Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Source: International Labour Organization, Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population database.

Rank	Country	Value
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)
1	Burundi	90.20
2	Tanzania	89.30
3	Mozambique	89.10
4	Madagascar	84.10
5	Uganda	83.60
6	Guinea	82.60
7	Rwanda	82.20
8	Ethiopia	82.10
9	Burkina Faso	79.90
10	Angola	76.40
11	Kenya	76.10
12	Malawi	75.70
13	Ghana	73.60
14	Chad	72.30
15	Gambia	70.80
16	Lesotho	69.10
17	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	67.75
18	Sierra Leone	67.70
19	Central African Republic	67.30
20	Swaziland	64.70
21	Comoros	64.50
22	Gabon	64.10
23	Senegal	62.90
24	Mauritania	62.60
25	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	62.12
26	Zimbabwe	61.40
27	Sub-Saharan Africa	61.23
28	Djibouti	61
29	Zambia	60.30
30	Benin	59.60
31	Liberia	56.70
32	Eritrea	56.50
33	Republic of the Congo	55.40
34	Somalia	55.40
35	Democratic Republic of the Congo	55.40
36	Africa	54.97
37	Guinea-Bissau	54.80
38	Cameroon	53
39	Togo	52.70
40	Botswana	50.60
41	Namibia	50.30
42	Cape Verde	49.80
43	South Africa	49.80
44	Mauritius	46.80
45	Sao Tome and Principe	45.60
46	Equatorial Guinea	44.20
47	Ivory Coast	39.90
48	Niger	39.90
49	Nigeria	39.40
50	Mali	38.40
51	Algeria	38.10
52	Sudan	32.80
53	North Africa	28.76
54	Tunisia	27.90
55	Libya	27.30
56	Morocco	26.60
57	Egypt	25.70

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