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Female labor force (15-24 years) as a percentage of the total population (15-24 years) show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population. Source: International Labour Organization.

Rank	Country	Value
Labor force (15-24 years), female (% of total labor force) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2006)
1	Mozambique	54.18
2	Chad	51.73
3	Burundi	50.72
4	Malawi	50.27
5	Tanzania	49.96
6	Madagascar	49.76
7	Rwanda	49.62
8	Ghana	49
9	Uganda	47.96
10	Mali	47.45
11	Guinea	47.26
12	Ethiopia	46.94
13	Burkina Faso	46.90
14	Angola	45.98
15	Namibia	45.92
16	Zambia	45.60
17	Central African Republic	45.52
18	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	45.18
19	Botswana	44.74
20	Gabon	44.72
21	Liberia	43.98
22	Guinea-Bissau	43.34
23	Kenya	43.31
24	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	43.15
25	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.09
26	Democratic Republic of the Congo	43
27	Somalia	42.97
28	Senegal	42.53
29	Gambia	42.33
30	Eritrea	42.12
31	South Africa	41.83
32	Cameroon	41.65
33	Africa	41.61
34	Sierra Leone	41.45
35	Niger	41.20
36	Republic of the Congo	40.91
37	Mauritania	40.66
38	Zimbabwe	39.99
39	Djibouti	39.71
40	Lesotho	39.70
41	Benin	38.39
42	Tunisia	38.13
43	Togo	37.17
44	Mauritius	37.11
45	Equatorial Guinea	35.72
46	Cape Verde	33.87
47	Swaziland	33.43
48	Nigeria	32.02
49	Ivory Coast	31.89
50	Algeria	30.21
51	Egypt	30.03
52	North Africa	29.35
53	Sudan	28.53
54	Sao Tome and Principe	25.80
55	Morocco	25.30
56	Libya	24.44

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