Labor force, female - Gender Statistics

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Female labor force comprises all females who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.

Rank	Country	Value
Labor force, female - Gender Statistics (2009)
1	Low & middle income	1,032,401,534
2	Middle income	860,888,219
3	Lower middle income	674,096,985
4	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	525,652,689
5	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	478,393,071
6	China	349,547,193
7	OECD members	257,829,422
8	High income	240,070,632
9	High income: OECD	231,407,118
10	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	190,721,958
11	Upper middle income	186,791,233
12	South Asia	181,574,117
13	Low income	171,513,315
14	Least developed countries: UN classification	160,028,448
15	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	148,822,580
16	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	148,741,998
17	India	126,478,343
18	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	115,260,508
19	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	110,116,129
20	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	108,983,476
21	European Union	108,035,646
22	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	85,154,641
23	North America	82,043,679
24	United States	73,069,087
25	Euro area	70,433,592
26	Brazil	44,289,240
27	Indonesia	44,031,125
28	Russia	37,983,053
29	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	33,541,013
30	Bangladesh	32,361,477
31	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	29,554,231
32	Arab World	29,502,683
33	Japan	27,372,427
34	Vietnam	22,634,313
35	Germany	19,297,941
36	Ethiopia	19,127,155
37	Thailand	17,845,973
38	Nigeria	17,535,555
39	Mexico	17,051,691
40	Philippines	14,973,357
41	United Kingdom	14,514,089
42	France	13,404,205
43	Burma	11,934,887
44	Ukraine	11,275,548
45	Pakistan	11,253,976
46	Tanzania	10,556,199
47	North Korea	10,362,638
48	South Korea	10,362,638
49	Italy	10,281,928
50	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10,127,371
51	Spain	9,815,406
52	Canada	8,974,592
53	Kenya	8,740,421
54	Iran	8,704,077
55	High income: nonOECD	8,663,513
56	South Africa	8,236,583
57	Argentina	8,146,174
58	Poland	7,842,559
59	Colombia	6,782,444
60	Turkey	6,575,706
61	Uganda	6,573,591
62	Egypt	6,306,392
63	Nepal	6,043,109
64	Peru	5,939,864
65	Uzbekistan	5,822,164
66	Mozambique	5,718,206
67	Ghana	5,375,568
68	Australia	5,241,761
69	Venezuela	5,167,449
70	Madagascar	4,763,024
71	Algeria	4,695,560
72	Romania	4,289,112
73	Kazakhstan	4,260,316
74	Malaysia	4,253,171
75	Netherlands	4,107,910
76	Sudan	3,965,281
77	Angola	3,878,632
78	Cambodia	3,787,485
79	Burkina Faso	3,364,638
80	Malawi	3,141,225
81	Cameroon	3,101,210
82	Morocco	3,095,724
83	Ivory Coast	3,086,198
84	Chile	2,794,906
85	Sri Lanka	2,698,171
86	Portugal	2,637,959
87	Rwanda	2,622,311
88	Afghanistan	2,556,016
89	Belarus	2,454,359
90	Burundi	2,404,894
91	Zimbabwe	2,386,998
92	Sweden	2,385,049
93	Senegal	2,342,720
94	Guinea	2,273,365
95	Czech Republic	2,256,753
96	Ecuador	2,226,446
97	Belgium	2,156,994
98	Greece	2,107,296
99	Zambia	2,087,411
100	Azerbaijan	2,076,728
101	Guatemala	2,064,802
102	Switzerland	2,047,456
103	Bolivia	1,982,162
104	Austria	1,956,031
105	Chad	1,934,541
106	Hungary	1,930,318
107	Cuba	1,891,823
108	Haiti	1,888,783
109	Dominican Republic	1,748,811
110	Hong Kong	1,713,325
111	Benin	1,710,242
112	Bulgaria	1,649,572
113	Laos	1,556,891
114	Niger	1,516,429
115	Somalia	1,447,364
116	Papua New Guinea	1,443,943
117	Syria	1,441,306
118	Israel	1,426,562
119	Mali	1,406,868
120	Denmark	1,386,267
121	Yemen	1,312,471
122	Finland	1,303,336
123	Tajikistan	1,288,596
124	Saudi Arabia	1,286,712
125	Togo	1,286,687
126	Iraq	1,281,028
127	Norway	1,248,082
128	Slovakia	1,220,561
129	Paraguay	1,188,073
130	Turkmenistan	1,153,512
131	Singapore	1,121,918
132	Sierra Leone	1,099,513
133	New Zealand	1,084,799
134	Kyrgyzstan	1,058,372
135	Georgia	1,056,598
136	El Salvador	1,047,429
137	Tunisia	1,027,269
138	Ireland	965,633
139	Central African Republic	964,763
140	Eritrea	958,887
141	Honduras	949,249
142	Bosnia and Herzegovina	918,554
143	Croatia	912,340
144	Nicaragua	899,986
145	Armenia	807,953
146	Lithuania	770,241
147	Liberia	767,025
148	Costa Rica	756,393
149	Moldova	740,828
150	Uruguay	730,661
151	Republic of the Congo	695,255
152	Mongolia	683,365
153	Albania	610,660
154	Puerto Rico	594,976
155	Panama	589,554
156	Mauritania	584,813
157	Latvia	578,094
158	Jamaica	553,423
159	Libya	532,581
160	Lesotho	490,219
161	Slovenia	479,280
162	Botswana	472,562
163	United Arab Emirates	451,647
164	Jordan	441,932
165	Kuwait	367,270
166	Namibia	364,029
167	Lebanon	363,838
168	Macedonia	362,768
169	Gambia	353,834
170	Estonia	341,797
171	Gabon	331,872
172	Trinidad and Tobago	304,036
173	Guinea-Bissau	280,298
174	Mauritius	204,619
175	Oman	204,059
176	Cyprus	201,631
177	Swaziland	198,397
178	West Bank and Gaza	181,189
179	Timor-Leste	181,102
180	Djibouti	170,863
181	Macau	157,361
182	Comoros	150,753
183	Bhutan	119,914
184	Qatar	118,545
185	Guyana	116,309
186	Fiji	111,945
187	Luxembourg	99,780
188	Cape Verde	92,480
189	Bahamas	89,973
190	Iceland	88,622
191	Brunei Darussalam	84,684
192	Equatorial Guinea	80,581
193	Bahrain	76,084
194	Barbados	72,346
195	Suriname	71,404
196	Maldives	63,112
197	Vanuatu	57,574
198	Malta	55,903
199	Belize	50,910
200	Netherlands Antilles	48,786
201	French Polynesia	46,707
202	New Caledonia	41,266
203	Solomon Islands	37,427
204	St. Lucia	33,353
205	Guam	32,733
206	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	22,537
207	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	22,135
208	Sao Tome and Principe	21,991
209	Western Samoa	19,616
210	Tonga	17,825

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