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
1991β2025
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 | 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 | North 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 | 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 | Vietnam | 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 | Cote d'Ivoire | 72.85 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 46 | Panama | 72.5 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 47 | Macao | 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 | East Timor | 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 | 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 | South 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 | Laos | 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 | 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 | Turkey | 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 | 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 | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | Slovakia | 62.78 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 117 | Albania | 62.7 | 2025 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 118 | Iran | 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 | 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 | 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 | Syria | 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 |