NationMaster - Female economic activity growth (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Jordan:	57%
#2	Algeria:	54%
#3	Oman:	51%
#4	Saudi Arabia:	42%
#5	Fiji:	40%
#6	Iran:	34%
#7	Guatemala:	28%
#8	Pakistan:	24%
#9	Qatar:	24%
#10	El Salvador:	23%
#11	Libya:	22%
#12	Lebanon:	22%
#13	Argentina:	22%
#14	Suriname:	21%
#15	Syria:	21%
#16	Honduras:	19%
#17	Bahrain:	18%
#18	Ecuador:	18%
#19	Chile:	18%
#20	Peru:	17%
#21	Dominican Republic:	17%
#22	Nicaragua:	17%
#23	Cuba:	17%
#24	Mexico:	16%
#25	Ireland:	15%
#26	Egypt:	15%
#27	Turkey:	14%
#28	Venezuela:	14%
#29	Israel:	13%
#30	Colombia:	13%
#31	Belize:	13%
#32	Trinidad and Tobago:	13%
#33	Sudan:	13%
#34	Guyana:	13%
#35	Costa Rica:	12%
#36	Panama:	12%
#37	Tunisia:	12%
#38	Malta:	11%
#39	Tajikistan:	11%
#40	Spain:	11%
#41	Indonesia:	10%
#42	Korea, South:	10%
#43	Mauritius:	9%
#44	Paraguay:	9%
#45	Norway:	8%
#46	United Arab Emirates:	8%
#47	Malaysia:	8%
#48	New Zealand:	8%
#49	Cape Verde:	8%
#50	Uruguay:	8%
#51	Yemen:	8%
#52	Greece:	7%
#53	Sri Lanka:	7%
#54	Morocco:	7%
#55	Australia:	7%
#56	France:	6%
#57	Philippines:	6%
#58	Bolivia:	6%
#59	Swaziland:	6%
#60	Barbados:	6%
#61	United States:	6%
#62	Italy:	6%
#63	Netherlands:	5%
#64	Turkmenistan:	5%
#65	Belgium:	5%
#66	Sierra Leone:	5%
#67	United Kingdom:	5%
#68	Uzbekistan:	5%
#69	Azerbaijan:	5%
#70	Kyrgyzstan:	4%
#71	Portugal:	4%
#72	India:	4%
#73	Cameroon:	4%
#74	Luxembourg:	4%
#75	Canada:	4%
#76	Albania:	3%
#77	Bahamas, The:	3%
#78	Switzerland:	3%
#79	Japan:	3%
#80	Mongolia:	2%
#81	Cote d'Ivoire:	2%
#82	Cyprus:	2%
#83	Hungary:	2%
#84	Croatia:	2%
#85	Lesotho:	2%
#86	Nigeria:	2%
#87	Austria:	2%
#88	Gambia, The:	1%
#89	Iceland:	1%
#90	Kazakhstan:	1%
#91	Senegal:	1%
#92	Gabon:	1%
#93	Togo:	1%
#94	Jamaica:	1%
#95	Bangladesh:	1%
#96	Laos:	1%
#97	Chad:	1%
#98	South Africa:	1%
#99	Equatorial Guinea:	1%
#100	Sweden:	1%
#101	Nepal:	1%
#102	Namibia:	1%
#103	Kenya:	0%
#104	Guinea-Bissau:	0%
#105	Georgia:	0%
#106	Burma:	0%
#107	Poland:	0%
#108	Bhutan:	0%
#109	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	0%
#110	Germany:	0%
#111	Denmark:	0%
#112	Maldives:	0%
#113	Czech Republic:	0%
#114	Papua New Guinea:	0%
#115	Armenia:	0%
#116	Slovakia:	-1%
#117	Russia:	-1%
#118	China:	-1%
#119	Mozambique:	-1%
#120	Singapore:	-1%
#121	Burundi:	-1%
#122	Eritrea:	-1%
#123	Madagascar:	-1%
#124	Ethiopia:	-1%
#125	Niger:	-1%
#126	Finland:	-1%
#127	Rwanda:	-1%
#128	Comoros:	-1%
#129	Zimbabwe:	-2%
#130	Thailand:	-2%
#131	Belarus:	-2%
#132	Romania:	-2%
#133	Brazil:	-2%
#134	Ukraine:	-2%
#135	Cambodia:	-2%
#136	Mauritania:	-2%
#137	Ghana:	-2%
#138	Slovenia:	-2%
#139	Guinea:	-2%
#140	Uganda:	-2%
#141	Malawi:	-2%
#142	Angola:	-2%
#143	Zambia:	-2%
#144	Vietnam:	-3%
#145	Central African Republic:	-3%
#146	Mali:	-3%
#147	Haiti:	-3%
#148	Lithuania:	-3%
#149	Kuwait:	-3%
#150	Solomon Islands:	-3%
#151	Burkina Faso:	-3%
#152	Botswana:	-4%
#153	Benin:	-4%
#154	Estonia:	-4%
#155	Bulgaria:	-5%
#156	Latvia:	-5%
	Weighted average:	6.6%

DEFINITION: The % change in the female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) from 1990 to 2000.

SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva

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