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Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 55-64) by country

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 55-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. The participation rates are harmonized to account for differences in national data collection and tabulation...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
95.4%
Madagascar
Lowest
8.8%
Algeria
Median
65.2%
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,270

What the numbers show

Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 55-64) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 95.4% in Madagascar; the lowest is 8.8% in Algeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 65.2%, and the mean is 59.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 93.4%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 12.3%).

Labor participation rate, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Madagascar 95.4% 2011 down 0.7% flat
2 Malawi 95.3% 2011 up 7.8% rising
3 Rwanda 92.6% 2011 down 1.5% rising
4 Tanzania, United Republic of 92.4% 2011 up 7.9% rising
5 Burundi 90.0% 2011 down 0.3% flat
6 Mozambique 89.8% 2011 up 0.0% flat
7 Uganda 86.6% 2011 up 2.3% flat
8 Zimbabwe 85.8% 2011 up 5.0% rising
9 Equatorial Guinea 85.4% 2011 up 3.4% flat
10 Central African Republic 84.1% 2011 up 2.1% flat
11 Ghana 82.4% 2011 up 4.9% rising
12 Zambia 82.0% 2011 down 2.6% flat
13 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 81.6% 2011 down 0.4% rising
14 Togo 80.9% 2011 up 6.1% rising
15 Cameroon 77.3% 2011 up 1.4% rising
16 Kenya 75.3% 2011 down 1.5% falling
17 Congo 73.9% 2011 down 1.7% flat
18 Gambia 73.8% 2011 down 0.2% flat
19 Ethiopia 70.9% 2011 up 17.4% rising
20 Chad 70.6% 2011 down 0.9% flat
21 Burkina Faso 70.2% 2011 down 0.8% flat
22 Eritrea 68.9% 2011 up 12.2% rising
23 Benin 67.8% 2011 up 4.7% rising
24 Senegal 67.4% 2011 up 0.7% flat
25 Guinea-Bissau 66.8% 2011 up 7.1% rising
26 Lesotho 65.5% 2011 down 0.0% flat
27 Liberia 65.0% 2011 down 2.9% flat
28 Sierra Leone 64.5% 2011 down 5.1% flat
29 Guinea 64.1% 2011 up 3.6% flat
30 Nigeria 63.8% 2011 up 1.1% rising
31 Botswana 62.8% 2011 up 1.7% flat
32 Angola 61.7% 2011 down 6.4% falling
33 Gabon 61.6% 2011 down 4.2% falling
34 Côte d'Ivoire 57.0% 2011 up 6.8% rising
35 Niger 43.5% 2011 up 20.4% rising
36 Eswatini 39.0% 2011 up 5.4% rising
37 Comoros 36.8% 2011 up 13.5% rising
38 Namibia 36.8% 2011 down 12.3% flat
39 Sao Tome and Principe 36.2% 2011 up 14.6% rising
40 Cape Verde 34.6% 2011 up 20.7% rising
41 South Africa 31.4% 2011 up 13.4% rising
42 Somalia 31.0% 2011 up 10.1% rising
43 Mauritius 30.3% 2011 up 23.3% rising
44 Mali 30.0% 2011 up 0.7% falling
45 Mauritania 27.2% 2011 up 20.2% rising
46 Sudan 23.8% 2011 up 7.3% falling
47 Morocco 23.8% 2011 up 21.0% rising
48 Djibouti 16.1% 2011 up 36.4% rising
49 Egypt 15.7% 2011 up 93.4% rising
50 Libya 15.1% 2011 up 4.2% rising
51 Tunisia 12.4% 2011 up 19.9% rising
52 Algeria 8.8% 2011 up 29.5% rising

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 55-64)
Unit
% of female population ages 55-64
Source
International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 1,270 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 55-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. The participation rates are harmonized to account for differences in national data collection and tabulation methodologies as well as for other country-specific factors such as military service requirements. The series includes both nationally reported and imputed data and only estimates that are national, meaning there are no geographic limitations in coverage.