Statizoid

Labor force (15-24 years), female by country

Total labor force comprises people ages 15 to 24 who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
6.75 million
Ethiopia
Lowest
4,691
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
519,181
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,276

What the numbers show

Labor force (15-24 years), female is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 6.75 million in Ethiopia; the lowest is 4,691 in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 519,181, and the mean is 899,498.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,439.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 74.2%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 26.0%).

Labor force (15-24 years), female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 6.75 million 2011 up 43.2% rising
2 Nigeria 5.36 million 2011 up 35.7% rising
3 Tanzania 3.66 million 2011 up 26.1% rising
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.34 million 2011 up 36.2% rising
5 Uganda 2.06 million 2011 up 23.5% rising
6 Mozambique 1.69 million 2011 up 16.6% rising
7 Egypt 1.57 million 2011 up 27.0% rising
8 Madagascar 1.53 million 2011 up 39.9% rising
9 Kenya 1.52 million 2011 up 7.5% rising
10 Zimbabwe 1.22 million 2011 up 35.3% rising
11 Burkina Faso 1.22 million 2011 up 27.8% rising
12 South Africa 1.20 million 2011 down 0.9% rising
13 Sudan 1.17 million 2011 up 28.0% rising
14 Malawi 1.02 million 2011 up 42.2% rising
15 Angola 976,981 2011 up 31.7% rising
16 Ghana 928,010 2011 down 8.7% rising
17 Cameroon 909,924 2011 up 26.0% rising
18 Zambia 861,391 2011 up 21.7% rising
19 Rwanda 834,081 2011 up 16.7% rising
20 Cote d'Ivoire 830,564 2011 up 19.3% rising
21 Senegal 698,192 2011 up 27.9% rising
22 Burundi 654,650 2011 up 33.1% rising
23 Chad 638,268 2011 up 35.8% rising
24 Morocco 587,297 2011 down 10.9% falling
25 Niger 534,078 2011 up 45.1% rising
26 Benin 520,735 2011 up 36.2% rising
27 Guinea 517,627 2011 up 28.7% rising
28 Mali 476,306 2011 up 29.8% rising
29 Togo 436,036 2011 up 29.2% rising
30 Eritrea 399,582 2011 up 19.2% rising
31 Algeria 312,608 2011 down 26.0% falling
32 Sierra Leone 287,555 2011 up 41.4% rising
33 Somalia 282,653 2011 up 18.4% rising
34 Central African Republic 266,830 2011 up 22.9% rising
35 Tunisia 209,295 2011 down 11.8% falling
36 Congo 177,381 2011 up 22.2% rising
37 Liberia 137,534 2011 up 32.5% rising
38 Libya 129,027 2011 down 10.9% rising
39 Botswana 125,996 2011 up 11.6% rising
40 Gambia 117,874 2011 up 25.3% rising
41 Lesotho 94,855 2011 down 20.8% falling
42 Namibia 92,986 2011 up 61.0% rising
43 Guinea-Bissau 82,911 2011 up 35.0% rising
44 Mauritania 78,254 2011 up 51.8% rising
45 Eswatini 55,105 2011 up 21.8% rising
46 Equatorial Guinea 44,311 2011 up 74.2% rising
47 Djibouti 38,880 2011 up 25.1% rising
48 Gabon 37,650 2011 up 17.2% rising
49 Mauritius 36,762 2011 down 2.5% falling
50 Cape Verde 26,025 2011 up 19.7% rising
51 Comoros 16,430 2011 up 7.6% rising
52 Sao Tome and Principe 4,691 2011 up 4.7% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Labor force (15-24 years), female
Source
International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 1,276 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed

Total labor force comprises people ages 15 to 24 who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.