Urban population vs. female labor force participation rate by country
Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.
Countries reporting
234
Highest
100.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
9.0%
Montserrat
Median
65.9%
Years covered
76
1950–2025
Data points
18,012
What the numbers show
Urban population vs. female labor force participation rate is currently reported for 234 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 9.0% in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.9%, and the mean is 64.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 187 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 75.1%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 10.2%).
Urban population vs. female labor force participation rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French part) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Barthelemy | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vatican | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Qatar | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Reunion | 97.3% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 18 | San Marino | 97.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 19 | Martinique | 96.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 20 | Guadeloupe | 96.4% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands | 95.9% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 22 | Malta | 95.7% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 95.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | United States Virgin Islands | 95.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 94.9% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 26 | Mayotte | 94.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94.4% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 94.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 29 | Guam | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Iceland | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Jordan | 93.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 92.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Japan | 92.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 34 | Northern Mariana Islands | 92.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 35 | Gabon | 92.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Israel | 91.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 37 | Curacao | 91.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Lebanon | 91.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | Turkey | 89.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela | 89.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 42 | Chile | 89.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 43 | Sweden | 89.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 44 | Andorra | 88.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 45 | Denmark | 88.8% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 46 | Greenland | 88.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 47 | Brazil | 88.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 48 | Libya | 87.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Belgium | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 51 | Palestine | 87.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 52 | Western Sahara | 86.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 53 | French Guiana | 86.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 55 | Switzerland | 85.7% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 56 | Peru | 85.6% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 84.6% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 84.0% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 83.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 83.3% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Canada | 82.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 62 | Germany | 82.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 63 | Falkland Islands | 81.5% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 64 | Bahamas | 81.3% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 65 | South Korea | 81.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 66 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 81.1% | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 67 | Spain | 80.5% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 68 | American Samoa | 80.5% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 69 | United States | 80.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 70 | Mexico | 80.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 79.7% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 72 | Belarus | 79.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 73 | Oman | 79.5% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 74 | Palau | 79.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 75 | Greece | 79.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 77 | Taiwan | 78.9% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 78 | France | 78.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 79 | Colombia | 78.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 77.6% | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 82 | Iran | 77.4% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 84 | Cook Islands | 76.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 85 | Algeria | 75.8% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 86 | El Salvador | 75.5% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 87 | Russia | 75.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 88 | Brunei | 75.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 89 | Finland | 74.5% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 74.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 91 | Dominica | 74.0% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 92 | Djibouti | 73.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 93 | Czechia | 72.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 72.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Syria | 72.1% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 96 | Equatorial Guinea | 71.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 97 | Bolivia | 71.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 98 | Angola | 71.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 71.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 100 | Estonia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 101 | Tunisia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 102 | Hungary | 70.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 103 | Paraguay | 70.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 104 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 105 | Austria | 69.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Italy | 69.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 107 | Ukraine | 69.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 109 | Lithuania | 69.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 110 | Latvia | 68.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 68.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 112 | Botswana | 68.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Cyprus | 66.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 115 | China | 66.3% | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Panama | 66.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 117 | Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 118 | Suriname | 65.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 119 | Montenegro | 65.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 120 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Gambia | 65.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Ireland | 64.6% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 123 | North Korea | 64.2% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 124 | Congo | 64.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 125 | South Africa | 63.8% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 126 | Nigeria | 63.8% | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 127 | Ecuador | 63.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 128 | Kiribati | 63.4% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 129 | Morocco | 63.1% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 62.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 131 | Thailand | 62.8% | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 62.4% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 61.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 135 | Aruba | 61.7% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 136 | Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 137 | Mauritania | 61.5% | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Georgia | 61.2% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 139 | Poland | 60.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 140 | Barbados | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 141 | Fiji | 59.5% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 59.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 143 | Jamaica | 59.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 144 | Indonesia | 59.4% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 145 | Honduras | 59.3% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 146 | Ghana | 58.9% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 147 | Albania | 58.9% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 58.6% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 149 | Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 150 | British Virgin Islands | 57.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 151 | Guatemala | 56.3% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 152 | Liberia | 56.1% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 154 | Philippines | 55.8% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 155 | Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 156 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 157 | Haiti | 55.6% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 158 | Somalia | 55.1% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.5% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 161 | Benin | 53.4% | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 162 | Slovakia | 53.2% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 164 | Romania | 52.2% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 165 | Isle of Man | 52.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 166 | Uzbekistan | 51.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 167 | Namibia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 47.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 170 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 45.9% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 172 | Zambia | 45.9% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 173 | Seychelles | 45.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 174 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 175 | Lesotho | 44.7% | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 177 | Togo | 44.4% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 178 | Moldova | 43.7% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 179 | Bhutan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Egypt | 42.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 181 | Maldives | 42.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 182 | Belize | 41.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 183 | Cambodia | 41.1% | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 185 | Laos | 40.3% | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 39.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 187 | Pakistan | 39.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 188 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 189 | Vietnam | 38.8% | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 190 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 191 | Saint Helena | 37.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 192 | Mozambique | 37.2% | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Niue | 37.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 194 | Yemen | 37.0% | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Tanzania | 36.9% | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 197 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 198 | Sudan | 34.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 199 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 200 | Eritrea | 34.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 201 | Jersey | 34.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 202 | Comoros | 33.9% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 203 | Bangladesh | 33.2% | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Madagascar | 32.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 205 | Mali | 32.2% | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 206 | Kenya | 32.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 207 | Uganda | 31.9% | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 209 | Solomon Islands | 31.3% | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 210 | Rwanda | 30.9% | 2025 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 211 | Myanmar | 30.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 212 | Guernsey | 29.6% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 213 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 214 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 215 | East Timor | 28.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 216 | Chad | 27.6% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 217 | Eswatini | 26.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 218 | Guyana | 26.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 219 | Tajikistan | 26.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 220 | Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 221 | Burundi | 25.7% | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 222 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.3% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 223 | Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 224 | Micronesia (country) | 22.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 225 | Vanuatu | 22.3% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 226 | South Sudan | 21.7% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 227 | Tonga | 21.2% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 228 | Sri Lanka | 20.5% | 2025 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 229 | Niger | 18.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 230 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 231 | Samoa | 17.5% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 232 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 233 | Liechtenstein | 14.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 234 | Montserrat | 9.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- (UN M49) 69.3%
About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.