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Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 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 15-24) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2006)
1	Burundi	88.63
2	Malawi	80.53
3	Tanzania	80.50
4	Guinea	73.59
5	Burkina Faso	73.07
6	Uganda	72.56
7	Mozambique	72.38
8	Angola	72.30
9	Ethiopia	72.08
10	Zambia	70.25
11	Rwanda	69.39
12	Niger	68.42
13	Mali	67.99
14	Madagascar	67.93
15	Somalia	65.92
16	Guinea-Bissau	64.22
17	Central African Republic	63.14
18	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.79
19	Kenya	61.09
20	Sierra Leone	61.01
21	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	60.98
22	Chad	57.57
23	Eritrea	57.55
24	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	55.83
25	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.96
26	Gabon	54.36
27	Gambia	52.68
28	Liberia	51.27
29	Ghana	50.16
30	Senegal	49.82
31	Africa	49.12
32	Equatorial Guinea	49
33	Zimbabwe	47.86
34	Republic of the Congo	47.70
35	Togo	47.12
36	Benin	46.87
37	Mauritania	46.65
38	Djibouti	43.68
39	Cameroon	43.25
40	South Africa	41.57
41	Ivory Coast	35.57
42	Lesotho	35.41
43	Nigeria	34.86
44	Mauritius	34.44
45	Botswana	32.41
46	Tunisia	31.72
47	Cape Verde	30.68
48	Namibia	30.17
49	Algeria	29.79
50	Swaziland	27.72
51	North Africa	22.14
52	Morocco	21.95
53	Libya	20.14
54	Sao Tome and Principe	19.40
55	Sudan	18.76
56	Egypt	17.89

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