Labor force participation rates for women ages 15 24 2020 vs 1980, gaps filled by country
Labor force participation rates for women ages 15 24 2020 vs 1980 with 625 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
171
Highest
84
Iceland
Lowest
6.81
Iraq
Median
34
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,754
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rates for women ages 15 24 2020 vs 1980, gaps filled is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 84 in Iceland; the lowest is 6.81 in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 34, and the mean is 36.45.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 255.6%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 70.7%).
Labor force participation rates for women ages 15 24 2020 vs … gaps: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 84 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands | 83.3 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 70.88 | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 4 | Denmark | 69.4 | 2025 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 5 | Tanzania | 69.02 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 6 | Norway | 68.6 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 7 | Uganda | 65.9 | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | Bahamas | 65.7 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 65.02 | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 10 | Niger | 64.78 | 2022 | up 255.6% | rising |
| 11 | Mozambique | 64.39 | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 63.75 | 2025 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 13 | Canada | 62.79 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Cambodia | 61.56 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 61.31 | 2024 | up 152.3% | rising |
| 16 | Cayman Islands | 58.98 | 2015 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 17 | Burundi | 58.08 | 2020 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 18 | Bolivia | 57.98 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 57.3 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 56.98 | 2022 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 54.94 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 22 | United States | 54.88 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 23 | Austria | 54.8 | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 24 | Finland | 54.2 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 53.7 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 26 | Laos | 53.5 | 2022 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 53.45 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 28 | Angola | 53.43 | 2025 | up 127.6% | rising |
| 29 | Isle of Man | 53.14 | 2016 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 30 | Germany | 53 | 2025 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 31 | Japan | 52.8 | 2025 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 32 | Benin | 52.26 | 2022 | up 30.8% | flat |
| 33 | Ireland | 52.2 | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 34 | Malta | 50.9 | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 35 | Bermuda | 50.54 | 2000 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 49.48 | 2021 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 48.57 | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 38 | Barbados | 48.29 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 39 | Brazil | 48.01 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Paraguay | 47.63 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 41 | Liechtenstein | 47.33 | 2017 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 42 | Maldives | 47.14 | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 46.95 | 2025 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 46.29 | 2024 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Macao | 45.85 | 2016 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 46 | Israel | 45.73 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 47 | Guatemala | 44.71 | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 48 | Guam | 44.7 | 2011 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 49 | Belize | 44.38 | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 43.35 | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 51 | Vanuatu | 43.29 | 2025 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 52 | Estonia | 42.4 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 53 | Qatar | 42.38 | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 54 | Seychelles | 42.24 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 41.67 | 2010 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 56 | Uruguay | 41.52 | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 57 | Grenada | 40.33 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 39.87 | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 59 | France | 39.8 | 2025 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 60 | Guyana | 39.26 | 2021 | — | rising |
| 61 | Myanmar | 39.24 | 2020 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 62 | Vietnam | 38.9 | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 63 | Cyprus | 38.5 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 64 | Togo | 38.45 | 2022 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 65 | Mali | 38.32 | 2024 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 66 | Indonesia | 38.12 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 67 | Malaysia | 37.59 | 2022 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 68 | Belarus | 37.43 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 37.06 | 2024 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 70 | Colombia | 36.97 | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 71 | Mauritius | 36.52 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 36.28 | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 73 | Nauru | 36.26 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 36.18 | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 75 | Botswana | 35.5 | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 76 | Dominica | 35.43 | 2001 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 77 | French Polynesia | 35.28 | 2012 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 78 | Ghana | 35.05 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 79 | Moldova | 34.5 | 2025 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 80 | Argentina | 34.5 | 2025 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 81 | Turkey | 34.3 | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 82 | Honduras | 34.27 | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 83 | Jamaica | 34.26 | 2023 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.23 | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 85 | Malawi | 34.02 | 2024 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 86 | Lithuania | 34 | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 87 | Latvia | 33.9 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 88 | Panama | 33.81 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 89 | Kenya | 33.72 | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 90 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33.66 | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 33.62 | 2012 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 92 | Thailand | 32.98 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 93 | Haiti | 32.87 | 2005 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 94 | Singapore | 32.87 | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 95 | Lesotho | 32.74 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 96 | Mexico | 32.69 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 97 | Montenegro | 32.55 | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 32.54 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 32.46 | 2014 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 100 | Ecuador | 32.31 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 101 | Portugal | 32.3 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 102 | Brunei | 32.2 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 32.1 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 104 | Spain | 31.9 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 105 | Belgium | 31.6 | 2025 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 106 | Albania | 31.57 | 2024 | up 55.3% | falling |
| 107 | Slovenia | 31.3 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 30.65 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 109 | Armenia | 30.45 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 30.14 | 2020 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 111 | Cameroon | 29.97 | 2021 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 29.68 | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 113 | Georgia | 29.44 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 114 | Hong Kong | 28.71 | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 115 | Venezuela | 28.63 | 2020 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | South Korea | 28.62 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 117 | Gambia | 28.36 | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 118 | Suriname | 28.29 | 2016 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 119 | Palau | 28.21 | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 120 | Ukraine | 28.09 | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 121 | Bahrain | 27.83 | 2015 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 27.37 | 2025 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 123 | Eswatini | 27.24 | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 124 | Hungary | 27.1 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 125 | Poland | 26.89 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 126 | Namibia | 26.43 | 2018 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 127 | Russia | 25.78 | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 25.72 | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 25.6 | 2019 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 130 | Philippines | 25.03 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 131 | San Marino | 25 | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 24.97 | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 133 | Czechia | 24.8 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 134 | South Africa | 24.67 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 135 | Serbia | 24.32 | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 23.82 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 137 | Liberia | 23.64 | 2017 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 138 | Croatia | 23.6 | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 139 | Pakistan | 23.32 | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 140 | Kiribati | 23.31 | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Chad | 23.26 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 142 | Fiji | 23.15 | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 143 | Greece | 21.84 | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 144 | Nepal | 21.37 | 2017 | down 70.7% | rising |
| 145 | Samoa | 20.49 | 2022 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.4 | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 147 | Mongolia | 20.34 | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 148 | Tonga | 20.01 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 149 | Slovakia | 19.9 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 19.82 | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 151 | Romania | 18.9 | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 152 | East Timor | 18.58 | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 153 | Italy | 18.5 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 18.29 | 2025 | up 126.8% | rising |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.63 | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 156 | Kuwait | 16.56 | 2016 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 157 | India | 16.49 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 16.21 | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 159 | Bulgaria | 15 | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 160 | Senegal | 14.91 | 2024 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 161 | Tunisia | 14.84 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 162 | Egypt | 14.48 | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 163 | Jordan | 13.78 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 164 | Oman | 12.77 | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 165 | Palestine | 11.96 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 166 | Morocco | 11.7 | 2022 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 167 | Iran | 9.31 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 168 | Syria | 9.13 | 2009 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 169 | Algeria | 8 | 2016 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 170 | Sudan | 7.68 | 2022 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 171 | Iraq | 6.81 | 2021 | up 18.9% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Labor force participation rates for women ages 15 24 2020 vs 1980 with 625 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
- Labor force participation rates for women ages 15 24 2020 vs 1980 Our World in Data
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About this data
Labor force participation rates for women ages 15 24 2020 vs 1980 with 625 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.