Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) by country
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
81.0%
Bermuda
Lowest
6.0%
Yemen
Median
54.4%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
5,512
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 81.0% in Bermuda; the lowest is 6.0% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 54.4%, and the mean is 52.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 262.2%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 64.5%).
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female) … national female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bermuda | 81.0% | 2010 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 81.0% | 2015 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 3 | Nigeria | 80.5% | 2024 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 4 | Isle of Man | 80.1% | 2016 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 5 | Tanzania | 79.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 79.4% | 2013 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Burundi | 78.3% | 2020 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 77.2% | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 9 | Benin | 74.7% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia | 74.7% | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 74.7% | 2021 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 12 | Cambodia | 74.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 73.8% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 14 | Angola | 73.6% | 2025 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 15 | Niger | 73.4% | 2022 | up 262.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Iceland | 72.0% | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 17 | Greenland | 71.5% | 2015 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 18 | San Marino | 70.4% | 2022 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.0% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 20 | Moldova | 69.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Ghana | 69.5% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 69.1% | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 23 | Madagascar | 68.9% | 2022 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 24 | Vietnam | 68.1% | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 25 | Macao | 67.2% | 2016 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 26 | Northern Mariana Islands | 66.6% | 2010 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 66.5% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 66.3% | 2025 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 29 | Belarus | 66.2% | 2025 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 65.8% | 2025 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 31 | Botswana | 65.2% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 32 | Sweden | 64.6% | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 33 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 64.4% | 2001 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 64.4% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 35 | Kenya | 64.1% | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 63.9% | 2018 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 63.7% | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 38 | Qatar | 63.5% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 63.3% | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 40 | Australia | 63.2% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 41 | Saint Lucia | 62.9% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Switzerland | 62.8% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Singapore | 62.5% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 61.9% | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 45 | Estonia | 61.9% | 2025 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 61.9% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 47 | Norway | 61.7% | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 48 | Laos | 61.5% | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 49 | Ireland | 61.3% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 50 | Paraguay | 61.2% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 51 | Canada | 61.1% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 52 | Seychelles | 61.0% | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 53 | Palau | 60.7% | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 54 | Jamaica | 60.6% | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 55 | Denmark | 60.5% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 56 | British Virgin Islands | 60.3% | 1994 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Cyprus | 60.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 59 | Cote d'Ivoire | 59.6% | 2022 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 60 | Israel | 59.5% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 61 | Thailand | 59.3% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 62 | Malta | 59.3% | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 63 | United Kingdom | 59.3% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 59.2% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 65 | Aruba | 58.8% | 2011 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 58.6% | 2025 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 58.6% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 58.3% | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 69 | Uruguay | 58.0% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 70 | Georgia | 57.9% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 71 | Grenada | 57.9% | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 72 | Cameroon | 57.7% | 2021 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 73 | Finland | 57.6% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 57.6% | 2021 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 75 | Gibraltar | 57.5% | 2001 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 76 | Lesotho | 57.5% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 77 | Zambia | 57.4% | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 78 | Korea | 57.3% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 57.3% | 2013 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 80 | United States | 57.3% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 57.3% | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 82 | Austria | 57.2% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 83 | Belize | 57.2% | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 84 | Montenegro | 57.0% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 85 | Germany | 56.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 86 | Armenia | 56.8% | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 56.7% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 88 | Guam | 56.5% | 2011 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 89 | Russia | 56.4% | 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 3.9% | rising |
