Employment to population ratio men vs women by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
95.49
Qatar
Lowest
21.8
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
65.59
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio men vs women is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 95.49 in Qatar; the lowest is 21.8 in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.59, and the mean is 65.57.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 24.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 16.9%).
Employment to population ratio men vs women: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 95.49 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 90.1 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Kuwait | 87.68 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 87.56 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 5 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 86.48 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Oman | 86.44 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 7 | Niger | 86.1 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | Madagascar | 85.64 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 9 | Bahrain | 85.51 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 84.95 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 83.77 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Uganda | 82.75 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 82.36 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 82.19 | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 82.09 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 79.85 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 17 | Eritrea | 79.69 | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 18 | Indonesia | 79.49 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 19 | Mali | 78.82 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Paraguay | 78.46 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 21 | Liberia | 78.39 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 78.16 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 77.7 | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 77.32 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 77.17 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 76.75 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 27 | Iceland | 76.54 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Malaysia | 76.28 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 29 | Burundi | 76.17 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 29 | Benin | 76.17 | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 31 | Pakistan | 76.16 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 32 | Viet Nam | 76.03 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 33 | Mozambique | 75.65 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 75.08 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 35 | El Salvador | 74.86 | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 36 | Ecuador | 74.75 | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 37 | Jamaica | 74.48 | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 38 | Thailand | 74.42 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 39 | India | 74.33 | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 74 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 73.92 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 42 | Singapore | 73.28 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 43 | Fiji | 73.05 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 44 | Maldives | 72.88 | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 45 | Côte d'Ivoire | 72.85 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 46 | Panama | 72.5 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 47 | Macau, China | 71.66 | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 48 | Cameroon | 71.59 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 71.35 | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 50 | Timor-Leste | 71.12 | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 51 | New Zealand | 71.08 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Philippines | 70.97 | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 53 | Republic of Moldova | 70.91 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 54 | Chad | 70.78 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 55 | Colombia | 70.62 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 56 | Honduras | 70.51 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 70.34 | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 58 | Korea | 70.08 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 59 | Bahamas | 70.06 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 60 | Bhutan | 69.89 | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 61 | Brazil | 69.75 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 62 | Japan | 69.63 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 63 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 69.62 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 64 | Malta | 69.44 | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 65 | Cyprus | 69.42 | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 66 | Netherlands | 69.24 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.1 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 68 | Brunei Darussalam | 68.96 | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 69 | Kenya | 68.77 | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 70 | Uruguay | 68.59 | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 68.53 | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 72 | South Sudan | 68.08 | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 73 | Switzerland | 68.01 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 74 | Australia | 67.77 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 75 | Myanmar | 67.74 | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 76 | Russia | 67.61 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 77 | Belize | 67.42 | 2025 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 67.42 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 79 | Egypt | 67.3 | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 80 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.24 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 81 | Argentina | 67.08 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 82 | Belarus | 67.02 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 83 | Türkiye | 66.94 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 84 | Ireland | 66.8 | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritius | 66.69 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 86 | Angola | 66.65 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Israel | 66.32 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | China (People’s Republic of) | 66.27 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.11 | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 65.9 | 2025 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 91 | Czechia | 65.88 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 92 | Chile | 65.82 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 93 | Norway | 65.71 | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 94 | Denmark | 65.47 | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 65.44 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 96 | Barbados | 64.56 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 97 | Malawi | 64.52 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 98 | Hungary | 64.38 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 99 | Mongolia | 64.25 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 100 | United States | 64.23 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 101 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 64.15 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 102 | Guam | 64.07 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 103 | Lithuania | 64.06 | 2025 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 104 | Senegal | 64.06 | 2025 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 105 | Cuba | 64 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 106 | Canada | 63.96 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 107 | Estonia | 63.82 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 108 | Zambia | 63.77 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 109 | Poland | 63.74 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 110 | Georgia | 63.62 | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 111 | Rwanda | 63.5 | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 112 | Germany | 63.43 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 113 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 63.31 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 114 | Iraq | 62.96 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 62.95 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 116 | Slovak Republic | 62.78 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 117 | Albania | 62.7 | 2025 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 118 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 62.65 | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 119 | United Kingdom | 62.28 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 120 | Morocco | 62.25 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 121 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.06 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 122 | Serbia | 62.01 | 2025 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 123 | Latvia | 61.76 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 124 | Comoros | 61.72 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 125 | Sweden | 61.7 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 126 | Austria | 61.53 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 61.41 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 128 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.39 | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 129 | Haiti | 61.19 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 130 | Armenia | 61.12 | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 61.04 | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 132 | Slovenia | 60.94 | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 60.38 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 134 | Lebanon | 60.25 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 135 | Ghana | 60.14 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 136 | Bulgaria | 60.02 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 137 | Hong Kong, China | 59.99 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 138 | Algeria | 59.91 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 139 | Guinea | 59.79 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 140 | Suriname | 59.32 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 141 | Portugal | 58.53 | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 142 | Botswana | 58.08 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 143 | Tonga | 58.07 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 144 | Sudan | 57.99 | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 145 | Togo | 57.88 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 146 | Romania | 57.79 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 147 | Palestine, State of | 57.56 | 2022 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 148 | Lesotho | 57.11 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 149 | Congo | 57 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 150 | Montenegro | 56.94 | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 151 | Ukraine | 56.83 | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 56.67 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 153 | Spain | 56.64 | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 154 | Tunisia | 56.54 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 155 | Guyana | 56.51 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 156 | Greece | 56.09 | 2025 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 55.57 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 158 | Cape Verde | 55.56 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 159 | Belgium | 55.33 | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 160 | France | 55.06 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 161 | Italy | 54.97 | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 162 | Syrian Arab Republic | 54.73 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 163 | Croatia | 54.56 | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.34 | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 165 | North Macedonia | 53.74 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 166 | Jordan | 53.16 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 52.88 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 168 | Libya | 52.88 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 169 | Samoa | 52.49 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 170 | Mauritania | 52.03 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 51.68 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 172 | Papua New Guinea | 51.66 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 173 | Gabon | 51.39 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 51.23 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 175 | Yemen | 51.22 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 176 | Namibia | 50.36 | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 177 | United States Virgin Islands | 50.22 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 178 | Nepal | 47.8 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 179 | Puerto Rico | 46.23 | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 180 | Gambia | 46.09 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 181 | Turkmenistan | 43.4 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 182 | South Africa | 42.61 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 183 | Somalia | 39.48 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 184 | Eswatini | 36.49 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 34.85 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.8 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |