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Total employment, female (ages 15+) by country

Total employment shows the total number employed ages 15 and over.

Countries reporting
50
Highest
20.79 million ages 15+
Nigeria
Lowest
71,409 ages 15+
Comoros
Median
1.82 million ages 15+
Years covered
21
1991–2011
Data points
1,176

What the numbers show

Total employment, female (ages 15+) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 20.79 million ages 15+ in Nigeria; the lowest is 71,409 ages 15+ in Comoros.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.82 million ages 15+, and the mean is 3.13 million ages 15+.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 291.

Total employment, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 20.79 million ages 15+ 2011 up 34.8% rising
2 Ethiopia 18.15 million ages 15+ 2011 up 50.6% rising
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.24 million ages 15+ 2011 up 36.3% rising
4 Tanzania 9.91 million ages 15+ 2011 up 36.5% rising
5 Kenya 6.68 million ages 15+ 2011 up 31.2% rising
6 Uganda 6.49 million ages 15+ 2011 up 30.2% rising
7 South Africa 5.69 million ages 15+ 2011 up 24.5% rising
8 Mozambique 5.68 million ages 15+ 2011 up 23.0% rising
9 Egypt 4.96 million ages 15+ 2011 up 43.5% rising
10 Madagascar 4.95 million ages 15+ 2011 up 42.1% rising
11 Ghana 4.87 million ages 15+ 2011 up 32.3% rising
12 Cameroon 3.69 million ages 15+ 2011 up 37.5% rising
13 Burkina Faso 3.62 million ages 15+ 2011 up 34.9% rising
14 Zimbabwe 3.24 million ages 15+ 2011 up 24.2% rising
15 Malawi 3.23 million ages 15+ 2011 up 44.8% rising
16 Angola 3.17 million ages 15+ 2011 up 30.4% rising
17 Cote d'Ivoire 2.92 million ages 15+ 2011 up 31.0% rising
18 Morocco 2.88 million ages 15+ 2011 up 29.3% rising
19 Rwanda 2.77 million ages 15+ 2011 up 32.8% rising
20 Sudan 2.71 million ages 15+ 2011 up 33.6% rising
21 Zambia 2.29 million ages 15+ 2011 up 21.9% rising
22 Burundi 2.17 million ages 15+ 2011 up 45.6% rising
23 Senegal 2.12 million ages 15+ 2011 up 39.1% rising
24 Chad 1.92 million ages 15+ 2011 up 35.6% rising
25 Guinea 1.86 million ages 15+ 2011 up 27.4% rising
26 Benin 1.77 million ages 15+ 2011 up 43.2% rising
27 Niger 1.60 million ages 15+ 2011 up 41.9% rising
28 Algeria 1.53 million ages 15+ 2011 up 128.5% rising
29 Mali 1.46 million ages 15+ 2011 up 35.2% rising
30 Togo 1.43 million ages 15+ 2011 up 38.9% rising
31 Eritrea 1.22 million ages 15+ 2011 up 57.4% rising
32 Sierra Leone 1.15 million ages 15+ 2011 up 37.9% rising
33 Somalia 945,802 ages 15+ 2011 up 27.5% rising
34 Central African Republic 934,711 ages 15+ 2011 up 25.3% rising
35 Tunisia 874,421 ages 15+ 2011 up 29.9% rising
36 Congo 794,759 ages 15+ 2011 up 36.0% rising
37 Liberia 651,967 ages 15+ 2011 up 39.2% rising
38 Libya 537,807 ages 15+ 2011 up 27.1% rising
39 Botswana 390,920 ages 15+ 2011 up 31.0% rising
40 Gambia 348,004 ages 15+ 2011 up 40.7% rising
41 Guinea-Bissau 295,854 ages 15+ 2011 up 34.7% rising
42 Lesotho 289,969 ages 15+ 2011 up 31.1% rising
43 Namibia 275,579 ages 15+ 2011 up 15.5% rising
44 Gabon 240,750 ages 15+ 2011 up 36.5% rising
45 Mauritania 210,029 ages 15+ 2011 up 62.5% rising
46 Mauritius 197,665 ages 15+ 2011 up 24.1% rising
47 Equatorial Guinea 158,559 ages 15+ 2011 up 40.5% rising
48 Eswatini 110,299 ages 15+ 2011 up 16.3% rising
49 Cape Verde 83,432 ages 15+ 2011 up 39.0% rising
50 Comoros 71,409 ages 15+ 2011 up 45.4% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Total employment, female (ages 15+)
Unit
ages 15+
Source
International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 1,176 data points, 1991–2011
Last refreshed

Total employment shows the total number employed ages 15 and over.