Proportion of labor force who are women by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
55.36
Moldova
Lowest
6.78
Afghanistan
Median
45.59
Years covered
36
1990β2025
Data points
6,682
What the numbers show
Proportion of labor force who are women is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 55.36 in Moldova; the lowest is 6.78 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.59, and the mean is 41.76.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 55.1%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 66.6%).
Proportion of labor force who are women: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | 55.36 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | United States Virgin Islands | 51.91 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 51.68 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 4 | Burundi | 51.61 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Togo | 51.3 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 51.18 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 7 | Macao | 50.98 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 8 | Bahamas | 50.72 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 49.86 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 10 | Latvia | 49.8 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 11 | Estonia | 49.72 | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 12 | Portugal | 49.68 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 13 | Barbados | 49.67 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 49.62 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 15 | South Sudan | 49.6 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 16 | Sao Tome and Principe | 49.45 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 17 | Benin | 49.43 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 18 | Angola | 49.38 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 19 | Belarus | 49.15 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 20 | Lithuania | 49.01 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 21 | Tanzania | 49.01 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 48.88 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 23 | Vietnam | 48.82 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 24 | Eswatini | 48.78 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 25 | Russia | 48.78 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 48.75 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 27 | Cambodia | 48.66 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 28 | Madagascar | 48.65 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 29 | Congo | 48.65 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 30 | Gambia | 48.54 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 31 | Nigeria | 48.4 | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 32 | France | 48.4 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 33 | Malawi | 48.35 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 48.32 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 48.3 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 36 | Namibia | 48.3 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | Israel | 48.26 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 38 | Georgia | 48.18 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 39 | Uganda | 48.17 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 40 | North Korea | 48.17 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 41 | Finland | 48.12 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 42 | Solomon Islands | 48 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 47.79 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.71 | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 45 | Australia | 47.68 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 46 | Eritrea | 47.68 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 47.67 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 48 | Ghana | 47.63 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 49 | New Zealand | 47.57 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Liberia | 47.51 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 51 | Croatia | 47.48 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 47.47 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Ukraine | 47.42 | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 54 | Kenya | 47.39 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 55 | Denmark | 47.36 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 56 | Serbia | 47.28 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 57 | Canada | 47.23 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 58 | Armenia | 47.18 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 59 | Netherlands | 47.16 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 60 | Switzerland | 47.16 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 47.16 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 62 | Turkmenistan | 47.13 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 63 | Slovakia | 47.11 | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 64 | Norway | 47.1 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 47.08 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | Tonga | 46.88 | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 67 | Ireland | 46.87 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 46.84 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 69 | Austria | 46.8 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 46.79 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 71 | Belgium | 46.78 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 72 | Botswana | 46.71 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 73 | Laos | 46.65 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 74 | Albania | 46.58 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 75 | South Africa | 46.57 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 76 | Montenegro | 46.57 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 77 | Bolivia | 46.55 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 46.53 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 79 | Burkina Faso | 46.52 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 80 | Haiti | 46.5 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 81 | Germany | 46.49 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 82 | Zambia | 46.32 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 46.27 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 84 | New Caledonia | 46.25 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 85 | Jamaica | 46.11 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 86 | Poland | 46.09 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 46.09 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 46.05 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 89 | Uruguay | 45.89 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 90 | East Timor | 45.88 | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 91 | Thailand | 45.84 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 92 | United States | 45.63 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 93 | Iceland | 45.61 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 94 | Cyprus | 45.56 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 95 | Japan | 45.43 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 96 | China | 45.38 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 97 | Slovenia | 45.33 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 98 | Peru | 45.21 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 99 | Czechia | 45.2 | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 100 | Guam | 45.15 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 101 | Niger | 44.96 | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 102 | Guyana | 44.94 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 103 | Greece | 44.7 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 104 | South Korea | 44.36 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 44.26 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 106 | Singapore | 44.05 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 107 | Cameroon | 43.91 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 108 | Mongolia | 43.87 | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 109 | Lesotho | 43.83 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 43.63 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 111 | Brazil | 43.37 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 112 | Cote d'Ivoire | 43.36 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 43.07 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 114 | Argentina | 43.05 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 115 | Chile | 42.9 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.83 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 117 | Comoros | 42.68 | 2025 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 42.68 | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 119 | Italy | 42.56 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.44 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 121 | El Salvador | 42.43 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 122 | Romania | 42.41 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 123 | Paraguay | 42.23 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.12 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 125 | Suriname | 42.05 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 41.99 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 127 | Malta | 41.92 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 128 | Panama | 41.77 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 129 | Philippines | 41.62 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 130 | Colombia | 41.6 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 131 | Guinea | 41.58 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 132 | Ecuador | 41.04 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 40.68 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 134 | Mauritius | 40.6 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 135 | Bhutan | 40.38 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 136 | Mexico | 40.25 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 137 | Chad | 40.01 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | 40 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 139 | Gabon | 39.98 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 140 | Nicaragua | 39.88 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 141 | Indonesia | 39.61 | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.6 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 143 | Brunei | 39.53 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 144 | Belize | 39.18 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 145 | Mali | 39.12 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 146 | Cuba | 39.1 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 147 | Myanmar | 37.71 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 148 | Nepal | 37.6 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 149 | Malaysia | 37.09 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 150 | Venezuela | 36.62 | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 151 | Senegal | 36.58 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 152 | Samoa | 36.4 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 35.93 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 154 | Honduras | 35.02 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 155 | Turkey | 34.42 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 156 | Fiji | 34.23 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 34.02 | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 158 | Libya | 33.95 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 33.44 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 160 | Mauritania | 33.42 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 161 | Guatemala | 32.73 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 162 | Djibouti | 31.03 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 163 | Somalia | 30.86 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 164 | Tunisia | 30 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 29.56 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 166 | India | 28.31 | 2025 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 167 | Lebanon | 26.81 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 168 | Kuwait | 23.63 | 2025 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 169 | Maldives | 23.23 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 170 | Pakistan | 22.78 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 22.69 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 172 | Morocco | 22.35 | 2025 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 173 | Palestine | 21.46 | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 174 | Bahrain | 21.28 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 175 | Egypt | 20.64 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 176 | Sudan | 19.69 | 2022 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 177 | Jordan | 19.32 | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 178 | Saudi Arabia | 18.9 | 2025 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 179 | Qatar | 18.01 | 2025 | up 34.9% | flat |
| 180 | Syria | 17.38 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 181 | Algeria | 17 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 182 | Iran | 16.89 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 183 | Oman | 14.86 | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 184 | Iraq | 13.26 | 2025 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 185 | Yemen | 7 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 6.78 | 2025 | down 66.6% | falling |