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Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 65+) by country

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 65 and older 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...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
87.0%
Malawi
Lowest
0.7%
Algeria
Median
39.4%
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,276

What the numbers show

Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 65+) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 87.0% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.7% in Algeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.4%, and the mean is 36.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 122.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 100.9%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 43.4%).

Labor participation rate, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 87.0% 2011 up 11.4% flat
2 Mozambique 77.4% 2011 down 2.2% flat
3 Zambia 69.4% 2011 down 3.8% flat
4 Central African Republic 67.4% 2011 up 1.1% flat
5 Zimbabwe 66.0% 2011 up 3.9% rising
6 Burundi 62.4% 2011 down 5.8% falling
7 Tanzania, United Republic of 61.6% 2011 up 19.3% rising
8 Uganda 60.5% 2011 up 11.4% rising
9 Gambia 59.9% 2011 down 3.1% flat
10 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 57.9% 2011 down 2.7% rising
11 Equatorial Guinea 53.1% 2011 up 2.2% flat
12 Chad 52.7% 2011 down 3.5% flat
13 Madagascar 52.3% 2011 up 0.3% flat
14 Togo 51.4% 2011 up 5.7% rising
15 Rwanda 50.5% 2011 down 3.3% falling
16 Kenya 50.4% 2011 down 12.4% falling
17 Congo 48.2% 2011 down 4.9% flat
18 Benin 46.9% 2011 up 1.6% rising
19 Senegal 44.7% 2011 down 2.3% flat
20 Nigeria 44.4% 2011 up 0.8% rising
21 Ghana 44.0% 2011 down 13.8% falling
22 Lesotho 43.2% 2011 down 14.6% falling
23 Guinea-Bissau 43.1% 2011 up 6.5% rising
24 Gabon 42.7% 2011 down 10.8% falling
25 Guinea 41.6% 2011 up 3.0% flat
26 Angola 40.0% 2011 down 6.8% falling
27 Cameroon 38.8% 2011 down 0.9% flat
28 Liberia 38.4% 2011 down 5.6% falling
29 Côte d'Ivoire 38.2% 2011 up 3.8% rising
30 Ethiopia 38.0% 2011 up 21.2% rising
31 Eritrea 35.2% 2011 up 13.7% rising
32 Burkina Faso 33.9% 2011 down 3.9% falling
33 Niger 30.3% 2011 up 7.2% rising
34 Namibia 28.4% 2011 up 1.6% rising
35 Botswana 28.3% 2011 up 3.2% falling
36 Sierra Leone 23.4% 2011 down 11.0% flat
37 Comoros 22.4% 2011 up 3.4% rising
38 Eswatini 21.6% 2011 down 3.0% falling
39 Morocco 19.7% 2011 up 100.9% rising
40 Mauritania 17.6% 2011 up 20.2% rising
41 Mali 13.9% 2011 up 3.5% falling
42 Somalia 11.7% 2011 down 1.4% flat
43 Sudan 10.5% 2011 down 4.9% falling
44 Cape Verde 10.2% 2011 down 6.8% falling
45 Sao Tome and Principe 9.4% 2011 down 4.6% falling
46 Libya 5.9% 2011 up 3.4% rising
47 Mauritius 5.3% 2011 up 17.8% rising
48 Tunisia 5.1% 2011 up 30.4% rising
49 Djibouti 4.4% 2011 up 18.7% rising
50 South Africa 4.2% 2011 down 43.4% volatile
51 Egypt 3.5% 2011 up 54.1% volatile
52 Algeria 0.7% 2011 up 5.8% falling

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 65+)
Unit
% of female population ages 65+
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
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Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 65 and older 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.