Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) - Gender Statistics

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Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Rank	Country	Value
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) - Gender Statistics (2009)
1	Burundi	91.60
2	Tanzania	88.80
3	Rwanda	88.40
4	Madagascar	86
5	Mozambique	85.60
6	Ethiopia	83.10
7	Guinea	82.60
8	Laos	81.30
9	Iceland	81.10
10	Uganda	80.50
11	Burkina Faso	80.20
12	Vanuatu	80.10
13	Kenya	78.20
14	Sweden	77
15	Denmark	76.50
16	Angola	76.40
17	Switzerland	76.40
18	Barbados	76.20
19	Cambodia	76
20	Norway	75.70
21	Botswana	75.50
22	Ghana	75.30
23	Comoros	75.30
24	Canada	75.20
25	Malawi	74.40
26	China	74.40
27	Bahamas	74.30
28	Vietnam	74.10
29	Netherlands	73.70
30	Finland	73.60
31	Kazakhstan	73.20
32	Papua New Guinea	72.60
33	Lesotho	72.40
34	New Zealand	72.30
35	Gabon	72.10
36	Central African Republic	71.70
37	Germany	71.20
38	Gambia	71.10
39	Mongolia	70.70
40	Thailand	70.40
41	Australia	70.10
42	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	69.99
43	Latvia	69.60
44	Estonia	69.40
45	United Kingdom	69.40
46	Portugal	69.20
47	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	69.12
48	Armenia	69.10
49	Liberia	69.10
50	Macau	69
51	North America	68.83
52	Benin	68.80
53	Russia	68.80
54	Austria	68.40
55	Belarus	68.30
56	Low income	68.27
57	United States	68.10
58	Sierra Leone	66.80
59	Turkmenistan	66.70
60	Slovenia	66.70
61	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	66.09
62	Nepal	66
63	Senegal	65.70
64	Netherlands Antilles	65.60
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65.60
66	Uruguay	65.50
67	France	65.50
68	High income: OECD	65.31
69	Azerbaijan	65.10
70	Least developed countries: UN classification	65.10
71	Togo	65
72	Lithuania	64.60
73	Cyprus	64.50
74	Brazil	64.30
75	Euro area	64.20
76	High income	64.06
77	Bolivia	64
78	Burma	63.90
79	Eritrea	63.90
80	European Union	63.80
81	Ireland	63.70
82	Djibouti	63.60
83	Chad	63.50
84	Spain	63.10
85	Republic of the Congo	62.80
86	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	62.50
87	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	62.48
88	Brunei Darussalam	62.40
89	Peru	62.20
90	Uzbekistan	62
91	Bulgaria	62
92	Bangladesh	61.90
93	Ukraine	61.90
94	Timor-Leste	61.80
95	Japan	61.80
96	Slovakia	61.70
97	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	61.65
98	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	61.60
99	Jamaica	61.30
100	Guinea-Bissau	61.30
101	Zimbabwe	61.20
102	OECD members	60.97
103	Mauritania	60.90
104	Czech Republic	60.70
105	Trinidad and Tobago	60.70
106	Belgium	60.70
107	Israel	60.50
108	Hong Kong	60.50
109	Tajikistan	60.40
110	Singapore	60.10
111	Zambia	60
112	Luxembourg	59.40
113	Kyrgyzstan	59.30
114	Georgia	59.20
115	Maldives	59.10
116	Paraguay	59.10
117	Croatia	59
118	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	58.29
119	Argentina	58
120	Somalia	57.90
121	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57.70
122	Haiti	57.60
123	Tonga	57.30
124	Cape Verde	57
125	Bhutan	56.50
126	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	56.30
127	Poland	56.20
128	Albania	55.90
129	St. Lucia	55.90
130	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	55.55
131	Low & middle income	55.53
132	Swaziland	55.50
133	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	55.50
134	Guam	55.40
135	Greece	55.30
136	Venezuela	55
137	North Korea	54.90
138	South Korea	54.90
139	Hungary	54.70
140	Cameroon	54.50
141	Dominican Republic	54.50
142	Romania	54.10
143	Lower middle income	53.64
144	Middle income	53.56
145	Namibia	53.50
146	Indonesia	53.30
147	Upper middle income	53.26
148	Moldova	52.70
149	Panama	52.60
150	French Polynesia	52
151	Italy	51.80
152	Ivory Coast	51.50
153	Qatar	50.90
154	Macedonia	50.80
155	South Africa	50.80
156	Philippines	50.70
157	Belize	50.10
158	Guatemala	50
159	Nicaragua	49.50
160	El Salvador	49.50
161	New Caledonia	49.20
162	Costa Rica	49
163	Ecuador	48.30
164	Guyana	48.20
165	Cuba	48
166	Sao Tome and Principe	47.10
167	Malaysia	47.10
168	Chile	46.70
169	Kuwait	46.70
170	Mexico	46.30
171	Mauritius	45.40
172	Colombia	43.50
173	High income: nonOECD	43.12
174	Puerto Rico	42.70
175	Suriname	42.50
176	United Arab Emirates	42.50
177	Honduras	41.90
178	Western Samoa	41.80
179	Equatorial Guinea	40.70
180	Fiji	40
181	Nigeria	39.90
182	Niger	39.40
183	Malta	38.90
184	Algeria	38.80
185	Mali	38.70
186	Sri Lanka	38.20
187	South Asia	37.47
188	India	35.30
189	Bahrain	33.70
190	Afghanistan	33.40
191	Iran	33.20
192	Sudan	32.20
193	Morocco	28.30
194	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	28.08
195	Tunisia	27.80
196	Arab World	27.65
197	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	27.41
198	Oman	26.60
199	Libya	26.10
200	Turkey	25.70
201	Solomon Islands	25.20
202	Jordan	24.70
203	Lebanon	24.50
204	Egypt	23.90
205	Pakistan	22.40
206	Saudi Arabia	22.20
207	Syria	22.10
208	Yemen	20.50
209	West Bank and Gaza	17.40
210	Iraq	14.60

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Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) - Gender Statistics

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