Female labor force participation rates slopes, gaps filled by country
Female labor force participation rates slopes with 782 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
81.69
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
6.04
Yemen
Median
55.28
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
5,538
What the numbers show
Female labor force participation rates slopes, gaps filled is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 81.69 in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 6.04 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.28, and the mean is 52.56.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 262.2%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 64.5%).
Female labor force participation rates slopes, gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 81.69 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 2 | Bermuda | 81 | 2010 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 2 | Cayman Islands | 81 | 2015 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 80.48 | 2024 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 5 | Isle of Man | 80.09 | 2016 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 79.44 | 2013 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Burundi | 78.25 | 2020 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 77.21 | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 9 | Benin | 74.72 | 2022 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 74.67 | 2021 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 11 | Cambodia | 74.33 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 74.24 | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 73.77 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 14 | Angola | 73.61 | 2025 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 15 | Niger | 73.36 | 2022 | up 262.2% | rising |
| 16 | Bahamas | 72.06 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 72 | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 18 | Greenland | 71.49 | 2015 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 19 | San Marino | 70.36 | 2022 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 20 | Republic of Moldova | 69.87 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.12 | 2018 | — | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 69.06 | 2022 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 23 | Madagascar | 68.88 | 2022 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 68.05 | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 25 | Macao | 67.2 | 2016 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 26 | Northern Mariana Islands | 66.56 | 2010 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 66.53 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 66.32 | 2025 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 29 | Belarus | 65.69 | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 30 | Botswana | 65.19 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 31 | Sweden | 64.6 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 64.42 | 2001 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 33 | Ghana | 64.4 | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 34 | Netherlands | 64.4 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 35 | Kenya | 64.11 | 2021 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 63.89 | 2018 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 63.71 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 38 | Qatar | 63.48 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 63.3 | 2022 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 40 | Seychelles | 63.29 | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 63.16 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 62.94 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 62.77 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 44 | Singapore | 62.51 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 61.9 | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 45 | Estonia | 61.9 | 2025 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 61.85 | 2025 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 48 | Norway | 61.7 | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 49 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 61.47 | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 50 | Ireland | 61.3 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 51 | Paraguay | 61.3 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 52 | Canada | 61.07 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 53 | Palau | 60.69 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 54 | Jamaica | 60.58 | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 55 | Denmark | 60.5 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 56 | British Virgin Islands | 60.33 | 1994 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.13 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Cyprus | 60 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 59 | Côte d'Ivoire | 59.58 | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 60 | Israel | 59.51 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 61 | Thailand | 59.35 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 62 | Malta | 59.3 | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 63 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 59.27 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 59.17 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 65 | Georgia | 58.94 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 66 | Aruba | 58.8 | 2011 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 67 | Lithuania | 58.6 | 2025 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 58.6 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 69 | Grenada | 57.87 | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 70 | Finland | 57.7 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 71 | Cameroon | 57.67 | 2021 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 57.6 | 2021 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 73 | Gibraltar | 57.54 | 2001 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 74 | Lesotho | 57.51 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 75 | Zambia | 57.37 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 76 | Republic of Korea | 57.31 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 77 | Cuba | 57.3 | 2013 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 78 | United States | 57.28 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 57.27 | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 80 | Austria | 57.22 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Uruguay | 57.22 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 82 | Belize | 57.19 | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 83 | Montenegro | 57.01 | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 84 | Germany | 56.9 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 85 | Armenia | 56.85 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 86 | Latvia | 56.7 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 56.64 | 2024 | down 29.4% | flat |
