| Female: All sectors - Total labour force - UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics - Country Comparison (2010) |
Rank | Country | Absolute Value in thousands |
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| 1 |  China | 372,001 |
| 2 | India | 141,069 |
| 3 | United States | 75,982 |
| 4 | Brazil | 45,382 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 44,068 |
| 6 | Russia | 37,999 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 31,625 |
| 8 | Japan | 27,097 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 23,254 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 21,161 |
| 11 | Germany | 19,244 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 18,192 |
| 13 | Thailand | 17,605 |
| 14 | Mexico | 17,483 |
| 15 | Philippines | 15,399 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 14,687 |
| 17 | France | 13,592 |
| 18 | Burma | 13,357 |
| 19 | Pakistan | 12,801 |
| 20 | Colombia | 11,555 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 11,551 |
| 22 | Tanzania | 10,747 |
| 23 | Italy | 10,669 |
| 24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9,971 |
| 25 | Spain | 9,555 |
| 26 | Iran | 9,220 |
| 27 | Canada | 9,135 |
| 28 | Kenya | 8,748 |
| 29 | South Africa | 8,212 |
| 30 | Argentina | 8,012 |
| 31 | Poland | 7,872 |
| 32 | Uganda | 7,172 |
| 33 | Turkey | 6,782 |
| 34 | Peru | 6,766 |
| 35 | Egypt | 6,689 |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 6,070 |
| 37 | Nepal | 5,935 |
| 38 | North Korea | 5,819 |
| 39 | South Korea | 5,819 |
| 40 | Mozambique | 5,810 |
| 41 | Ghana | 5,572 |
| 42 | Venezuela | 5,494 |
| 43 | Madagascar | 5,232 |
| 44 | Australia | 5,127 |
| 45 | Algeria | 5,078 |
| 46 | Malaysia | 4,461 |
| 47 | Romania | 4,241 |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 4,181 |
| 49 | Sudan | 4,088 |
| 50 | Netherlands | 3,964 |
| 51 | Cambodia | 3,931 |
| 52 | Angola | 3,890 |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 3,446 |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 3,399 |
| 55 | Cameroon | 3,129 |
| 56 | Malawi | 3,115 |
| 57 | Morocco | 2,961 |
| 58 | Chile | 2,708 |
| 59 | Portugal | 2,674 |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 2,594 |
| 61 | Rwanda | 2,590 |
| 62 | Ecuador | 2,581 |
| 63 | Senegal | 2,508 |
| 64 | Burundi | 2,450 |
| 65 | Belarus | 2,383 |
| 66 | Sweden | 2,380 |
| 67 | Ivory Coast | 2,345 |
| 68 | Chad | 2,305 |
| 69 | Czech Republic | 2,293 |
| 70 | Afghanistan | 2,289 |
| 71 | Guinea | 2,272 |
| 72 | Bolivia | 2,207 |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 2,166 |
| 74 | Greece | 2,163 |
| 75 | Serbia | 2,162 |
| 76 | Zambia | 2,119 |
| 77 | Belgium | 2,102 |
| 78 | Cuba | 2,092 |
| 79 | Guatemala | 2,053 |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 2,010 |
| 81 | Switzerland | 1,988 |
| 82 | Austria | 1,981 |
| 83 | Hungary | 1,955 |
| 84 | Benin | 1,653 |
| 85 | Niger | 1,604 |
| 86 | Laos | 1,584 |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 1,553 |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1,543 |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 1,540 |
| 90 | Yemen | 1,527 |
| 91 | Syria | 1,523 |
| 92 | Somalia | 1,480 |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 1,462 |
| 94 | Mali | 1,384 |
| 95 | Israel | 1,376 |
| 96 | Denmark | 1,372 |
| 97 | Iraq | 1,355 |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 1,349 |
| 99 | Finland | 1,309 |
| 100 | Haiti | 1,287 |
| 101 | Slovakia | 1,235 |
| 102 | Norway | 1,229 |
| 103 | El Salvador | 1,182 |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 1,178 |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 1,148 |
| 106 | Tunisia | 1,093 |
| 107 | Togo | 1,087 |
| 108 | Georgia | 1,081 |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,076 |
| 110 | New Zealand | 1,075 |
| 111 | Singapore | 1,054 |
| 112 | Ireland | 1,004 |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 934 |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 909 |
| 115 | Croatia | 899 |
| 116 | Honduras | 872 |
| 117 | Eritrea | 870 |
| 118 | Lithuania | 792 |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 768 |
| 120 | Armenia | 766 |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 746 |
| 122 | Uruguay | 735 |
| 123 | Moldova | 727 |
| 124 | Republic of the Congo | 664 |
| 125 | Liberia | 635 |
| 126 | Albania | 631 |
| 127 | Mauritania | 623 |
| 128 | Mongolia | 601 |
| 129 | Panama | 601 |
| 130 | Libya | 594 |
| 131 | Latvia | 592 |
| 132 | Jamaica | 542 |
| 133 | Slovenia | 468 |
| 134 | Lesotho | 458 |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 446 |
| 136 | Lebanon | 403 |
| 137 | Gambia | 393 |
| 138 | Kuwait | 380 |
| 139 | Macedonia | 357 |
| 140 | Namibia | 350 |
| 141 | Estonia | 345 |
| 142 | Jordan | 329 |
| 143 | Botswana | 320 |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 315 |
| 145 | Gabon | 287 |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 264 |
| 147 | Swaziland | 234 |
| 148 | Oman | 222 |
| 149 | Mauritius | 217 |
| 150 | Timor-Leste | 204 |
| 151 | Cyprus | 204 |
| 152 | Occupied Palestinian territory | 182 |
| 153 | Comoros | 171 |
| 154 | Djibouti | 165 |
| 155 | Fiji | 114 |
| 156 | Guyana | 114 |
| 157 | Western Sahara | 104 |
| 158 | Bhutan | 104 |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 101 |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 91.41 |
| 161 | Bahamas | 89.37 |
| 162 | Iceland | 86.41 |
| 163 | Qatar | 86.26 |
| 164 | Brunei Darussalam | 86.06 |
| 165 | Barbados | 85.12 |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 84.73 |
| 167 | Bahrain | 81.92 |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 68.67 |
| 169 | Suriname | 64.39 |
| 170 | Maldives | 64.28 |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 59.63 |
| 172 | Malta | 58.91 |
| 173 | Netherlands Antilles | 48.15 |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 47.81 |
| 175 | Belize | 46.99 |
| 176 | New Caledonia | 41.24 |
| 177 | Guam | 36.50 |
| 178 | St. Lucia | 33.87 |
| 179 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.89 |
| 180 | Samoa | 23.41 |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.71 |
| 182 | Tonga | 17.27 |
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