Labor force participation rate for women ages 15-24, 1980 vs. 2023 by country
Share of the female working-age population aged 15-24 who are economically active (employed or unemployed). Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.
Countries reporting
171
Highest
84.0%
Iceland
Lowest
6.8%
Iraq
Median
34.0%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,129
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate for women ages 15-24, 1980 vs. 2023 is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 84.0% in Iceland; the lowest is 6.8% in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.0%, and the mean is 36.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 255.6%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 70.7%).
Labor force participation rate for women ages 15-24, 1980 vs. 2023: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 84.0% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands | 83.3% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 70.9% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 4 | Denmark | 69.4% | 2025 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 5 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 69.0% | 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 | 65.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 10 | Niger | 64.8% | 2022 | up 255.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Mozambique | 64.4% | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 63.8% | 2025 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 13 | Canada | 62.8% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Cambodia | 61.6% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 61.3% | 2024 | up 152.3% | rising |
| 16 | Cayman Islands | 59.0% | 2015 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 17 | Burundi | 58.1% | 2020 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 58.0% | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 57.3% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 57.0% | 2022 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 54.9% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 22 | United States | 54.9% | 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 53.7% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 26 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 53.5% | 2022 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 53.5% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 28 | Angola | 53.4% | 2025 | up 127.6% | rising |
| 29 | Isle of Man | 53.1% | 2016 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 30 | Germany | 53.0% | 2025 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 31 | Japan | 52.8% | 2025 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 32 | Benin | 52.3% | 2022 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 33 | Ireland | 52.2% | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 34 | Malta | 50.9% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 35 | Bermuda | 50.5% | 2000 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 49.5% | 2021 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 48.6% | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 38 | Barbados | 48.3% | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 39 | Brazil | 48.0% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Paraguay | 47.6% | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 41 | Liechtenstein | 47.3% | 2017 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 42 | Maldives | 47.1% | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 47.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 46.3% | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Macao | 45.8% | 2016 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 46 | Israel | 45.7% | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 47 | Guatemala | 44.7% | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 48 | Guam | 44.7% | 2011 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 49 | Belize | 44.4% | 2019 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 43.4% | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 51 | Vanuatu | 43.3% | 2025 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 52 | Estonia | 42.4% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 53 | Qatar | 42.4% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 54 | Seychelles | 42.2% | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 41.7% | 2010 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 56 | Uruguay | 41.5% | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 57 | Grenada | 40.3% | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 39.9% | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 59 | France | 39.8% | 2025 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 60 | Guyana | 39.3% | 2021 | — | rising |
| 61 | Myanmar | 39.2% | 2020 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 62 | Viet Nam | 38.9% | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 63 | Cyprus | 38.5% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 64 | Togo | 38.4% | 2022 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 65 | Mali | 38.3% | 2024 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 66 | Indonesia | 38.1% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 67 | Malaysia | 37.6% | 2022 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 68 | Belarus | 37.4% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 37.1% | 2024 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 70 | Colombia | 37.0% | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 71 | Mauritius | 36.5% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 36.3% | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 73 | Naoero | 36.3% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 36.2% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 75 | Botswana | 35.5% | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 76 | Dominica | 35.4% | 2001 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 77 | French Polynesia | 35.3% | 2012 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 78 | Ghana | 35.0% | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 79 | Republic of Moldova | 34.5% | 2025 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 80 | Argentina | 34.5% | 2025 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 81 | Türkiye | 34.3% | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 82 | Honduras | 34.3% | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 83 | Jamaica | 34.3% | 2023 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.2% | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 85 | Malawi | 34.0% | 2024 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 86 | Lithuania | 34.0% | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 87 | Latvia | 33.9% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 88 | Panama | 33.8% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 89 | Kenya | 33.7% | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 90 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.7% | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 33.6% | 2012 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 92 | Thailand | 33.0% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 93 | Haiti | 32.9% | 2005 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 94 | Singapore | 32.9% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 95 | Lesotho | 32.7% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 96 | Mexico | 32.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 97 | Montenegro | 32.6% | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 32.5% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 32.5% | 2014 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 100 | Ecuador | 32.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 101 | Portugal | 32.3% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 102 | Brunei Darussalam | 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 | 31.6% | 2024 | up 55.3% | falling |
| 107 | Slovenia | 31.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 30.6% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 109 | Armenia | 30.4% | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 30.1% | 2020 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 111 | Cameroon | 30.0% | 2021 | down 43.7% | flat |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 29.7% | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 113 | Georgia | 29.4% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 114 | Hong Kong | 28.7% | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 115 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 28.6% | 2020 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | Republic of Korea | 28.6% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 117 | Gambia | 28.4% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 118 | Suriname | 28.3% | 2016 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 119 | Palau | 28.2% | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 120 | Ukraine | 28.1% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 121 | Bahrain | 27.8% | 2015 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 27.4% | 2025 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 123 | Eswatini | 27.2% | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 124 | Hungary | 27.1% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 125 | Poland | 26.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 126 | Namibia | 26.4% | 2018 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 127 | Russian Federation | 25.8% | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 25.7% | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 25.6% | 2019 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 130 | Philippines | 25.0% | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 131 | San Marino | 25.0% | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 25.0% | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 133 | Czechia | 24.8% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 134 | South Africa | 24.7% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 135 | Serbia | 24.3% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 23.8% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 137 | Liberia | 23.6% | 2017 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 138 | Croatia | 23.6% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 139 | Pakistan | 23.3% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 140 | Kiribati | 23.3% | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Chad | 23.3% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 142 | Fiji | 23.1% | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 143 | Greece | 21.8% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 144 | Nepal | 21.4% | 2017 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 145 | Samoa | 20.5% | 2022 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.4% | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 147 | Mongolia | 20.3% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 148 | Tonga | 20.0% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 149 | Slovakia | 19.9% | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 19.8% | 2021 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 151 | Romania | 18.9% | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 152 | Timor-Leste | 18.6% | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 153 | Italy | 18.5% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 18.3% | 2025 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.6% | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 156 | Kuwait | 16.6% | 2016 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 157 | India | 16.5% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 16.2% | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 159 | Bulgaria | 15.0% | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 160 | Senegal | 14.9% | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 161 | Tunisia | 14.8% | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 162 | Egypt | 14.5% | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 163 | Jordan | 13.8% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 164 | Oman | 12.8% | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 165 | Palestine, State of | 12.0% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 166 | Morocco | 11.7% | 2022 | down 32.3% | flat |
| 167 | Iran | 9.3% | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 168 | Syria | 9.1% | 2009 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 169 | Algeria | 8.0% | 2016 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 170 | Sudan | 7.7% | 2022 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 171 | Iraq | 6.8% | 2021 | up 18.9% | falling |
About this data
Share of the female working-age population aged 15-24 who are economically active (employed or unemployed). Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.