Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (national estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
174
Highest
94.5%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
4.5%
Yemen
Median
50.9%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,763
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (national estimate) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 94.5% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 4.5% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.9%, and the mean is 48.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 275.1%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 68.4%).
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (national estimate): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 94.5% | 2022 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 2 | Isle of Man | 78.3% | 2016 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 77.5% | 2020 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 4 | Nigeria | 77.1% | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 5 | Cayman Islands | 76.8% | 2015 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Tanzania | 76.3% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 7 | Faroe Islands | 75.6% | 2013 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 8 | Benin | 73.6% | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 73.2% | 2022 | up 275.1% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia | 72.4% | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 71.7% | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 12 | Cambodia | 71.4% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 13 | Rwanda | 69.6% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 14 | Moldova | 69.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 15 | Iceland | 68.8% | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 16 | Togo | 67.6% | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 17 | Ghana | 67.3% | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 18 | Vietnam | 67.1% | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 19 | Madagascar | 66.5% | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 20 | Macao | 66.2% | 2016 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 21 | Angola | 65.8% | 2025 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 22 | San Marino | 65.5% | 2022 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 23 | Vanuatu | 65.3% | 2025 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 24 | Belarus | 64.7% | 2025 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 25 | Qatar | 63.3% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 26 | New Zealand | 62.9% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands | 61.8% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 28 | Laos | 60.9% | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 29 | Australia | 60.7% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 60.5% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 31 | Singapore | 60.5% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 32 | Switzerland | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 59.6% | 2025 | down 21.6% | flat |
| 34 | Seychelles | 59.6% | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 35 | Palau | 59.5% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 59.4% | 2021 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 37 | Norway | 59.2% | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 59.0% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 58.9% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 40 | Ireland | 58.5% | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 41 | Jamaica | 58.2% | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 58.1% | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 57.9% | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 44 | Paraguay | 57.9% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 45 | Estonia | 57.8% | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 46 | Saint Lucia | 57.8% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 47 | Israel | 57.8% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 48 | Malta | 57.5% | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 49 | Cyprus | 57.2% | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 50 | Canada | 57.1% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 51 | Greenland | 57.0% | 2015 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 56.8% | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 53 | Denmark | 56.6% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 56.6% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 56.1% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 56 | Barbados | 56.0% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 57 | South Korea | 55.7% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 58 | Cuba | 55.3% | 2013 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 59 | Cameroon | 55.3% | 2021 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 60 | Lithuania | 55.2% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 61 | Russia | 55.2% | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 62 | Japan | 55.1% | 2025 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 63 | Germany | 54.9% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 64 | United States | 54.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 54.6% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 54.6% | 2021 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 67 | Austria | 54.1% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 68 | Georgia | 54.1% | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 69 | Zambia | 53.8% | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 70 | Malaysia | 53.5% | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 71 | Aruba | 53.4% | 2011 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 72 | Czechia | 53.4% | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 73 | Latvia | 53.2% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 74 | Bhutan | 52.9% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 75 | Uruguay | 52.9% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 76 | Hungary | 52.9% | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 77 | Grenada | 52.6% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 78 | Finland | 52.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 79 | Slovakia | 52.4% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 80 | Liechtenstein | 52.1% | 2017 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 81 | Portugal | 52.1% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 52.1% | 2024 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 83 | Slovenia | 51.9% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 84 | Armenia | 51.5% | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 85 | Indonesia | 51.3% | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 86 | Hong Kong | 51.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 51.1% | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 88 | Mongolia | 50.7% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 89 | Brunei | 50.7% | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 90 | Poland | 50.5% | 2025 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 91 | Montenegro | 50.0% | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 92 | Ecuador | 49.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 93 | Brazil | 49.8% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 49.4% | 2019 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 95 | France | 49.3% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 96 | Argentina | 48.9% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 97 | Belgium | 48.7% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 98 | Maldives | 48.6% | 2019 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 99 | Serbia | 48.5% | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 48.3% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 101 | Chile | 48.2% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 48.1% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 103 | Botswana | 48.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 104 | Guam | 47.7% | 2011 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 47.6% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 106 | Spain | 47.3% | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 107 | Croatia | 47.2% | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 108 | El Salvador | 47.0% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 109 | Kuwait | 47.0% | 2016 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 110 | Colombia | 46.7% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 111 | Panama | 46.7% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 112 | Guatemala | 45.7% | 2025 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 45.4% | 2014 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 114 | Mexico | 45.3% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.1% | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 116 | Kiribati | 45.0% | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 117 | Lesotho | 45.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 118 | Myanmar | 44.7% | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 119 | Bahamas | 44.5% | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 44.4% | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 121 | Mauritius | 44.2% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 122 | Venezuela | 43.5% | 2020 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 123 | Curacao | 43.0% | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 124 | Ukraine | 42.9% | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 125 | Mali | 42.4% | 2024 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 126 | Bahrain | 42.0% | 2015 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 127 | Tonga | 41.9% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.7% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 129 | Liberia | 41.2% | 2017 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 130 | Guyana | 41.0% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 40.9% | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 132 | Dominica | 40.8% | 2001 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 133 | Greece | 40.6% | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 134 | Suriname | 40.3% | 2016 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 135 | East Timor | 40.2% | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 136 | Honduras | 40.1% | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 137 | Romania | 39.5% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 138 | Italy | 38.8% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 38.4% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 37.9% | 2012 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 141 | Bangladesh | 37.1% | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | 36.9% | 2020 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 143 | Malawi | 36.7% | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 144 | Oman | 35.8% | 2022 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.8% | 2025 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 146 | Fiji | 35.2% | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 147 | Nauru | 33.8% | 2024 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 33.3% | 2020 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 149 | Marshall Islands | 33.1% | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 150 | South Africa | 32.6% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 151 | India | 32.5% | 2025 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 32.3% | 2022 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 153 | Saudi Arabia | 32.2% | 2025 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 154 | Turkey | 32.1% | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 155 | Eswatini | 30.6% | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 156 | Senegal | 29.9% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 157 | Samoa | 29.0% | 2022 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 27.7% | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 159 | Namibia | 26.6% | 2023 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 160 | Pakistan | 25.4% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 161 | Nepal | 24.6% | 2017 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 22.0% | 2021 | up 42.2% | falling |
| 163 | Tunisia | 21.2% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 164 | Egypt | 21.0% | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 165 | Kosovo | 18.4% | 2024 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 165 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 18.4% | 2024 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 167 | Morocco | 16.4% | 2022 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 168 | Algeria | 13.5% | 2017 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 169 | Jordan | 13.2% | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 170 | Palestine | 12.8% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 171 | Iran | 12.1% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 172 | Syria | 10.1% | 2010 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 173 | Iraq | 7.7% | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 174 | Yemen | 4.5% | 2014 | down 23.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 55.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 53.6%
- High income 53.0%
- OECD members 51.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 49.9%
- European Union 49.6%
- Euro area 49.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 49.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 49.2%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 49.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 47.8%
- Caribbean Small States 45.7%
- IDA blend 44.6%
- Lower middle income 39.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 38.6%
- IBRD only 37.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 35.2%
- South Asia 32.5%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 32.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 19.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 17.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 17.2%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.