| 93 | Slovak Republic | 55.6% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 55.5% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 95 | Bhutan | 55.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 96 | Hungary | 55.3% | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 97 | Czechia | 55.1% | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 98 | Brunei | 54.6% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 99 | Slovenia | 54.2% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 54.1% | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 101 | Curacao | 54.0% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 102 | Spain | 53.7% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 103 | Brazil | 53.7% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 104 | France | 53.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 105 | Argentina | 53.3% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 105 | Chile | 53.3% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 107 | Mongolia | 53.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 108 | Liechtenstein | 53.1% | 2017 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 109 | Indonesia | 53.0% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 110 | Hong Kong | 52.7% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 111 | Serbia | 52.5% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 112 | Colombia | 52.3% | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 113 | Poland | 52.2% | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 114 | Panama | 52.1% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 115 | Ecuador | 52.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 116 | Belgium | 51.6% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 50.6% | 2022 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 118 | Maldives | 50.6% | 2019 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 50.5% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 120 | Kuwait | 49.9% | 2016 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 121 | South Africa | 49.8% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 122 | Philippines | 49.4% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 123 | Croatia | 49.4% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 49.3% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 49.1% | 2012 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 126 | Bahamas | 48.6% | 2024 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 127 | El Salvador | 48.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 128 | Haiti | 48.4% | 2012 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 129 | Eswatini | 48.2% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 130 | Mauritius | 48.1% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 48.0% | 2014 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 132 | Ukraine | 47.8% | 2021 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 133 | Gambia | 47.4% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 134 | Venezuela | 47.2% | 2020 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 135 | Comoros | 47.2% | 2021 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 136 | Guatemala | 47.2% | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.1% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 138 | Kiribati | 46.8% | 2023 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 139 | Mexico | 46.5% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 140 | Greece | 45.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 141 | Myanmar | 45.6% | 2020 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 142 | Mali | 45.5% | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 143 | Suriname | 45.3% | 2016 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 45.2% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 145 | Dominica | 45.1% | 2001 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 146 | Malawi | 44.8% | 2024 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 44.1% | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 148 | Liberia | 43.6% | 2017 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 149 | Bahrain | 43.5% | 2015 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.5% | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 151 | Honduras | 43.0% | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 152 | Congo | 43.0% | 2012 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 153 | Tonga | 42.9% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 42.9% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 155 | Guinea | 42.9% | 2019 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 156 | Namibia | 42.7% | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 157 | Gabon | 42.6% | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 158 | American Samoa | 42.4% | 1990 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 159 | Romania | 42.0% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 160 | Chad | 41.9% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 161 | Italy | 41.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.6% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 163 | East Timor | 40.9% | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 164 | Uzbekistan | 39.9% | 2020 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 165 | Oman | 39.9% | 2022 | up 94.8% | rising |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 39.5% | 2020 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 167 | Bangladesh | 38.4% | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Fiji | 37.8% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 37.3% | 2021 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 170 | Türkiye | 36.2% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | 35.2% | 2025 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 172 | Tuvalu | 35.2% | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 173 | Nauru | 34.4% | 2024 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 174 | India | 34.0% | 2025 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 175 | Senegal | 31.7% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 176 | Samoa | 31.4% | 2022 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 177 | Mauritania | 29.8% | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 178 | Sri Lanka | 29.8% | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 179 | Lebanon | 29.4% | 2019 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 180 | Pakistan | 28.2% | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 181 | Nepal | 27.9% | 2017 | down 64.5% | rising |
| 182 | Tunisia | 26.7% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 183 | Egypt | 23.8% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 23.3% | 2021 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 185 | Kosovo | 22.5% | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 185 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 22.5% | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 187 | Tajikistan | 22.5% | 2016 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 188 | Morocco | 19.8% | 2022 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 189 | Palestine | 18.2% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 190 | Jordan | 17.6% | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 191 | Algeria | 17.0% | 2017 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 192 | Syria | 14.8% | 2011 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 193 | Sudan | 14.4% | 2022 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 194 | Iran | 14.1% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 195 | Iraq | 10.8% | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 196 | Yemen | 6.0% | 2014 | down 37.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 57.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 56.3%
- High income 55.5%
- OECD members 54.0%
- Euro area 52.9%
- European Union 52.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 52.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 52.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 52.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 52.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 51.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 50.0%
- Caribbean Small States 48.9%
- IDA blend 47.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 43.4%
- Lower middle income 41.0%
- IBRD only 40.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 37.5%
- South Asia 34.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 34.0%
- Arab World 22.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 21.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 19.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 19.7%
About this data
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.