Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) … national in Macao
Macao: Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) … national was 86.4% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Macao, 1960–2016
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2016, ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Macao stood at 86.4%.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Macao peaked at 86.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 29.3%, in 1960.
That places Macao 56th out of 196 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) … national in Macao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 29.3% | — |
| 1990 | 67.3% | +130.1% |
| 1991 | 67.1% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 65.1% | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 65.6% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 67.9% | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 67.2% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 69.5% | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 69.8% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 70.6% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 75.6% | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 76.1% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 77.7% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 76.6% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 78.2% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 80.2% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 80.0% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 82.5% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 83.1% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 85.3% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 85.1% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 86.4% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 85.0% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 86.1% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 85.2% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 85.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 86.4% | +1.1% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 86.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.1%, 1.0× the median. (79 countries reporting)
- Macao's 86.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 78.7%, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) … national in Macao 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +130.1% | 29.3% | 67.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.3% | 29.3% | 29.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 67.8% | 65.1% | 70.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 79.5% | 75.6% | 85.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 85.0% | 86.4% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More work & labour data for Macao
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 208.94 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.82 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 420.81 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.74 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.769 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 206,074 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 117,019 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.99 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.38 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.2761 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Macao?
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Macao was 86.4% in 2016, 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 Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.3% in 1960.
- How does Macao rank for ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%)?
- Macao ranks 56th out of 196 countries with data for 2016.
- Is ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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.