Female employment to population ratio by country
Countries reporting
172
Highest
78.94
Tanzania
Lowest
4.46
Yemen
Median
51.31
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,066
What the numbers show
Female employment to population ratio is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 78.94 in Tanzania; the lowest is 4.46 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 51.31, and the mean is 49.19.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 275.1%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 68.4%).
Female employment to population ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania | 78.94 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 2 | Isle of Man | 78.28 | 2016 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 77.48 | 2020 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 4 | Nigeria | 77.07 | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 5 | Cayman Islands | 76.77 | 2015 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 75.59 | 2013 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 7 | Cambodia | 74.17 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Benin | 73.61 | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 73.15 | 2022 | up 275.1% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia | 71.89 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 71.69 | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 12 | Rwanda | 69.57 | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 13 | Moldova | 69.04 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Iceland | 68.8 | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 15 | Togo | 67.61 | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 16 | Vietnam | 67.08 | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 17 | Madagascar | 66.5 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 18 | Macao | 66.2 | 2016 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 65.8 | 2025 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 20 | San Marino | 65.51 | 2022 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 21 | Vanuatu | 65.33 | 2025 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 22 | Belarus | 63.94 | 2024 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 23 | Bahamas | 63.57 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 24 | Qatar | 63.27 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 25 | New Zealand | 62.9 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands | 61.8 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 61.65 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 28 | Seychelles | 61.54 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 29 | Laos | 60.92 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 30 | Australia | 60.62 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 60.54 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 32 | Singapore | 60.46 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 60.3 | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 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 | Cote 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 | 56.57 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 55 | Barbados | 55.99 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 56 | South 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 | Russia | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 43.51 | 2020 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 124 | Curacao | 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 | East Timor | 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 | Nauru | 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 | Turkey | 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 | 12.82 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 169 | Iran | 12.09 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 170 | Syria | 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 |