United States | 54.0% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 53.8% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 53.5% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 68 | Guam | 53.5% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 53.4% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 70 | Russia | 53.3% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Zambia | 53.0% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 52.3% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 73 | Austria | 52.2% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 74 | Latvia | 52.2% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 75 | Indonesia | 52.1% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 76 | Albania | 52.0% | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 77 | Slovakia | 51.9% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 78 | Hungary | 51.9% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 79 | Congo | 51.7% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 80 | Czechia | 51.7% | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 81 | Brunei | 51.6% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | Finland | 51.5% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 83 | Mali | 51.2% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 84 | Portugal | 51.1% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 50.8% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 86 | Georgia | 50.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 87 | Hong Kong | 50.6% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 50.5% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 89 | Slovenia | 50.5% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 90 | Ecuador | 50.2% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 50.0% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 92 | Poland | 50.0% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 93 | Rwanda | 50.0% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.8% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 49.8% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 96 | Malaysia | 49.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 49.5% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 98 | Brazil | 49.5% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 99 | Philippines | 49.2% | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 100 | Panama | 49.2% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 101 | Mongolia | 49.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 48.7% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 103 | Serbia | 48.7% | 2025 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 48.6% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 105 | Argentina | 48.2% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 106 | Haiti | 47.8% | 2025 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 107 | Chile | 47.8% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 108 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.7% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 109 | France | 47.6% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 110 | El Salvador | 47.3% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 111 | Belgium | 47.0% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 111 | Chad | 47.0% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 113 | Spain | 46.5% | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 114 | United States Virgin Islands | 46.3% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 115 | Colombia | 46.2% | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 116 | Mexico | 46.2% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 117 | Channel Islands | 46.1% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 118 | Botswana | 45.9% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.9% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 120 | Comoros | 45.6% | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 121 | Croatia | 44.9% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 44.9% | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 123 | Namibia | 44.8% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 124 | Cape Verde | 44.7% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 125 | Kuwait | 44.4% | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 126 | Armenia | 44.0% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 127 | Montenegro | 44.0% | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritius | 43.8% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 129 | Ukraine | 42.9% | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 130 | Gambia | 42.7% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 42.4% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.4% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 133 | Tonga | 41.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 134 | Guyana | 41.0% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 135 | French Polynesia | 40.8% | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 136 | Bahrain | 40.8% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea | 40.5% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 138 | Belize | 40.2% | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 139 | Suriname | 40.0% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 140 | Greece | 39.6% | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 141 | Myanmar | 39.5% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 142 | Romania | 39.5% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 143 | Cuba | 39.2% | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 143 | Lesotho | 39.2% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 145 | Maldives | 39.1% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 38.5% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 38.0% | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 148 | Italy | 37.8% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 37.3% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 37.2% | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 151 | Guatemala | 37.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 152 | Honduras | 37.1% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 153 | Senegal | 37.0% | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 154 | Fiji | 35.8% | 2025 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 35.0% | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 156 | Venezuela | 34.9% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 157 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.0% | 2025 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 158 | South Africa | 32.9% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 159 | Turkey | 32.8% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 160 | India | 31.1% | 2025 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 161 | Eswatini | 31.0% | 2025 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 162 | Saudi Arabia | 30.3% | 2025 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 163 | Gabon | 29.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 164 | Sri Lanka | 29.0% | 2025 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 165 | Samoa | 28.5% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 166 | Oman | 26.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 167 | Libya | 24.7% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 168 | Nepal | 24.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 169 | Pakistan | 22.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 170 | Mauritania | 22.3% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 171 | Tunisia | 21.1% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 21.0% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20.6% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 174 | Lebanon | 19.0% | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 175 | Morocco | 17.6% | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 176 | Egypt | 15.6% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 177 | Somalia | 15.6% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 178 | Djibouti | 12.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 179 | Sudan | 12.4% | 2022 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 180 | Jordan | 12.3% | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 181 | Iran | 11.8% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 182 | Palestine | 11.4% | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 183 | Algeria | 11.2% | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 184 | Syria | 9.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 185 | Iraq | 7.6% | 2025 | down 30.6% | flat |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 3.8% | 2025 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 187 | Yemen | 3.2% | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 64.7%
- Chagai 46.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 61.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 61.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 61.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 60.0%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 58.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 56.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 56.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 56.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 54.6%
- North America 54.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 52.4%
- Low income 52.1%
- High income 51.8%
- Pacific island small states 51.7%
- Upper middle income 50.7%
- OECD members 50.5%
- Least developed countries 50.2%
- IDA blend 49.3%
- IDA total 48.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 48.5%
- European Union 48.4%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 48.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 48.2%
- Euro area 48.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 48.1%
- IDA only 48.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 48.0%
- Small states 47.2%
- Caribbean Small States 46.9%
- Other small states 46.6%
- World 46.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 46.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 45.3%
- Low & middle income 45.2%
- Middle income 44.6%
- IBRD only 44.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 40.4%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.