Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators



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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.
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi91
2Tanzania86.30
3Rwanda86.30
4Mozambique84.90
5Madagascar84.10
6Vanuatu79
7Guinea79
8Uganda78.40
9Ethiopia78.30
10Laos77.80
11Burkina Faso77.70
12Kenya75.80
13Malawi75.10
14Angola74.30
15Ghana73.70
16Cambodia73.30
17Comoros73.10
18Iceland73.10
19Botswana72
20Central African Republic71.40
21Papua New Guinea71.20
22Gambia70.60
23Lesotho70.30
24Gabon69
25Bahamas68.30
26Vietnam68.20
27China67.50
28Mongolia67.20
29Benin66.70
30Liberia66.60
31Kazakhstan66.20
32Thailand65.90
33Barbados65.90
34Sierra Leone65.70
35Macau65.40
36Low income64.81
37Senegal64.50
38East Asia & Pacific64.45
39Norway64.20
40Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)64.18
41Burma63.90
42Chad63.20
43Nepal63.20
44Togo63.20
45Least developed countries: UN classification62.90
46Republic of the Congo62.50
47Bolivia62.10
48Canada62.10
49New Zealand61.70
50Switzerland61.20
51Djibouti61.10
52Turkmenistan61
53Denmark61
54Sweden60.80
55Azerbaijan60.60
56Sub-Saharan Africa60.47
57Eritrea60.20
58Zimbabwe59.90
59Zambia59.90
60Brazil59.90
61Brunei Darussalam59.90
62Guinea-Bissau59.50
63Netherlands59.20
64Armenia59
65United States58.90
66Timor-Leste58.80
67Mauritania58.50
68Australia58.40
69Bangladesh58.30
70Haiti58.20
71Uzbekistan58
72Finland57.50
73Peru57.40
74Russia57.10
75Jamaica56.90
76Somalia56.50
77Portugal56.20
78Democratic Republic of the Congo56.20
79Maldives56.10
80Netherlands Antilles56
81Kyrgyzstan56
82Paraguay55.90
83Tajikistan55.60
84St. Vincent and the Grenadines55.60
85Latvia55.50
86Georgia55.40
87United Kingdom55.20
88Estonia55.20
89Bosnia and Herzegovina54.80
90Belarus54.50
91Cyprus54.50
92Singapore54.20
93Trinidad and Tobago54
94Ireland53.80
95Israel53.70
96Slovenia53.50
97High income: OECD53.40
98Tonga53.40
99Austria53.40
100Uruguay53.10
101Cameroon53
102Germany52.90
103Swaziland52.80
104High income52.67
105Cape Verde52.60
106Hong Kong52.50
107Indonesia52
108Namibia51.90
109Ukraine51.80
110Guam51.80
111Latin America & Caribbean51.69
112Low & middle income51.67
113Lithuania51.30
114Bhutan51.20
115Argentina51.10
116Slovakia51
117France50.90
118Venezuela50.80
119Dominican Republic50.70
120Ivory Coast50.50
121St. Lucia50.40
122Europe & Central Asia50.33
123North Korea49.90
124South Korea49.90
125Upper middle income49.53
126Czech Republic49.40
127Panama49.40
128Bulgaria49.40
129Spain49.30
130Middle income49.29
131Lower middle income49.22
132Euro area49.21
133Albania48.90
134Virgin Islands (U.S.)48.80
135Philippines48.70
136Japan48.60
137Qatar48.20
138Guatemala48.10
139French Polynesia47.70
140South Africa47.20
141El Salvador47
142Belgium46.90
143Romania46.90
144Luxembourg46.90
145Ecuador46.80
146Poland46.80
147Moldova46.80
148Belize46.30
149Nicaragua46.20
150Croatia46.10
151Guyana45.70
152Costa Rica45.30
153New Caledonia44.40
154Kuwait44.30
155Sao Tome and Principe44.20
156Malaysia44.10
157Chile43.80
158Mexico43.40
159Greece43
160Macedonia42.70
161Hungary42.70
162Mauritius42
163Cuba42
164United Arab Emirates41.80
165Honduras41.60
166High income: nonOECD40.87
167Colombia40.50
168Fiji38.90
169Nigeria38.90
170Equatorial Guinea38.40
171Italy38.30
172Suriname38
173Samoa38
174Niger37.50
175Mali37
176Puerto Rico36.70
177Algeria36.60
178South Asia35.18
179Sri Lanka34.60
180Malta33.70
181India33.10
182Afghanistan33
183Bahrain32.20
184Iran31.20
185Sudan30.90
186Morocco26.50
187Middle East & North Africa25.82
188Tunisia25.50
189Turkey25.10
190Oman24.80
191Libya23.80
192Solomon Islands23.60
193Jordan23.40
194Egypt22.80
195Lebanon21.80
196Pakistan21.20
197Syria21
198Saudi Arabia20.80
199Yemen19.50
200West Bank and Gaza16
201Iraq13.30
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