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Labor force (15-64 years), female by country

The labor force comprising people ages 15 to 64 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
23.65 million
Nigeria
Lowest
26,987
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
2.04 million
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,276

What the numbers show

Labor force (15-64 years), female is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 23.65 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 26,987 in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.04 million, and the mean is 3.72 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 876.

Labor force (15-64 years), female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 23.65 million 2011 up 36.0% rising
2 Ethiopia 22.23 million 2011 up 45.1% rising
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 14.42 million 2011 up 37.7% rising
4 Tanzania 12.56 million 2011 up 33.0% rising
5 South Africa 9.29 million 2011 up 15.3% rising
6 Kenya 8.37 million 2011 up 33.2% rising
7 Egypt 7.81 million 2011 up 48.9% rising
8 Uganda 7.62 million 2011 up 30.7% rising
9 Mozambique 6.56 million 2011 up 21.7% rising
10 Ghana 5.69 million 2011 up 24.3% rising
11 Madagascar 5.64 million 2011 up 38.2% rising
12 Sudan 4.80 million 2011 up 39.8% rising
13 Cameroon 4.31 million 2011 up 35.4% rising
14 Burkina Faso 4.17 million 2011 up 36.2% rising
15 Malawi 3.87 million 2011 up 45.0% rising
16 Angola 3.81 million 2011 up 31.2% rising
17 Zimbabwe 3.73 million 2011 up 27.0% rising
18 Morocco 3.46 million 2011 up 20.3% rising
19 Cote d'Ivoire 3.33 million 2011 up 31.5% rising
20 Rwanda 3.17 million 2011 up 36.1% rising
21 Zambia 2.87 million 2011 up 22.8% rising
22 Senegal 2.73 million 2011 up 39.8% rising
23 Burundi 2.60 million 2011 up 50.6% rising
24 Algeria 2.38 million 2011 up 55.5% rising
25 Chad 2.25 million 2011 up 37.8% rising
26 Guinea 2.12 million 2011 up 28.1% rising
27 Benin 1.96 million 2011 up 43.9% rising
28 Niger 1.81 million 2011 up 39.3% rising
29 Mali 1.80 million 2011 up 36.0% rising
30 Togo 1.70 million 2011 up 39.2% rising
31 Eritrea 1.49 million 2011 up 55.5% rising
32 Sierra Leone 1.35 million 2011 up 38.3% rising
33 Tunisia 1.24 million 2011 up 29.9% rising
34 Somalia 1.14 million 2011 up 25.8% rising
35 Central African Republic 1.07 million 2011 up 27.8% rising
36 Congo 934,423 2011 up 37.1% rising
37 Libya 802,843 2011 up 33.5% rising
38 Liberia 764,236 2011 up 39.8% rising
39 Botswana 565,923 2011 up 26.9% rising
40 Namibia 510,856 2011 up 48.8% rising
41 Lesotho 473,855 2011 up 6.0% rising
42 Gambia 419,392 2011 up 42.4% rising
43 Guinea-Bissau 351,481 2011 up 32.7% rising
44 Mauritania 343,790 2011 up 62.1% rising
45 Gabon 307,173 2011 up 38.2% rising
46 Mauritius 257,956 2011 up 21.3% rising
47 Eswatini 192,264 2011 up 26.7% rising
48 Equatorial Guinea 187,052 2011 up 45.1% rising
49 Djibouti 120,625 2011 up 50.6% rising
50 Cape Verde 101,770 2011 up 41.5% rising
51 Comoros 85,628 2011 up 47.9% rising
52 Sao Tome and Principe 26,987 2011 up 43.1% 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 (15-64 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

The labor force comprising people ages 15 to 64 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.