Ratio of female to male labor force participation rates ilo wdi by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
103.28
Burundi
Lowest
7.29
Afghanistan
Median
79.11
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,682
What the numbers show
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rates ilo wdi is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 103.28 in Burundi; the lowest is 7.29 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 79.11, and the mean is 72.92.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 47.3%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 71.3%).
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rates ilo wdi: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 103.28 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Moldova | 100.12 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 3 | Benin | 96.91 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Togo | 95.93 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 5 | Mozambique | 95.74 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 95.73 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 95.53 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 95.42 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 94.97 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 10 | Madagascar | 94.12 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 11 | United States Virgin Islands | 93.92 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 12 | Congo | 93.54 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 93.53 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 14 | Angola | 93.23 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 92.52 | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 92.03 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania | 91.95 | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 18 | South Sudan | 91.85 | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 19 | Gambia | 91.82 | 2025 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 20 | Bahamas | 91.62 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 90.99 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 22 | Israel | 90.52 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 23 | Norway | 89.86 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Eswatini | 89.8 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 25 | Finland | 89.7 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 26 | North Korea | 89.58 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Ghana | 89.37 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 28 | Uganda | 89.31 | 2025 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 29 | Barbados | 88.77 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Liberia | 88.67 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 31 | Vietnam | 88.65 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Australia | 88.44 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 33 | New Zealand | 88.41 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 34 | Cambodia | 88.08 | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 35 | Iceland | 87.94 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 87.93 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 87.88 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 87.75 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 87.73 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 87.4 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 41 | Estonia | 87.35 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 42 | Canada | 87.33 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 43 | Netherlands | 87.23 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 44 | Switzerland | 87.17 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 45 | Laos | 87.16 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 46 | Namibia | 87.11 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 86.64 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 48 | Eritrea | 86.56 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 49 | France | 86.45 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 50 | Malawi | 86.39 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 51 | Bolivia | 86.3 | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 52 | Botswana | 86.12 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 53 | Macao | 85.72 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 85.38 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 55 | East Timor | 85.37 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 56 | Ireland | 85.23 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 84.89 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Vanuatu | 84.7 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 59 | China | 84.68 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 60 | Belgium | 84.44 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 61 | Singapore | 84.34 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 62 | Cyprus | 84.23 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 63 | Austria | 84.16 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 84.16 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 65 | Niger | 84.13 | 2025 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 66 | United States | 84.02 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 67 | Germany | 83.7 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 83.69 | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 69 | Haiti | 83.65 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 83.64 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 71 | Hong Kong | 83.46 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 83.44 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 73 | Slovakia | 83.43 | 2025 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 74 | Albania | 83.41 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 75 | Slovenia | 83.26 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 76 | Guam | 83.18 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 82.95 | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 82.9 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 79 | Latvia | 82.65 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 80 | Croatia | 82.59 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 81 | Jamaica | 82.57 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 82 | New Caledonia | 82.35 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 83 | Belarus | 81.26 | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 84 | Rwanda | 81.16 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 85 | South Africa | 80.79 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 80.78 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Hungary | 80.45 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 88 | Peru | 80.43 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 89 | French Polynesia | 80.33 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 90 | Cote d'Ivoire | 79.9 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 91 | Cape Verde | 79.61 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 92 | Czechia | 79.18 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 93 | Serbia | 79.11 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 79.1 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 95 | Russia | 79.02 | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 96 | Bhutan | 78.99 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 97 | South Korea | 78.86 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 98 | Poland | 78.69 | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 99 | Thailand | 78.64 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 100 | Montenegro | 78.3 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 78.25 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 102 | Japan | 78.21 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 103 | Uruguay | 78.01 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 104 | Malta | 77.99 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 77.63 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 106 | Georgia | 77.15 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 107 | Cameroon | 76.54 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 108 | Ukraine | 75.98 | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 109 | Mongolia | 75.43 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 110 | Guyana | 74.78 | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 111 | Brunei | 74.77 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 74.62 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 113 | Comoros | 74.59 | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 74.33 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 115 | Puerto Rico | 74.31 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 116 | Chile | 73.53 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 117 | Armenia | 73.44 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 118 | Argentina | 73.22 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 119 | Brazil | 72.8 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 120 | Paraguay | 72.31 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 121 | Lesotho | 71.87 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 122 | Tonga | 71.8 | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 123 | Suriname | 71.44 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 124 | Panama | 70.55 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 70.27 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.14 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 127 | Italy | 70 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 128 | Philippines | 69.67 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 129 | Gabon | 69.23 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 69.12 | 2025 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 131 | Colombia | 68.2 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 132 | Ecuador | 68.15 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 133 | Mauritius | 68.12 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 134 | Romania | 67.78 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 135 | Guinea | 67.58 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 65.96 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 137 | Chad | 65.96 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.43 | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 139 | Indonesia | 65.29 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 140 | Mali | 65.22 | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 141 | Malaysia | 65.2 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 142 | Belize | 64.87 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 64.73 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 144 | El Salvador | 63.48 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 145 | Nicaragua | 62.69 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.82 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 147 | Mexico | 61.53 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 148 | Cuba | 61.43 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 149 | Myanmar | 58.77 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 150 | Senegal | 58.16 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | 57.92 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 152 | Samoa | 56.4 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 55.7 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 154 | Venezuela | 54.94 | 2025 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 155 | Honduras | 53.83 | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 156 | Kuwait | 53.3 | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 157 | Maldives | 53.29 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 158 | Libya | 52.75 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 159 | Nepal | 51.93 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 160 | Turkey | 51.67 | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 161 | Fiji | 50.24 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 162 | Bahrain | 49.25 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 48.07 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 164 | Guatemala | 46.9 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 165 | Mauritania | 46.24 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 166 | Sri Lanka | 45.73 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 167 | Somalia | 43.82 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 168 | Djibouti | 43.46 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 169 | India | 41.77 | 2025 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 170 | Tunisia | 40.85 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | 40.29 | 2025 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 39.26 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 173 | Oman | 34.01 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 174 | Lebanon | 33.32 | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 30.01 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 176 | Morocco | 28.94 | 2025 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 177 | Palestine | 26.26 | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 178 | Egypt | 26.17 | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 179 | Jordan | 25.66 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 180 | Sudan | 23.44 | 2022 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 181 | Algeria | 21.3 | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 182 | Iran | 20.84 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 183 | Syria | 20.71 | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 184 | Iraq | 15.07 | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 185 | Yemen | 7.62 | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 7.29 | 2025 | down 71.3% | falling |