Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) was 69.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1990–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 69.8% for ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 69.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 47.7%, in 1990.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 47.7% | — |
| 1991 | 54.0% | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 59.0% | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 58.1% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 61.9% | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 62.5% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 62.3% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 63.2% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 64.5% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 64.8% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 65.7% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 65.5% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 66.0% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 65.8% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 66.8% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 65.9% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 66.0% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 66.1% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 65.7% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 66.2% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 66.7% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 67.5% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 68.2% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 69.0% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 67.1% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 68.2% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 69.0% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 69.6% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 69.6% | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 69.8% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.2% | 47.7% | 62.5% | 6 |
| 2000s | 65.0% | 62.3% | 66.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 66.8% | 65.7% | 69.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 68.9% | 67.1% | 69.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 10 Papua New Guinea 95.1% compare
- 11 Togo 95.0% compare
- 12 Seychelles 94.4% compare
- 13 Greenland 93.7% compare
- 14 Bermuda 93.1% compare
- 15 Moldova 92.8% compare
- 16 Sierra Leone 92.6% compare
More work & labour data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 56.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 57.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 68.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.6% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.9% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 69.8% 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 69.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.7% in 1990.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%)?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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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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.