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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 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+ years), male (% of total labor force) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)
1	Libya	76.44
2	Morocco	75.23
3	Egypt	74.79
4	Tunisia	73.34
5	North Africa	73.17
6	Ivory Coast	69.65
7	Sudan	69.59
8	Niger	68.45
9	Algeria	67.95
10	Equatorial Guinea	67.45
11	Nigeria	64.23
12	Mauritius	63.81
13	Mali	62.46
14	Guinea-Bissau	61.77
15	Togo	61.74
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.35
17	Sao Tome and Principe	61.33
18	Somalia	61.12
19	Liberia	59.66
20	Benin	59.43
21	Republic of the Congo	59.25
22	Africa	59.06
23	Eritrea	59
24	Cameroon	58.66
25	Cape Verde	58.39
26	Senegal	57.39
27	Mauritania	57.19
28	Zambia	56.89
29	Djibouti	56.78
30	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	56.65
31	Comoros	56.62
32	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.55
33	Botswana	56.37
34	Gabon	55.82
35	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	55.27
36	Central African Republic	54.97
37	South Africa	54.93
38	Zimbabwe	54.60
39	Kenya	53.68
40	Gambia	53.56
41	Namibia	53.39
42	Angola	53.36
43	Guinea	52.94
44	Burkina Faso	52.87
45	Ethiopia	52.64
46	Uganda	52.25
47	Madagascar	51.38
48	Chad	51.35
49	Ghana	50.97
50	Tanzania	50.27
51	Swaziland	50.21
52	Malawi	49.90
53	Sierra Leone	48.80
54	Burundi	48.41
55	Lesotho	47.52
56	Rwanda	46.93
57	Mozambique	43.87

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