Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.

Rank	Country	Value
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Burundi	84.10
2	Mozambique	83
3	Rwanda	81.10
4	Madagascar	79.80
5	Uganda	78.10
6	Laos	77.30
7	Guinea	77.10
8	Burkina Faso	76.70
9	Tanzania	75.80
10	Ethiopia	73.10
11	Angola	70.30
12	Malawi	69.30
13	Cambodia	69.10
14	Papua New Guinea	68.50
15	Kenya	67.30
16	China	67.20
17	Chad	67.10
18	Iceland	66.50
19	Burma	66.50
20	Gambia	66.50
21	Sierra Leone	65.40
22	Vietnam	65.30
23	Paraguay	65.10
24	Thailand	64.50
25	Ghana	64.20
26	Central African Republic	63.80
27	East Asia & Pacific	63.06
28	Bolivia	62.20
29	Peru	60.50
30	Low income	60.33
31	Comoros	60.30
32	Bahamas	59.40
33	Least developed countries: UN classification	58.44
34	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	58.40
35	Benin	58.20
36	Norway	57.70
37	Macau	57.70
38	Kazakhstan	57.70
39	Zimbabwe	57.40
40	Barbados	57.10
41	Canada	56.40
42	Senegal	56.30
43	New Zealand	56
44	Azerbaijan	55.90
45	Brunei Darussalam	55.40
46	Sub-Saharan Africa	55.07
47	Denmark	54.80
48	Nepal	54.70
49	Timor-Leste	54.30
50	Zambia	53.90
51	Bangladesh	53.90
52	Turkmenistan	53.70
53	Switzerland	53.60
54	Colombia	53.50
55	Sweden	53
56	Liberia	53
57	United States	52.90
58	Brazil	52.80
59	Australia	52.70
60	Republic of the Congo	52.60
61	Uzbekistan	52.50
62	Netherlands	52.30
63	Eritrea	52.20
64	Gabon	52.10
65	Russia	51.30
66	Somalia	51.20
67	Solomon Islands	50.90
68	Singapore	50.90
69	Democratic Republic of the Congo	50.80
70	Tajikistan	50.70
71	Mongolia	50.60
72	Finland	50.40
73	Guinea-Bissau	50.10
74	Hong Kong	50
75	United Kingdom	49.90
76	Cyprus	49.70
77	Ireland	49.70
78	Estonia	49.60
79	Cameroon	49.40
80	Trinidad and Tobago	49.30
81	Low & middle income	49.03
82	Portugal	48.80
83	Togo	48.70
84	Latvia	48.40
85	Ukraine	48.30
86	Kyrgyzstan	47.90
87	Lesotho	47.90
88	Latin America & Caribbean	47.67
89	Lower middle income	47.66
90	North Korea	47.30
91	Austria	47.30
92	Slovenia	47.30
93	South Korea	47.30
94	Venezuela	47.20
95	Georgia	47.20
96	High income: OECD	47.18
97	Belarus	47
98	Middle income	46.98
99	Ecuador	46.70
100	High income	46.57
101	Swaziland	46.40
102	Philippines	46
103	Czech Republic	45.70
104	Lithuania	45.50
105	Israel	45.40
106	Netherlands Antilles	45.30
107	Jamaica	45.10
108	Uruguay	45.10
109	Germany	44.80
110	Europe & Central Asia	44.68
111	Upper middle income	44.56
112	Slovakia	44.20
113	Guatemala	44.10
114	Indonesia	44
115	Argentina	43.90
116	Cape Verde	43.90
117	Moldova	43.70
118	Japan	43.20
119	Malaysia	43.20
120	Luxembourg	43.10
121	Maldives	42.90
122	Cuba	42.70
123	El Salvador	42.60
124	Bhutan	42.60
125	Panama	42.60
126	Romania	42.50
127	Mauritania	42.40
128	France	42.20
129	Kuwait	41.80
130	Dominican Republic	41.80
131	Euro area	41.64
132	Guyana	41.50
133	Poland	41.30
134	Bulgaria	41
135	Equatorial Guinea	40.30
136	Qatar	39.80
137	Belgium	39.70
138	Mexico	39.10
139	Costa Rica	39.10
140	Sri Lanka	39.10
141	Spain	38.90
142	Belize	38.80
143	Botswana	38.50
144	Ivory Coast	38.30
145	Croatia	38.10
146	United Arab Emirates	38
147	Hungary	37.90
148	Niger	37.80
149	Namibia	37.70
150	Nigeria	37.40
151	Greece	37.30
152	Fiji	36.60
153	High income: nonOECD	36.55
154	Mauritius	36.10
155	Nicaragua	36
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.70
157	Haiti	35
158	Mali	34.90
159	Chile	34.90
160	South Africa	34.60
161	Albania	34.40
162	Honduras	34.40
163	South Asia	33.84
164	Italy	33.40
165	Puerto Rico	33.30
166	Suriname	32.40
167	India	32.40
168	Algeria	32.10
169	Armenia	32.10
170	Bahrain	31.60
171	Malta	29.40
172	Sudan	28.10
173	Iran	28
174	Macedonia	26.50
175	Afghanistan	25.10
176	Libya	23.50
177	Oman	22.90
178	Lebanon	22.60
179	Middle East & North Africa	22.50
180	Morocco	22
181	Turkey	21.70
182	Tunisia	21.20
183	Yemen	20.40
184	Pakistan	19.80
185	Egypt	19.30
186	Saudi Arabia	18
187	Syria	16.90
188	Jordan	13.30
189	Iraq	12.50
190	West Bank and Gaza	11.50

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Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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