Female labor force participation rate by age by country
Countries reporting
188
Highest
83.3
Iceland
Lowest
3.96
Yemen
Median
33.47
Years covered
35
1990β2024
Data points
6,816
What the numbers show
Female labor force participation rate by age is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 83.3 in Iceland; the lowest is 3.96 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.47, and the mean is 35.79.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 79.3%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 64.7%).
Female labor force participation rate by age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 83.3 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 83.3 | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 3 | North Korea | 81.78 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 71.74 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Madagascar | 71.13 | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 70.2 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 7 | Denmark | 69.6 | 2024 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 69.41 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 68.22 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 10 | Norway | 66.6 | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 66.04 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 12 | Eritrea | 65.42 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 13 | New Zealand | 65.39 | 2024 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 14 | Niger | 65.21 | 2024 | up 25.6% | flat |
| 15 | Nigeria | 64.82 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 16 | Switzerland | 64.61 | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 17 | Mozambique | 64.07 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 18 | South Sudan | 63.55 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 63.2 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 20 | Burundi | 57.72 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 21 | Sweden | 56.9 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 22 | Bolivia | 56.58 | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 56.55 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 56.3 | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 25 | Bahamas | 55.7 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 54.4 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 53.7 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 28 | Ireland | 53.3 | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 29 | Laos | 53.26 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 53.23 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 53.16 | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 32 | Angola | 53.08 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 33 | Malta | 52.9 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 34 | Germany | 52.3 | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 52.24 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 36 | Peru | 52.03 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 37 | Japan | 51.98 | 2024 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 38 | United States | 50.34 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 50.21 | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 48.42 | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 41 | Israel | 48.19 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 42 | Barbados | 47.92 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 43 | China | 47.86 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 44 | Paraguay | 46.86 | 2024 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 46.53 | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 46.4 | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 47 | Guyana | 46.2 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 48 | Guam | 45.67 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 45.49 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 50 | Rwanda | 45.36 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 51 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.09 | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 52 | Mali | 44.79 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 53 | Malawi | 44.21 | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 43.56 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 43.05 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 56 | Macao | 43.04 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 57 | Maldives | 42.91 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 42.9 | 2024 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 59 | Uruguay | 42.27 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 41.91 | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 61 | Belize | 41.37 | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.19 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 63 | Qatar | 40.61 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 64 | Vietnam | 40.02 | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 65 | France | 39.5 | 2024 | up 27.6% | flat |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 39.17 | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 67 | Myanmar | 39.17 | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 68 | Cyprus | 39.1 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 69 | Montenegro | 39.09 | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 70 | Botswana | 38.4 | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 71 | Indonesia | 38.2 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 38.08 | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 73 | Belarus | 37.37 | 2024 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 74 | Malaysia | 37.26 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 75 | Colombia | 36.81 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 76 | Panama | 36.72 | 2024 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 77 | Taiwan | 36.25 | 2024 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 78 | Ecuador | 35.11 | 2024 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 79 | Moldova | 34.96 | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 34.8 | 2024 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 81 | East Timor | 34.56 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 82 | Zambia | 34.53 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 83 | Lithuania | 34.5 | 2024 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 84 | United States Virgin Islands | 34.4 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 85 | Turkey | 34.37 | 2024 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritius | 34.15 | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 87 | Jamaica | 34.06 | 2024 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 88 | Albania | 34.03 | 2024 | up 66.1% | falling |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 34.03 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 90 | Honduras | 34.02 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 91 | Mexico | 33.91 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 92 | Argentina | 33.83 | 2024 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 93 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33.8 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 94 | Thailand | 33.58 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 95 | Kenya | 33.36 | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 96 | New Caledonia | 33.33 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 97 | Sierra Leone | 33.23 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 98 | Latvia | 33.1 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 98 | Portugal | 33.1 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 100 | Chad | 33.04 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 101 | French Polynesia | 32.93 | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 102 | Guatemala | 32.84 | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 32.39 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 104 | Cuba | 32.17 | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 32.01 | 2024 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 106 | El Salvador | 31.58 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 107 | Slovenia | 31.5 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.44 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 109 | Spain | 31.2 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 110 | Georgia | 31.18 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 111 | Bhutan | 31.09 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 112 | Singapore | 30.85 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 113 | Armenia | 30.77 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 114 | South Korea | 30.45 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 30.17 | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 116 | Belgium | 29.6 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 29.57 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 118 | Cameroon | 29.37 | 2024 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 119 | Poland | 29.3 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 120 | Ghana | 29.26 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 121 | Hungary | 28.8 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 122 | Haiti | 28.79 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 123 | Gambia | 28.61 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 124 | Togo | 28.26 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.18 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 126 | Turkmenistan | 28.09 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 127 | Fiji | 27.99 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 128 | Eswatini | 27.85 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 129 | Ukraine | 27.82 | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 130 | Suriname | 27.61 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 131 | Bahrain | 27.27 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 132 | Guinea | 27.11 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 26.91 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 134 | Chile | 26.87 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 135 | Brunei | 26.86 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 26.77 | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 137 | Russia | 26.41 | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 138 | Namibia | 26.19 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 139 | Cape Verde | 25.61 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 140 | Croatia | 25.3 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 141 | Philippines | 24.98 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 142 | Serbia | 24.97 | 2024 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 143 | South Africa | 24.44 | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 144 | Lesotho | 24.26 | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 145 | Czechia | 23.7 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 23.5 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 147 | Greece | 22.11 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 148 | Pakistan | 21.69 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 149 | Western Sahara | 21.55 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 150 | Slovakia | 21.3 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.61 | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 152 | Samoa | 20.53 | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 153 | Tonga | 19.98 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 154 | Lebanon | 19.97 | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 19.96 | 2024 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.9 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 157 | Romania | 19.6 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 158 | Italy | 19.4 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 159 | Mongolia | 19.26 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 160 | Nepal | 19.19 | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 161 | Senegal | 19.12 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 162 | Venezuela | 18.82 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.49 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 164 | Sri Lanka | 17.6 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 165 | Saudi Arabia | 16.52 | 2024 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 16.02 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 167 | India | 15.84 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 168 | Bulgaria | 15.5 | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 169 | Gabon | 15.43 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 170 | Kuwait | 15.32 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 171 | Tunisia | 14.8 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 172 | Oman | 14.02 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 173 | Mauritania | 12.97 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 174 | Morocco | 12.96 | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 175 | Jordan | 12.49 | 2024 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 176 | Djibouti | 11.63 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 177 | Somalia | 11.61 | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 178 | Palestine | 10.88 | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 179 | Libya | 10.26 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 180 | Tajikistan | 10.22 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 181 | Egypt | 10.01 | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 182 | Iran | 9.33 | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 183 | Syria | 8.2 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 184 | Algeria | 7.92 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 185 | Sudan | 7.68 | 2022 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 5.99 | 2024 | down 64.7% | flat |
| 187 | Iraq | 5.68 | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 188 | Yemen | 3.96 | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.