| 88 | Guam | 56.5 | 2011 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 89 | Russian Federation | 56.45 | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 90 | Japan | 56.4 | 2025 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 91 | Malaysia | 55.8 | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 92 | Portugal | 55.7 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 93 | Slovakia | 55.6 | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 55.5 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 95 | Bhutan | 55.44 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 96 | Namibia | 55.42 | 2018 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 97 | Hungary | 55.3 | 2025 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 98 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.26 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 99 | Czechia | 55.1 | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 55.05 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 101 | Slovenia | 54.2 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 54.12 | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 103 | Curacao | 54 | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 104 | Mongolia | 54 | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 105 | Spain | 53.7 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 106 | Brazil | 53.67 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 107 | France | 53.5 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 108 | Indonesia | 53.39 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 109 | Argentina | 53.29 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 109 | Chile | 53.29 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 111 | Liechtenstein | 53.1 | 2017 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 112 | Hong Kong | 52.69 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 113 | Serbia | 52.45 | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 114 | Colombia | 52.31 | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 115 | Poland | 52.24 | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 52.1 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 117 | Ecuador | 52.04 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 118 | Belgium | 51.6 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 50.65 | 2022 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 120 | Maldives | 50.61 | 2019 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 50.5 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 122 | Kuwait | 49.9 | 2016 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 123 | Philippines | 49.86 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 124 | South Africa | 49.77 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 125 | Guatemala | 49.66 | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 126 | Croatia | 49.4 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 49.3 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 49.09 | 2012 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 129 | Haiti | 48.4 | 2012 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 130 | Eswatini | 48.17 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 48.05 | 2014 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 132 | Ukraine | 47.77 | 2021 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 133 | Mauritius | 47.56 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 47.44 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 135 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 47.25 | 2020 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 136 | Comoros | 47.23 | 2021 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.07 | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 138 | Kiribati | 46.76 | 2023 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 139 | El Salvador | 46.51 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 140 | Mexico | 46.5 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 141 | Greece | 45.73 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 142 | Myanmar | 45.63 | 2020 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 143 | Mali | 45.46 | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 144 | Suriname | 45.34 | 2016 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 145 | Dominica | 45.06 | 2001 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 146 | Malawi | 44.8 | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 44.11 | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 148 | Liberia | 43.63 | 2017 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 149 | Bahrain | 43.54 | 2015 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.5 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 151 | Honduras | 43.01 | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 152 | Congo | 43 | 2012 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 153 | Tonga | 42.94 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 42.89 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 155 | Guinea | 42.87 | 2019 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 156 | Gabon | 42.63 | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 157 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.44 | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 158 | American Samoa | 42.37 | 1990 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 159 | Romania | 42 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 160 | Chad | 41.94 | 2022 | — | rising |
| 161 | Italy | 41.6 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 40.87 | 2022 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 163 | Uzbekistan | 39.92 | 2020 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 164 | Oman | 39.9 | 2022 | up 94.8% | rising |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 39.46 | 2020 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 166 | Guyana | 39.09 | 2021 | — | rising |
| 167 | Bangladesh | 38.41 | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Fiji | 37.84 | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 37.34 | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 170 | Türkiye | 36.2 | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | 35.24 | 2025 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 172 | Tuvalu | 35.22 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 173 | Naoero | 34.36 | 2024 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 174 | India | 34.01 | 2025 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 175 | Samoa | 31.41 | 2022 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 176 | Senegal | 30.97 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 177 | Mauritania | 29.78 | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 178 | Sri Lanka | 29.78 | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 179 | Lebanon | 29.35 | 2019 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 180 | Pakistan | 28.21 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 181 | Nepal | 27.91 | 2017 | down 64.5% | rising |
| 182 | Tunisia | 26.68 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 183 | Egypt | 23.83 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 23.3 | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 185 | Tajikistan | 22.49 | 2016 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 186 | Morocco | 19.8 | 2022 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 187 | Palestine, State of | 18.22 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 188 | Jordan | 17.64 | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 189 | Algeria | 16.98 | 2017 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Syria | 14.8 | 2011 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 191 | Sudan | 14.39 | 2022 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 192 | Iran | 14.11 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 193 | Iraq | 10.77 | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 194 | Yemen | 6.04 | 2014 | down 37.1% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Female labor force participation rates slopes with 782 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Female labor force participation rate Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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About this data
Female labor force participation rates slopes with 782 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.