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Labor force, female (% of total labor force) - Labor force structure - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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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.

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) - Labor force structure - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2008) Rank Country Value 1 Rwanda 52.84 2 Burundi 52.65 3 Lesotho 52.38 4 Mozambique 52.08 5 Sierra Leone 51.44 6 Moldova 50.66 7 Laos 50.55 8 Azerbaijan 50.16 9 Kazakhstan 49.97 10 Malawi 49.91 11 Russia 49.66 12 Armenia 49.60 13 Netherlands Antilles 49.55 14 Belarus 49.51 15 Tanzania 49.41 16 Estonia 49.22 17 Madagascar 49.18 18 Ghana 49.16 19 Lithuania 48.93 20 Papua New Guinea 48.89 21 Ukraine 48.87 22 Latvia 48.87 23 Cambodia 48.75 24 Vietnam 48.72 25 Macau 48.24 26 Bahamas 48.13 27 Finland 48.08 28 Barbados 47.86 29 Zimbabwe 47.77 30 Liberia 47.65 31 Norway 47.58 32 Botswana 47.50 33 Mongolia 47.40 34 Sweden 47.38 35 Ethiopia 47.13 36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.12 37 Georgia 47 38 France 46.98 39 Burkina Faso 46.96 40 Denmark 46.94 41 Canada 46.90 42 Guinea 46.82 43 Angola 46.79 44 Portugal 46.79 45 Namibia 46.73 46 Turkmenistan 46.71 47 Vanuatu 46.65 48 Central African Republic 46.60 49 Uganda 46.60 50 Kenya 46.54 51 Switzerland 46.49 52 Slovenia 46.46 53 Gabon 46.36 54 Bulgaria 46.27 55 Comoros 46.25 56 Gambia 46.22 57 New Zealand 46.21 58 Thailand 46.21 59 United States 46.09 60 Israel 46.01 61 Uzbekistan 45.89 62 Iceland 45.78 63 Hong Kong 45.76 64 Benin 45.75 65 United Kingdom 45.66 66 Cyprus 45.56 67 Austria 45.52 68 Croatia 45.49 69 Netherlands 45.46 70 Germany 45.44 71 Hungary 45.44 72 Nepal 45.36 73 Australia 45.33 74 Chad 45.29 75 Europe & Central Asia 45.22 76 Jamaica 45.05 77 Belgium 44.95 78 Poland 44.83 79 Slovakia 44.72 80 China 44.65 81 East Asia & Pacific 44.63 82 Romania 44.54 83 Burma 44.47 84 Low income 44.46 85 High income: OECD 44.16 86 Serbia 44.02 87 Djibouti 43.91 88 Bolivia 43.87 89 Zambia 43.77 90 Uruguay 43.70 91 Euro area 43.70 92 South Africa 43.67 93 Eritrea 43.64 94 Sub-Saharan Africa 43.56 95 Tajikistan 43.55 96 Brazil 43.50 97 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 43.50 98 Republic of the Congo 43.47 99 Swaziland 43.41 100 Czech Republic 43.40 101 Luxembourg 43.35 102 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 43.33 103 High income 43.32 104 Peru 43.28 105 Togo 43.27 106 Least developed countries: UN classification 43.20 107 Senegal 43.13 108 Brunei Darussalam 43.04 109 Trinidad and Tobago 43.01 110 Spain 42.98 111 Cape Verde 42.91 112 Ireland 42.81 113 Haiti 42.72 114 Kyrgyzstan 42.59 115 Maldives 42.52 116 Guinea-Bissau 42.43 117 Albania 42.26 118 El Salvador 42.23 119 Upper middle income 41.96 120 North Korea 41.86 121 South Korea 41.86 122 Tonga 41.74 123 Puerto Rico 41.73 124 Mauritania 41.69 125 Singapore 41.66 126 Japan 41.50 127 St. Lucia 41.49 128 Latin America & Caribbean 41.13 129 Argentina 41.11 130 Bangladesh 40.93 131 Somalia 40.91 132 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 40.90 133 Timor-Leste 40.87 134 French Polynesia 40.73 135 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.60 136 Italy 40.43 137 Greece 40.42 138 Cameroon 39.85 139 Guam 39.82 140 Low & middle income 39.80 141 Macedonia 39.70 142 Venezuela 39.08 143 New Caledonia 38.92 144 Dominican Republic 38.92 145 Bhutan 38.90 146 Middle income 38.84 147 Paraguay 38.69 148 Indonesia 38.40 149 Philippines 38.19 150 Lower middle income 38.06 151 Cuba 38.02 152 Ecuador 37.91 153 Sao Tome and Principe 37.88 154 Nicaragua 37.82 155 Guatemala 37.80 156 Chile 37.52 157 Panama 36.87 158 Mali 36.80 159 Suriname 36.79 160 Ivory Coast 36.70 161 Mauritius 36.35 162 Belize 36.08 163 Mexico 36.02 164 Colombia 35.66 165 Costa Rica 35.24 166 Malaysia 35.17 167 Nigeria 34.90 168 Guyana 34.60 169 Honduras 34 170 Malta 33.73 171 Fiji 32.71 172 Sri Lanka 32.66 173 Solomon Islands 31.45 174 Samoa 31.36 175 Algeria 31.24 176 High income: nonOECD 30.96 177 Niger 30.77 178 Equatorial Guinea 30.09 179 Iran 30.07 180 Sudan 29.50 181 South Asia 29.44 182 India 27.79 183 Afghanistan 26.57 184 Tunisia 26.56 185 Middle East & North Africa 26.47 186 Turkey 26.21 187 Kosovo 26.10 188 Morocco 26.07 189 Lebanon 24.94 190 Kuwait 24.31 191 Egypt 23.90 192 Jordan 22.84 193 Libya 21.89 194 Yemen 20.81 195 Syria 20.68 196 Bahrain 20.26 197 Pakistan 19.16 198 Oman 18.29 199 West Bank and Gaza 18.04 200 Saudi Arabia 16.32 201 Iraq 16.07 202 United Arab Emirates 15.47 203 Qatar 11.63

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