Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Djibouti (2002)68.6
2Kosovo (2009)56.4
3Namibia (2008)43.03
4Mauritania (2000)41.16
5Yemen (2008)40.88
6West Bank and Gaza (2009)38.64
7Marshall Islands (1999)37.31
8Montenegro (2005)35.5
9Armenia (2007)34.97
10Solomon Islands (1999)33.7
11Lesotho (1999)33.1
12Macedonia (2009)32.96
13Ethiopia (2009)29.9
14Albania (2001)28.38
15Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)27.12
16Swaziland (1997)25.97
17South Africa (2009)25.93
18Syria (2007)25.67
19St. Lucia (2004)25
20Sao Tome and Principe (2006)24.51
21Jordan (2009)24.11
22Maldives (2006)23.75
23Egypt (2009)22.93
24Dominican Republic (2008)22.8
25Cape Verde (1990)22.58
26Iraq (2006)22.5
27New Caledonia (1996)22.18
28St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)21.41
29Botswana (2006)19.87
30Equatorial Guinea (1983)18.52
31Arab World (2007)18.46
32Spain (2009)18.39
33Serbia (2009)18.36
34Tunisia (2005)17.34
35Comoros (1991)16.94
36Iran (2008)16.83
37Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)16.71
38Gabon (1993)16.14
39Georgia (2008)16.12
40Saudi Arabia (2009)15.9
41Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2008)15.9
42Colombia (2009)15.75
43Guyana (2002)15.26
44Jamaica (2009)14.84
45Turkey (2009)14.32
46Bahamas (2009)14.04
47Latvia (2009)13.97
48Suriname (2004)13.73
49Senegal (2006)13.64
50French Polynesia (2002)13.37
51Greece (2009)13.15
52Belize (2007)13
53Fiji (2007)12.91
54Slovakia (2009)12.87
55Netherlands Antilles (2008)12.51
56Mauritius (2009)12.34
57United Arab Emirates (2008)11.96
58Puerto Rico (2009)11.65
59Zambia (2000)11.31
60Brazil (2009)11.01
61Mali (2004)10.93
62Grenada (2001)10.86
63Estonia (2009)10.76
64Chile (2009)10.68
65Ghana (2000)10.67
66Nepal (2001)10.67
67Bahrain (2001)10.49
68Morocco (2009)10.46
69Lithuania (2009)10.35
70Upper middle income (2009)10.3
71Croatia (2009)10.24
72Portugal (2009)10.14
73Lebanon (2007)10.14
74Algeria (2008)10.1
75Malawi (2004)10
76Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)9.84
77Argentina (2009)9.83
78Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)9.82
79Guam (2002)9.82
80Hungary (2009)9.72
81Uruguay (2009)9.7
82Euro area (2009)9.64
83Dominica (2001)9.51
84Afghanistan (2005)9.45
85Barbados (2008)9.4
86Kyrgyzstan (2008)9.38
87France (2009)9.35
88Italy (2009)9.28
89European Union (2009)8.84
90Burma (1990)8.82
91Antigua and Barbuda (2001)8.78
92Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2009)8.76
93Pakistan (2008)8.68
94Poland (2009)8.66
95Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009)8.6
96Tuvalu (2002)8.58
97Indonesia (2009)8.47
98Ecuador (2009)8.39
99Haiti (1999)8.31
100Peru (2008)8.3
101Belgium (2009)8.11
102Venezuela (2009)8.08
103Sri Lanka (2009)8.08
104United States (2009)8.07
105Sweden (2009)7.99
106Ireland (2009)7.96
107North America (2009)7.95
108Russia (2009)7.93
109Panama (2008)7.91
110Czech Republic (2009)7.73
111High income (2009)7.71
112OECD members (2009)7.67
113High income: OECD (2009)7.66
114Israel (2009)7.65
115Finland (2009)7.53
116Kazakhstan (2009)7.5
117Paraguay (2008)7.48
118Philippines (2009)7.43
119Tonga (2003)7.41
120Germany (2009)7.31
121Bangladesh (2005)7.03
122Canada (2009)6.98
123Malta (2009)6.78
124Greenland (2006)6.7
125Brunei Darussalam (1991)6.68
126Bulgaria (2009)6.63
127Aruba (2007)6.53
128Singapore (2009)6.5
129United Kingdom (2009)6.44
130Eritrea (1984)6.3
131Costa Rica (2008)6.23
132Western Samoa (2001)6.18
133Trinidad and Tobago (2008)6.18
134New Zealand (2009)6.14
135Luxembourg (2009)6.13
136Ukraine (2008)6.09
137American Samoa (2000)6.01
138Bolivia (2007)5.95
139St. Kitts and Nevis (2001)5.86
140Romania (2009)5.84
141Slovenia (2009)5.8
142Tanzania (2006)5.79
143South Asia (2004)5.78
144Northern Mariana Islands (2005)5.77
145Iceland (2009)5.69
146Cyprus (2009)5.52
147Australia (2009)5.42
148Denmark (2009)5.36
149Monaco (2000)5.23
150Nicaragua (2007)5.13
151India (2004)5.09
152Azerbaijan (2008)4.95
153Moldova (2009)4.9
154Seychelles (2005)4.85
155Mexico (2009)4.8
156Japan (2009)4.69
157Austria (2009)4.55
158San Marino (2007)4.55
159Switzerland (2009)4.49
160Nigeria (1986)4.4
161Hong Kong (2009)4.31
162Liberia (2007)4.19
163Zimbabwe (2004)4.14
164Cayman Islands (2008)4.12
165Gibraltar (1991)4.03
166Faroe Islands (2005)3.94
167Uganda (2003)3.9
168Malaysia (2008)3.67
169El Salvador (2008)3.63
170Mongolia (2005)3.61
171Madagascar (2005)3.5
172Netherlands (2009)3.47
173Bhutan (2005)3.3
174Cameroon (2007)3.3
175North Korea (2009)3.02
176South Korea (2009)3.02
177Honduras (2007)2.93
178Macau (2009)2.79
179Norway (2009)2.65
180Qatar (2007)2.64
181Burkina Faso (1998)2.58
182Vietnam (2004)2.44
183Guatemala (2006)2.36
184Bermuda (2000)2.28
185Sierra Leone (2004)2.26
186Cambodia (2001)2.04
187Cuba (2008)2.01
188Isle of Man (2006)1.96
189Kuwait (2005)1.81
190Guinea (1994)1.71
191Laos (2005)1.36
192Mozambique (1997)1.32
193Papua New Guinea (2000)1.3
194Thailand (2009)1.14
195Niger (2001)0.93
196Benin (2002)0.43
197Rwanda (1996)0.36
198Burundi (1990)0.26
199Chad (1993)0.25
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