Female employment to population ratio latest vs 1980 by country
Countries reporting
172
Highest
94.5
Kazakhstan
Lowest
4.46
Yemen
Median
51.31
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,067
What the numbers show
Female employment to population ratio latest vs 1980 is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 94.5 in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 4.46 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 51.31, and the mean is 49.39.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 275.1%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 68.4%).
Female employment to population ratio latest vs 1980: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 94.5 | 2022 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 2 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 78.94 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 3 | Isle of Man | 78.28 | 2016 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 77.48 | 2020 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 77.07 | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 76.77 | 2015 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Faroe Islands | 75.59 | 2013 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 8 | Cambodia | 74.17 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Benin | 73.61 | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 10 | Niger | 73.15 | 2022 | up 275.1% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 71.89 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 71.69 | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 69.57 | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 69.04 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 15 | Iceland | 68.8 | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 16 | Togo | 67.61 | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 67.08 | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 18 | Madagascar | 66.5 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 19 | Macau, China | 66.2 | 2016 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 65.8 | 2025 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 21 | San Marino | 65.51 | 2022 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 65.33 | 2025 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 23 | Belarus | 63.94 | 2024 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 24 | Bahamas | 63.57 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 25 | Qatar | 63.27 | 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 | Ghana | 61.65 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 29 | Seychelles | 61.54 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 30 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 60.92 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 31 | Australia | 60.62 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 60.54 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 33 | Singapore | 60.46 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | Switzerland | 59.72 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 35 | Palau | 59.5 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 59.36 | 2021 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 37 | Norway | 59.2 | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 58.95 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 58.9 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 40 | Ireland | 58.5 | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 41 | Jamaica | 58.2 | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 58.06 | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 57.9 | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 44 | Paraguay | 57.82 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 45 | Estonia | 57.8 | 2025 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 46 | Saint Lucia | 57.79 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 47 | Israel | 57.79 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 48 | Malta | 57.5 | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 49 | Cyprus | 57.2 | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 50 | Canada | 57.11 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 51 | Greenland | 57 | 2015 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 56.84 | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 53 | Denmark | 56.6 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 54 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 56.57 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 55 | Barbados | 55.99 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 56 | Republic of Korea | 55.74 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 57 | Cuba | 55.3 | 2013 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 58 | Cameroon | 55.28 | 2021 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 59 | Lithuania | 55.2 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 60 | Georgia | 55.2 | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 61 | Russian Federation | 55.17 | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 62 | Japan | 55.14 | 2025 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 63 | Germany | 54.9 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 64 | United States of America | 54.88 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 54.6 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 54.57 | 2021 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 67 | Austria | 54.11 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 68 | Zambia | 53.8 | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 69 | Malaysia | 53.5 | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 70 | Aruba | 53.4 | 2011 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 70 | Czechia | 53.4 | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 72 | Latvia | 53.2 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 73 | Bhutan | 52.92 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 74 | Hungary | 52.9 | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 75 | Grenada | 52.63 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 52.4 | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 76 | Slovakia | 52.4 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 78 | Liechtenstein | 52.14 | 2017 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 79 | Portugal | 52.1 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 80 | Brunei Darussalam | 52.09 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 52.06 | 2024 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 52.02 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 83 | Slovenia | 51.9 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 51.83 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 85 | Indonesia | 51.74 | 2023 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 86 | Armenia | 51.48 | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 87 | Hong Kong, China | 51.14 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 51.11 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 89 | Mongolia | 51 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 90 | Poland | 50.55 | 2025 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 91 | Montenegro | 49.99 | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 92 | Ecuador | 49.92 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 93 | Brazil | 49.83 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 49.51 | 2024 | down 34.9% | flat |
| 95 | Belize | 49.42 | 2019 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 96 | France | 49.4 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 97 | Argentina | 48.92 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 98 | Belgium | 48.7 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 99 | Maldives | 48.62 | 2019 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 100 | Philippines | 48.55 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 101 | Serbia | 48.47 | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 102 | Guatemala | 48.4 | 2024 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 103 | New Caledonia | 48.3 | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 104 | Chile | 48.2 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 105 | Botswana | 47.98 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 106 | Guam | 47.7 | 2011 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 47.6 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 108 | Spain | 47.3 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 109 | Croatia | 47.2 | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 110 | Kuwait | 46.98 | 2016 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 111 | Colombia | 46.74 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 112 | Panama | 46.7 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 45.35 | 2014 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 114 | Mexico | 45.27 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 115 | Namibia | 45.11 | 2018 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.1 | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 117 | El Salvador | 45.08 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 118 | Kiribati | 45.03 | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 119 | Lesotho | 45.01 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 120 | Myanmar | 44.66 | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 44.4 | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 122 | Mauritius | 44.19 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 123 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 43.51 | 2020 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 124 | Curaçao | 43 | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 125 | Ukraine | 42.92 | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 126 | Mali | 42.35 | 2024 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 127 | Bahrain | 42.01 | 2015 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 128 | Tonga | 41.94 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.67 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 130 | Liberia | 41.17 | 2017 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 40.94 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 132 | Dominica | 40.8 | 2001 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 133 | Greece | 40.64 | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 134 | Suriname | 40.3 | 2016 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 135 | Timor-Leste | 40.23 | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 136 | Honduras | 40.14 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 137 | Romania | 39.5 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 138 | Italy | 38.8 | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 38.35 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 37.92 | 2012 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 141 | Bangladesh | 37.08 | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | 36.86 | 2020 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36.77 | 2024 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 144 | Malawi | 36.73 | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 145 | Oman | 35.82 | 2022 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 146 | Fiji | 35.16 | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 147 | Naoero | 33.8 | 2024 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 33.27 | 2020 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 149 | Marshall Islands | 33.06 | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 150 | South Africa | 32.62 | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 151 | India | 32.52 | 2025 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 32.31 | 2022 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 153 | Saudi Arabia | 32.22 | 2025 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 32.19 | 2021 | — | rising |
| 155 | Türkiye | 32.1 | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 156 | Eswatini | 30.55 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 157 | Samoa | 28.97 | 2022 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 158 | Senegal | 28.78 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 27.7 | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 160 | Pakistan | 25.39 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 161 | Nepal | 24.56 | 2017 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 22.01 | 2021 | up 42.2% | falling |
| 163 | Tunisia | 21.22 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 164 | Egypt | 20.99 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 165 | Morocco | 16.4 | 2022 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 166 | Algeria | 13.5 | 2017 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 167 | Jordan | 13.23 | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 168 | Palestine, State of | 12.82 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 169 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.09 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 170 | Syrian Arab Republic | 10.1 | 2010 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 171 | Iraq | 7.72 | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 172 | Yemen | 4.46 | 2014 | down 23.1% | volatile |