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Labor force, female (% of total) - Labor - Education Statistics

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Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.

Labor force, female (% of total) - Labor - Education Statistics (2008) Rank Country Value 1 Rwanda 52.84 2 Burundi 52.65 3 Lesotho 52.38 4 Mozambique 52.08 5 Sierra Leone 51.44 6 Moldova 50.66 7 Laos 50.55 8 Azerbaijan 50.16 9 Kazakhstan 49.97 10 Malawi 49.91 11 Russia 49.66 12 Armenia 49.60 13 Netherlands Antilles 49.55 14 Belarus 49.51 15 Tanzania 49.41 16 Estonia 49.22 17 Madagascar 49.18 18 Ghana 49.16 19 Lithuania 48.93 20 Papua New Guinea 48.89 21 Ukraine 48.87 22 Latvia 48.87 23 Cambodia 48.75 24 Vietnam 48.72 25 Macau 48.24 26 Bahamas 48.13 27 Finland 48.08 28 Barbados 47.86 29 Zimbabwe 47.77 30 Liberia 47.65 31 Norway 47.58 32 Botswana 47.50 33 Mongolia 47.40 34 Sweden 47.38 35 Ethiopia 47.13 36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.12 37 Georgia 47 38 France 46.98 39 Burkina Faso 46.96 40 Denmark 46.94 41 Canada 46.90 42 Guinea 46.82 43 Angola 46.79 44 Portugal 46.79 45 Namibia 46.73 46 Turkmenistan 46.71 47 Vanuatu 46.65 48 Uganda 46.60 49 Central African Republic 46.60 50 Kenya 46.54 51 Switzerland 46.49 52 Slovenia 46.46 53 Gabon 46.36 54 Bulgaria 46.27 55 Comoros 46.25 56 Gambia 46.22 57 Thailand 46.21 58 New Zealand 46.21 59 United States 46.09 60 Israel 46.01 61 Uzbekistan 45.89 62 Iceland 45.78 63 Hong Kong 45.76 64 Benin 45.75 65 United Kingdom 45.66 66 Cyprus 45.56 67 Austria 45.52 68 Croatia 45.49 69 Netherlands 45.46 70 Germany 45.44 71 Hungary 45.44 72 Europe & Central Asia (developing only) 45.39 73 Nepal 45.36 74 Australia 45.33 75 Chad 45.29 76 Jamaica 45.05 77 Belgium 44.95 78 Poland 44.83 79 Slovakia 44.72 80 High income: OECD 44.72 81 China 44.65 82 Romania 44.54 83 Low income 44.49 84 Burma 44.47 85 Euro area 44.42 86 East Asia & Pacific (developing only) 43.92 87 High income 43.92 88 Djibouti 43.91 89 Bolivia 43.87 90 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 43.83 91 Zambia 43.77 92 Uruguay 43.70 93 South Africa 43.67 94 Eritrea 43.64 95 Tajikistan 43.55 96 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 43.50 97 Brazil 43.50 98 Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) 43.47 99 Republic of the Congo 43.47 100 Swaziland 43.41 101 Czech Republic 43.40 102 Least developed countries: UN classification 43.38 103 Luxembourg 43.35 104 Peru 43.28 105 Togo 43.27 106 Senegal 43.13 107 Brunei Darussalam 43.04 108 Trinidad and Tobago 43.01 109 Spain 42.98 110 Cape Verde 42.91 111 Ireland 42.81 112 Haiti 42.72 113 North Korea 42.60 114 South Korea 42.60 115 Kyrgyzstan 42.59 116 Maldives 42.52 117 Guinea-Bissau 42.43 118 Albania 42.26 119 El Salvador 42.23 120 Tonga 41.74 121 Puerto Rico 41.73 122 Mauritania 41.69 123 Singapore 41.66 124 Japan 41.50 125 St. Lucia 41.49 126 Argentina 41.11 127 Bangladesh 40.93 128 Somalia 40.91 129 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 40.90 130 Timor-Leste 40.87 131 French Polynesia 40.73 132 Upper middle income 40.68 133 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.60 134 Italy 40.43 135 Greece 40.42 136 Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) 40.31 137 Cameroon 39.85 138 Guam 39.82 139 Macedonia 39.70 140 Low & middle income 39.30 141 Venezuela 39.08 142 New Caledonia 38.92 143 Dominican Republic 38.92 144 Bhutan 38.90 145 Paraguay 38.69 146 Middle income 38.42 147 Indonesia 38.40 148 Philippines 38.19 149 Cuba 38.02 150 Ecuador 37.91 151 Sao Tome and Principe 37.88 152 Lower middle income 37.84 153 Nicaragua 37.82 154 Guatemala 37.80 155 Chile 37.52 156 Panama 36.87 157 Mali 36.80 158 Suriname 36.79 159 Ivory Coast 36.70 160 Mauritius 36.35 161 Belize 36.08 162 Mexico 36.02 163 Colombia 35.66 164 Costa Rica 35.24 165 Malaysia 35.17 166 Nigeria 34.90 167 Guyana 34.60 168 Honduras 34 169 Malta 33.73 170 Fiji 32.71 171 Sri Lanka 32.66 172 Solomon Islands 31.45 173 Western Samoa 31.36 174 Algeria 31.24 175 Niger 30.77 176 Equatorial Guinea 30.09 177 Iran 30.07 178 Sudan 29.50 179 South Asia 29.08 180 India 27.79 181 Afghanistan 26.57 182 Tunisia 26.56 183 Turkey 26.21 184 Morocco 26.07 185 Middle East & North Africa (developing only) 25.80 186 Lebanon 24.94 187 Kuwait 24.31 188 Egypt 23.90 189 Jordan 22.84 190 Libya 21.89 191 Yemen 20.81 192 Syria 20.68 193 Bahrain 20.26 194 Pakistan 19.16 195 Oman 18.29 196 West Bank and Gaza 18.04 197 Saudi Arabia 16.32 198 Iraq 16.07 199 United Arab Emirates 15.47 200 Qatar 11.63

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