Ratio of female to male labor force participation rates by country
This ratio is calculated by dividing the labor force participation rate among women by the corresponding rate for men. The labor force participation rate is the share of the working-age population (ages 15 and over) who are economically active (employed or unemployed).
Countries reporting
186
Highest
103.3%
Burundi
Lowest
7.3%
Afghanistan
Median
79.1%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,682
What the numbers show
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rates is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 103.3% in Burundi; the lowest is 7.3% in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 79.1%, and the mean is 72.9%.
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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 103.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 100.1% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 3 | Benin | 96.9% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Togo | 95.9% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 5 | Mozambique | 95.7% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 95.7% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 95.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 95.4% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 95.0% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 10 | Madagascar | 94.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 11 | United States Virgin Islands | 93.9% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 12 | Congo | 93.5% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 93.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 14 | Angola | 93.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 15 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 92.5% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 92.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 92.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 18 | South Sudan | 91.9% | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 19 | Gambia | 91.8% | 2025 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 20 | Bahamas | 91.6% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 91.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 22 | Israel | 90.5% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 23 | Norway | 89.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Eswatini | 89.8% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 25 | Finland | 89.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 26 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 89.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Ghana | 89.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 28 | Uganda | 89.3% | 2025 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 29 | Barbados | 88.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Liberia | 88.7% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 88.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Australia | 88.4% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 33 | New Zealand | 88.4% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 34 | Cambodia | 88.1% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 35 | Iceland | 87.9% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 87.9% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 87.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 87.8% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 87.7% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 87.4% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 41 | Estonia | 87.3% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 42 | Canada | 87.3% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 43 | Netherlands | 87.2% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 44 | Switzerland | 87.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 45 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 87.2% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 46 | Namibia | 87.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 86.6% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 48 | Eritrea | 86.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 49 | France | 86.4% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 50 | Malawi | 86.4% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 51 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 86.3% | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 52 | Botswana | 86.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 53 | Macau, China | 85.7% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 85.4% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 55 | Timor-Leste | 85.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 56 | Ireland | 85.2% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 84.9% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Vanuatu | 84.7% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 59 | China | 84.7% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 60 | Belgium | 84.4% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 61 | Singapore | 84.3% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 62 | Cyprus | 84.2% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 63 | Austria | 84.2% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 84.2% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 65 | Niger | 84.1% | 2025 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 66 | United States of America | 84.0% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 67 | Germany | 83.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 83.7% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 69 | Haiti | 83.6% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 83.6% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 71 | Hong Kong, China | 83.5% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 83.4% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 73 | Slovakia | 83.4% | 2025 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 74 | Albania | 83.4% | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 75 | Slovenia | 83.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 76 | Guam | 83.2% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 82.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 82.9% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 79 | Latvia | 82.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 80 | Croatia | 82.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 81 | Jamaica | 82.6% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 82 | New Caledonia | 82.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 83 | Belarus | 81.3% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 84 | Rwanda | 81.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 85 | South Africa | 80.8% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 80.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Hungary | 80.5% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 88 | Peru | 80.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 89 | French Polynesia | 80.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 90 | Côte d'Ivoire | 79.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 91 | Cape Verde | 79.6% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 92 | Czechia | 79.2% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 93 | Serbia | 79.1% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 79.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 95 | Russian Federation | 79.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 96 | Bhutan | 79.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 97 | Republic of Korea | 78.9% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 98 | Poland | 78.7% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 99 | Thailand | 78.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 100 | Montenegro | 78.3% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 78.2% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 102 | Japan | 78.2% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 103 | Uruguay | 78.0% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 104 | Malta | 78.0% | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 77.6% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 106 | Georgia | 77.1% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 107 | Cameroon | 76.5% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 108 | Ukraine | 76.0% | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 109 | Mongolia | 75.4% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 110 | Guyana | 74.8% | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 111 | Brunei Darussalam | 74.8% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 74.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 113 | Comoros | 74.6% | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 74.3% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 115 | Puerto Rico | 74.3% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 116 | Chile | 73.5% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 117 | Armenia | 73.4% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 118 | Argentina | 73.2% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 119 | Brazil | 72.8% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 120 | Paraguay | 72.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 121 | Lesotho | 71.9% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 122 | Tonga | 71.8% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 123 | Suriname | 71.4% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 124 | Panama | 70.6% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 70.3% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.1% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 127 | Italy | 70.0% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 128 | Philippines | 69.7% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 129 | Gabon | 69.2% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 69.1% | 2025 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 131 | Colombia | 68.2% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 132 | Ecuador | 68.2% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 133 | Mauritius | 68.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 134 | Romania | 67.8% | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 135 | Guinea | 67.6% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 66.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 137 | Chad | 66.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.4% | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 139 | Indonesia | 65.3% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 140 | Mali | 65.2% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 141 | Malaysia | 65.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 142 | Belize | 64.9% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 64.7% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 144 | El Salvador | 63.5% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 145 | Nicaragua | 62.7% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.8% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 147 | Mexico | 61.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 148 | Cuba | 61.4% | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 149 | Myanmar | 58.8% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 150 | Senegal | 58.2% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | 57.9% | 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, Bolivarian Republic of | 54.9% | 2025 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 155 | Honduras | 53.8% | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 156 | Kuwait | 53.3% | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 157 | Maldives | 53.3% | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 158 | Libya | 52.8% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 159 | Nepal | 51.9% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 160 | Türkiye | 51.7% | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 161 | Fiji | 50.2% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 162 | Bahrain | 49.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 48.1% | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 164 | Guatemala | 46.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 165 | Mauritania | 46.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 166 | Sri Lanka | 45.7% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 167 | Somalia | 43.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 168 | Djibouti | 43.5% | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 169 | India | 41.8% | 2025 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 170 | Tunisia | 40.9% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | 40.3% | 2025 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 39.3% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 173 | Oman | 34.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 174 | Lebanon | 33.3% | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 30.0% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 176 | Morocco | 28.9% | 2025 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 177 | Palestine, State of | 26.3% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 178 | Egypt | 26.2% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 179 | Jordan | 25.7% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 180 | Sudan | 23.4% | 2022 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 181 | Algeria | 21.3% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 182 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 20.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 183 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.7% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 184 | Iraq | 15.1% | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 185 | Yemen | 7.6% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 7.3% | 2025 | down 71.3% | falling |
About this data
This ratio is calculated by dividing the labor force participation rate among women by the corresponding rate for men. The labor force participation rate is the share of the working-age population (ages 15 and over) who are economically active (employed or unemployed).