Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Angola
Angola: Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) was 98.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Angola, 1960–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Angola recorded 98.0% for ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Angola peaked at 99.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 1960.
That places Angola 5th out of 196 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Angola, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.5% | — |
| 2004 | 84.2% | +890.7% |
| 2009 | 82.5% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 95.7% | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 97.5% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 72.9% | -25.2% |
| 2019 | 94.8% | +30.1% |
| 2020 | 94.0% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 95.8% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 96.8% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 99.8% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 99.3% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 98.0% | -1.3% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 98.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 74.2%, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Angola's 98.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84.0%, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +890.7% | 8.5% | 84.2% |
| 2019 | +30.1% | 72.9% | 94.8% |
| 2014 | -25.2% | 97.5% | 72.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.5% | 8.5% | 8.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 83.3% | 82.5% | 84.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 90.2% | 72.9% | 97.5% | 4 |
| 2020s | 97.3% | 94.0% | 99.8% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Angola
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.7608 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.7449 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.7758 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6791 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.8 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 61,132 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14,914 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 76,286 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 73,759 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 150,046 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Angola?
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Angola was 98.0% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 1960.
- How does Angola rank for ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%)?
- Angola ranks 5th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate is the proportion of female labor force participation relative to male labor force participation. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed.