Modeled female employment to population ratio by country
Countries reporting
184
Highest
81.17
Solomon Islands
Lowest
3.25
Yemen
Median
49.86
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Modeled female employment to population ratio is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 81.17 in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 3.25 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.86, and the mean is 47.39.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 87.9%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 77.4%).
Modeled female employment to population ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 81.17 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Madagascar | 80.17 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | Burundi | 78.85 | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 4 | Tanzania | 78.5 | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 77.57 | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 6 | Cambodia | 77.17 | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 7 | North Korea | 74.87 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Benin | 74.12 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 73.11 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | Niger | 72.56 | 2025 | up 18.1% | flat |
| 11 | Mozambique | 71.56 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 12 | Moldova | 71.44 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia | 70.46 | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 14 | Liberia | 70.43 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Eritrea | 67.94 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 67.67 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 17 | Vietnam | 67.62 | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 18 | Bahamas | 64.25 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 62.59 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 61.92 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | Macao | 61.8 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 22 | Singapore | 61.74 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 23 | Qatar | 61.61 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 61.35 | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 61.28 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 26 | Laos | 61 | 2025 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 28 | South Sudan | 60.82 | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 29 | East Timor | 60.67 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 30 | Jamaica | 60.33 | 2025 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 31 | Israel | 60.18 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 32 | Netherlands | 60.15 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 59.98 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.66 | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 35 | Norway | 59.39 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 59.23 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.13 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 59.09 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 58.79 | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 40 | Thailand | 58.48 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 57.89 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 57.87 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 43 | Denmark | 57.32 | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 44 | Ireland | 57.05 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 56.95 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 46 | Barbados | 56.78 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 47 | China | 56.78 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 56.33 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 49 | Canada | 56.26 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 50 | Sweden | 56.24 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Estonia | 56.09 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 55.81 | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 53 | Togo | 55.49 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 54 | Paraguay | 55.41 | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 55 | Saint Lucia | 55.34 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 56 | South Korea | 55.25 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 55.25 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 54.81 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Malawi | 54.69 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 60 | Japan | 54.62 | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 61 | Bhutan | 54.38 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 62 | Cameroon | 54.25 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 63 | Malta | 54.22 | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 64 | Lithuania | 54.01 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 65 | United States | 53.99 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 53.76 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 53.48 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 68 | Guam | 53.47 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 53.41 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 70 | Russia | 53.34 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Zambia | 52.95 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 52.3 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 73 | Austria | 52.21 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 74 | Latvia | 52.2 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 75 | Indonesia | 52.1 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 76 | Albania | 52.02 | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 77 | Slovakia | 51.94 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 78 | Hungary | 51.92 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 79 | Congo | 51.72 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 80 | Czechia | 51.69 | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 81 | Brunei | 51.56 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | Finland | 51.48 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 83 | Mali | 51.25 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 84 | Portugal | 51.06 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 50.81 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 86 | Georgia | 50.65 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 87 | Hong Kong | 50.63 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 50.52 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 89 | Slovenia | 50.52 | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 90 | Ecuador | 50.24 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 49.99 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 92 | Poland | 49.99 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 93 | Rwanda | 49.95 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.76 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 49.76 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 96 | Malaysia | 49.65 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 49.52 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 98 | Brazil | 49.5 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 99 | Philippines | 49.24 | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 100 | Panama | 49.21 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 101 | Mongolia | 49.14 | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 48.72 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 103 | Serbia | 48.68 | 2025 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 48.61 | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 105 | Argentina | 48.2 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 106 | Haiti | 47.82 | 2025 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 107 | Chile | 47.8 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 108 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.73 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 109 | France | 47.6 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 110 | El Salvador | 47.3 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 111 | Belgium | 46.98 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 111 | Chad | 46.98 | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 113 | Spain | 46.52 | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 114 | United States Virgin Islands | 46.32 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 115 | Colombia | 46.2 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 116 | Mexico | 46.16 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 117 | Botswana | 45.94 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.92 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 119 | Comoros | 45.55 | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 120 | Croatia | 44.94 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 121 | New Caledonia | 44.9 | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 122 | Namibia | 44.81 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 44.72 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 124 | Kuwait | 44.36 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 125 | Armenia | 44.03 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 126 | Montenegro | 43.95 | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 127 | Mauritius | 43.84 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 128 | Ukraine | 42.89 | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 129 | Gambia | 42.68 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 42.44 | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.37 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 132 | Tonga | 41.27 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 133 | Guyana | 40.99 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 40.78 | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 135 | Bahrain | 40.76 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 136 | Guinea | 40.5 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 137 | Belize | 40.22 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 138 | Suriname | 40.05 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 139 | Greece | 39.61 | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 140 | Myanmar | 39.49 | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 141 | Romania | 39.48 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 142 | Cuba | 39.22 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 142 | Lesotho | 39.22 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 144 | Maldives | 39.07 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 38.45 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 37.99 | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 147 | Italy | 37.82 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 148 | Turkmenistan | 37.29 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 37.23 | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 150 | Guatemala | 37.07 | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 151 | Honduras | 37.05 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 152 | Senegal | 37.03 | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 153 | Fiji | 35.81 | 2025 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 154 | Puerto Rico | 34.99 | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 155 | Venezuela | 34.93 | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 156 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.04 | 2025 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 158 | Turkey | 32.82 | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 159 | India | 31.08 | 2025 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 160 | Eswatini | 31.04 | 2025 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 30.32 | 2025 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 162 | Gabon | 29.73 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 28.98 | 2025 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 164 | Samoa | 28.5 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 165 | Oman | 26.62 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 166 | Libya | 24.68 | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 167 | Nepal | 24.23 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 168 | Pakistan | 22.38 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 169 | Mauritania | 22.32 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 170 | Tunisia | 21.09 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 21.02 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20.64 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 173 | Lebanon | 19.02 | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 174 | Morocco | 17.6 | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 175 | Egypt | 15.63 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 176 | Somalia | 15.61 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 177 | Djibouti | 12.5 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 178 | Sudan | 12.43 | 2022 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 179 | Jordan | 12.29 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 180 | Iran | 11.83 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 181 | Palestine | 11.36 | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 182 | Algeria | 11.22 | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 183 | Syria | 9.41 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 184 | Iraq | 7.64 | 2025 | down 30.6% | flat |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 3.81 | 2025 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 186 | Yemen | 3.25 | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central African Republic 60.88
- South Africa 32.92