Female labor force participation rate by country
Share of the female working-age population (ages 15 and over) who are economically active (employed or unemployed).
Countries reporting
183
Highest
82.9%
Madagascar
Lowest
4.7%
Yemen
Median
52.9%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,682
What the numbers show
Female labor force participation rate is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 82.9% in Madagascar; the lowest is 4.7% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 52.9%, and the mean is 50.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 55.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 73.4%).
Female labor force participation rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 82.9% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 82.3% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Nigeria | 80.7% | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 4 | Tanzania | 80.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 79.5% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 6 | North Korea | 77.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Cambodia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 8 | Mozambique | 77.1% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 9 | Uganda | 75.6% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | Benin | 75.2% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia | 72.9% | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 12 | Eritrea | 72.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Niger | 72.8% | 2025 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 14 | Moldova | 72.3% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 15 | Angola | 72.2% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 16 | Liberia | 72.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 17 | Bahamas | 70.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | South Sudan | 70.4% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 19 | Iceland | 70.0% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 20 | Vietnam | 68.6% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 21 | New Zealand | 66.1% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 22 | Congo | 65.6% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 65.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Peru | 65.0% | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 64.1% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 26 | Botswana | 63.7% | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 27 | Singapore | 63.6% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 28 | Macao | 63.1% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 29 | Kenya | 63.0% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 30 | Jamaica | 63.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 31 | Netherlands | 62.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 62.6% | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 33 | Australia | 62.5% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 34 | Israel | 62.3% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 35 | Switzerland | 62.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 62.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 37 | Norway | 62.1% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 62.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 61.9% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 40 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 61.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 41 | East Timor | 61.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 42 | Laos | 61.6% | 2025 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 43 | Sweden | 61.5% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 44 | Cyprus | 61.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 45 | Barbados | 61.0% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 46 | Estonia | 61.0% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 47 | Denmark | 60.8% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 60.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.3% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 50 | Canada | 60.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 59.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.2% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 54 | China | 59.1% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 55 | Paraguay | 59.0% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 56 | Thailand | 59.0% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 57 | Albania | 58.6% | 2025 | up 24.3% | flat |
| 58 | Ethiopia | 58.5% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 59 | Haiti | 58.3% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 60 | Malawi | 58.2% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 61 | Lithuania | 57.7% | 2025 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 63 | United Kingdom | 57.3% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 64 | Rwanda | 57.3% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 65 | Uruguay | 57.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 66 | South Korea | 56.8% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 67 | Belarus | 56.8% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 68 | Bhutan | 56.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 69 | Georgia | 56.7% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 70 | Togo | 56.6% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 71 | Cameroon | 56.6% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 72 | Guam | 56.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 73 | Finland | 56.5% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 74 | Zambia | 56.4% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 75 | United States | 56.3% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 76 | Japan | 55.9% | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 78 | Germany | 55.3% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 79 | Ghana | 55.3% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 80 | Latvia | 55.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 81 | Slovakia | 55.1% | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 82 | Austria | 55.1% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 54.9% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 84 | Namibia | 54.9% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 85 | Portugal | 54.6% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 86 | Russia | 54.5% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 87 | Brunei | 54.4% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 54.3% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 89 | Indonesia | 53.7% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 53.7% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 91 | Czechia | 53.5% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 92 | Brazil | 53.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 53.3% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 53.0% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 95 | Chile | 52.9% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 96 | Mali | 52.8% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 97 | Spain | 52.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 98 | United States Virgin Islands | 52.8% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 99 | Serbia | 52.6% | 2025 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.6% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 101 | Argentina | 52.5% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 102 | Ecuador | 52.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 103 | Slovenia | 52.3% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 104 | Hong Kong | 51.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 105 | Malaysia | 51.6% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 106 | Colombia | 51.6% | 2025 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 107 | Poland | 51.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 51.6% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 109 | France | 51.5% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 110 | Mongolia | 51.5% | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 51.3% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 112 | Montenegro | 51.2% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 51.1% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 114 | Armenia | 51.1% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 50.8% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 116 | Philippines | 50.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 50.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 50.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 119 | South Africa | 49.9% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 120 | Belgium | 49.8% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 121 | El Salvador | 49.1% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 48.5% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 123 | Lesotho | 48.1% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.8% | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 125 | Ukraine | 47.7% | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 126 | Comoros | 47.6% | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 127 | Mauritius | 47.5% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 128 | Mexico | 47.5% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 129 | Croatia | 47.4% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 130 | Guyana | 47.4% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 131 | Chad | 47.3% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 132 | Kuwait | 47.2% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 46.6% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 134 | Belize | 46.5% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 135 | Costa Rica | 46.0% | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 136 | Gambia | 45.5% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 137 | Suriname | 44.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 138 | Greece | 44.7% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 44.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 140 | North Macedonia | 42.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 141 | Guinea | 42.6% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 142 | Tonga | 42.3% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 143 | Bahrain | 42.3% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 144 | Romania | 41.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 145 | Gabon | 41.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 41.2% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 147 | Myanmar | 40.9% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 148 | Italy | 40.8% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 149 | Maldives | 40.7% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 150 | Cuba | 40.0% | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 151 | Honduras | 39.6% | 2025 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.2% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 153 | Bangladesh | 38.6% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 154 | Fiji | 38.5% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 155 | Guatemala | 38.3% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 38.2% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 157 | Senegal | 38.2% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 158 | Turkey | 37.1% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 159 | Venezuela | 37.1% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 36.9% | 2025 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 33.6% | 2025 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 162 | Libya | 33.0% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 163 | India | 32.4% | 2025 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 164 | Sri Lanka | 31.0% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 165 | Samoa | 30.7% | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 166 | Oman | 30.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 167 | Nepal | 27.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 168 | Tunisia | 26.5% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 169 | Mauritania | 26.2% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 170 | Pakistan | 24.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 172 | Lebanon | 22.2% | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 21.9% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 174 | Somalia | 20.7% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 175 | Morocco | 19.7% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 176 | Djibouti | 19.4% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 177 | Palestine | 18.9% | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 178 | Egypt | 18.5% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 179 | Jordan | 16.0% | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 180 | Sudan | 14.5% | 2022 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 181 | Algeria | 14.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 182 | Iran | 14.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 183 | Syria | 12.7% | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 184 | Iraq | 10.9% | 2025 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 5.1% | 2025 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 186 | Yemen | 4.7% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
About this data
Share of the female working-age population (ages 15 and over) who are economically active (employed or unemployed).