Labor force, female (% of total labor force) - Health Nutrition and Population 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.

Rank	Country	Value
Labor force, female (% of total labor force) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)
1	Rwanda	52.83
2	Burundi	52.63
3	Lesotho	52.40
4	Mozambique	51.97
5	Sierra Leone	51.35
6	Laos	50.36
7	Netherlands Antilles	50.09
8	Russia	50.05
9	Moldova	49.85
10	Malawi	49.79
11	Kazakhstan	49.79
12	Armenia	49.60
13	Azerbaijan	49.53
14	Belarus	49.48
15	Tanzania	49.37
16	Madagascar	49.20
17	Estonia	49.10
18	Ghana	49.09
19	Ukraine	48.98
20	Papua New Guinea	48.86
21	Lithuania	48.67
22	Vietnam	48.57
23	Macau	48.40
24	Cambodia	48.35
25	Latvia	48.33
26	Bahamas	48.22
27	Finland	48.11
28	Ethiopia	47.87
29	Norway	47.70
30	Barbados	47.68
31	Liberia	47.63
32	Zimbabwe	47.47
33	Mongolia	47.44
34	Botswana	47.43
35	Sweden	47.42
36	Burkina Faso	47.13
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.12
38	Turkmenistan	47.09
39	Canada	47
40	Denmark	46.87
41	Guinea	46.87
42	Angola	46.86
43	Portugal	46.86
44	Georgia	46.82
45	France	46.76
46	Switzerland	46.75
47	Kenya	46.71
48	Gabon	46.68
49	Vanuatu	46.60
50	Central African Republic	46.52
51	Uganda	46.51
52	Namibia	46.50
53	Israel	46.46
54	Comoros	46.45
55	Hong Kong	46.34
56	Benin	46.23
57	Slovenia	46.22
58	Gambia	46.22
59	Thailand	46.14
60	Bulgaria	46.10
61	North America	46.07
62	New Zealand	46.05
63	United States	45.96
64	Uzbekistan	45.91
65	Croatia	45.76
66	Netherlands	45.73
67	United Kingdom	45.71
68	Germany	45.58
69	Austria	45.52
70	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	45.49
71	Nepal	45.41
72	Australia	45.39
73	Cyprus	45.20
74	Chad	45.17
75	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	45.14
76	Hungary	45.14
77	Iceland	45.12
78	Poland	45.01
79	Romania	44.95
80	Belgium	44.91
81	Jamaica	44.90
82	European Union	44.82
83	Slovakia	44.74
84	High income: OECD	44.73
85	China	44.63
86	Low income	44.61
87	Eritrea	44.52
88	Euro area	44.44
89	Burma	44.17
90	Uruguay	44.12
91	Djibouti	44.12
92	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	43.99
93	Luxembourg	43.93
94	High income	43.92
95	Tajikistan	43.86
96	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	43.86
97	Bolivia	43.84
98	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	43.72
99	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	43.71
100	South Africa	43.70
101	Brazil	43.65
102	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	43.62
103	Republic of the Congo	43.61
104	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	43.61
105	Peru	43.56
106	Least developed countries: UN classification	43.50
107	Togo	43.47
108	Swaziland	43.40
109	Zambia	43.38
110	Senegal	43.35
111	Trinidad and Tobago	43.31
112	Czech Republic	43.24
113	Cape Verde	43.17
114	OECD members	43.14
115	Ireland	43
116	Brunei Darussalam	42.89
117	Spain	42.79
118	Albania	42.55
119	Tonga	42.43
120	Guinea-Bissau	42.43
121	Haiti	42.30
122	Kyrgyzstan	42.29
123	Maldives	42.20
124	Mauritania	41.96
125	North Korea	41.94
126	South Korea	41.94
127	El Salvador	41.89
128	St. Lucia	41.72
129	Japan	41.61
130	Argentina	41.56
131	Singapore	41.54
132	Bangladesh	41.16
133	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41.08
134	French Polynesia	41.01
135	Somalia	40.90
136	Timor-Leste	40.89
137	Puerto Rico	40.84
138	Upper middle income	40.76
139	Democratic Republic of the Congo	40.63
140	Greece	40.54
141	Italy	40.52
142	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	40.49
143	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	40.47
144	Cameroon	40.13
145	Macedonia	40.11
146	Guam	39.61
147	Bhutan	39.49
148	Paraguay	39.42
149	Venezuela	39.30
150	Low & middle income	39.27
151	Dominican Republic	38.84
152	New Caledonia	38.84
153	Nicaragua	38.71
154	Philippines	38.58
155	Middle income	38.35
156	Sao Tome and Principe	38.07
157	Indonesia	38.07
158	Cuba	38.06
159	Ecuador	38.05
160	Guatemala	37.86
161	Lower middle income	37.73
162	Panama	37.36
163	Mali	37.32
164	Chile	37.18
165	Suriname	37.02
166	Ivory Coast	36.88
167	Belize	36.77
168	Mexico	36.15
169	Mauritius	36.07
170	Colombia	35.78
171	Costa Rica	35.53
172	Malaysia	35.42
173	Nigeria	35.09
174	Guyana	34.15
175	Honduras	33.90
176	Fiji	32.71
177	Sri Lanka	32.37
178	Malta	32.30
179	Algeria	31.64
180	Niger	31.60
181	Western Samoa	31.48
182	Solomon Islands	31.30
183	Equatorial Guinea	30.81
184	Iran	29.78
185	High income: nonOECD	29.56
186	Sudan	29.45
187	South Asia	29.01
188	India	27.65
189	Tunisia	26.72
190	Afghanistan	26.61
191	Morocco	25.84
192	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	25.66
193	Turkey	25.66
194	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	25.07
195	Kuwait	25.04
196	Lebanon	25.01
197	Arab World	24.58
198	Egypt	23
199	Jordan	22.99
200	Libya	22.49
201	Yemen	21.15
202	Syria	20.86
203	Bahrain	20.46
204	Pakistan	19.36
205	West Bank and Gaza	18.99
206	Oman	18.78
207	Iraq	16.72
208	United Arab Emirates	15.66
209	Saudi Arabia	14.90
210	Qatar	11.88

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