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Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and above 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 participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)
1	Burundi	89.50
2	Mozambique	88.10
3	Tanzania	87
4	Madagascar	82.10
5	Uganda	81.60
6	Rwanda	80.80
7	Ethiopia	79.70
8	Guinea	79.40
9	Burkina Faso	77.10
10	Malawi	76.30
11	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	75.06
12	Angola	74.50
13	Kenya	74.40
14	Ghana	71.60
15	Chad	71
16	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	70.98
17	Gambia	70.10
18	Sub-Saharan Africa	69.69
19	Lesotho	67.60
20	Central African Republic	67.30
21	Africa	65.95
22	Sierra Leone	64.90
23	Comoros	63.20
24	Gabon	62.10
25	Swaziland	62
26	Senegal	61.50
27	Mauritania	60.20
28	Zimbabwe	59.90
29	Zambia	59.80
30	Benin	58.50
31	Djibouti	57.80
32	Republic of the Congo	55.80
33	Liberia	55.40
34	Eritrea	55.40
35	Somalia	54.30
36	Democratic Republic of the Congo	54.30
37	Guinea-Bissau	53.60
38	Cameroon	52.40
39	Togo	51.80
40	North Africa	50.53
41	Namibia	48.80
42	Botswana	48.20
43	South Africa	47
44	Cape Verde	46.50
45	Sao Tome and Principe	42.70
46	Equatorial Guinea	42.60
47	Mauritius	42.40
48	Niger	39.30
49	Ivory Coast	39.20
50	Nigeria	38.70
51	Algeria	36.90
52	Mali	36.50
53	Sudan	31.30
54	Libya	25.90
55	Tunisia	25.70
56	Morocco	24.70
57	Egypt	23.80

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