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DEFINITION
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Labor Statistics > force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Burundi :
92.81 %
2005 ...
#2
Tanzania :
88.24 %
2005 ...
#3
Malawi :
86.17 %
2005 ...
#4
Mozambique :
84.88 %
2005 ...
#5
Iceland :
82.87 %
2005 ...
#6
Guinea :
82.65 %
2005 ...
#7
Rwanda :
82.01 %
2005 ...
#8
Uganda :
81.21 %
2005 ...
#9
Vanuatu :
80.26 %
2005 ...
#10
Madagascar :
79.84 %
2005 ...
#11
Burkina Faso :
79.51 %
2005 ...
#12
Cambodia :
78.03 %
2005 ...
#13
Vietnam :
77.38 %
2005 ...
#14
Norway :
77.33 %
2005 ...
#15
China :
75.79 %
2005 ...
#16
Angola :
75.65 %
2005 ...
#17
Barbados :
75.46 %
2005 ...
#18
Switzerland :
75.29 %
2005 ...
#19
Sweden :
74.86 %
2005 ...
#20
Mali :
74.78 %
2005 ...
#21
Denmark :
74.22 %
2005 ...
#22
Kazakhstan :
73.56 %
2005 ...
#23
Ethiopia :
73.49 %
2005 ...
#24
Niger :
72.98 %
2005 ...
#25
Finland :
72.81 %
2005 ...
#26
Canada :
72.78 %
2005 ...
#27
Papua New Guinea :
72.75 %
2005 ...
#28
Ghana :
71.76 %
2005 ...
#29
Kenya :
71.31 %
2005 ...
#30
New Zealand :
71.16 %
2005 ...
#31
Thailand :
71.02 %
2005 ...
#32
Central African Republic :
70.8 %
2005 ...
#33
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
70.53 %
2005 ...
#34
United States :
70.07 %
2005 ...
#35
Burma :
70.04 %
2005 ...
#36
Bahamas, The :
69.83 %
2005 ...
#37
Netherlands :
69.55 %
2005 ...
#38
United Kingdom :
69.34 %
2005 ...
#39
Paraguay :
68.61 %
2005 ...
#40
Zambia :
68.29 %
2005 ...
#41
Portugal :
67.8 %
2005 ...
#42
Australia :
67.43 %
2005 ...
#43
Germany :
67.36 %
2005 ...
#44
Russia :
67.07 %
2005 ...
#45
Macau :
66.6 %
2005 ...
#46
Slovenia :
66.58 %
2005 ...
#47
Belarus :
66.4 %
2005 ...
#48
Uruguay :
66.32 %
2005 ...
#49
Azerbaijan :
66.23 %
2005 ...
#50
Chad :
66 %
2005 ...
#51
Colombia :
65.89 %
2005 ...
#52
Lithuania :
65.87 %
2005 ...
#53
Moldova :
65.39 %
2005 ...
#54
Turkmenistan :
65.12 %
2005 ...
#55
Zimbabwe :
64.53 %
2005 ...
#56
Bolivia :
64.49 %
2005 ...
#57
Estonia :
64.38 %
2005 ...
#58
Gabon :
64.15 %
2005 ...
#59
Ecuador :
64.1 %
2005 ...
#60
Czech Republic :
64.02 %
2005 ...
#61
Austria :
63.77 %
2005 ...
#62
Cyprus :
63.11 %
2005 ...
#63
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
63.1 %
2005 ...
#64
Guinea-Bissau :
63.06 %
2005 ...
#65
Latvia :
62.99 %
2005 ...
#66
Ukraine :
62.91 %
2005 ...
#67
France :
62.44 %
2005 ...
#68
Slovakia :
62.38 %
2005 ...
#69
Ireland :
62.18 %
2005 ...
#70
Hong Kong :
62.16 %
2005 ...
#71
Venezuela :
61.88 %
2005 ...
#72
Peru :
61.21 %
2005 ...
#73
Argentina :
61.08 %
2005 ...
#74
Brazil :
61.04 %
2005 ...
#75
Somalia :
60.99 %
2005 ...
#76
Uzbekistan :
60.56 %
2005 ...
#77
Japan :
60.45 %
2005 ...
#78
Gambia, The :
60.29 %
2005 ...
#79
Virgin Islands :
60.12 %
2005 ...
#80
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
60.03 %
2005 ...
#81
Kyrgyzstan :
59.87 %
2005 ...
#82
Eritrea :
59.84 %
2005 ...
#83
Saint Lucia :
59.65 %
2005 ...
#84
Comoros :
59.51 %
2005 ...
#85
Jamaica :
59.32 %
2005 ...
#86
Israel :
58.69 %
2005 ...
#87
Senegal :
58.42 %
2005 ...
#88
Sierra Leone :
58.38 %
2005 ...
#89
Haiti :
57.85 %
2005 ...
#90
Poland :
57.64 %
2005 ...
#91
Croatia :
57.5 %
2005 ...
#92
Belgium :
57.34 %
2005 ...
#93
Spain :
57.22 %
2005 ...
#94
Netherlands Antilles :
56.97 %
2005 ...
#95
Singapore :
56.73 %
2005 ...
#96
East Timor :
56.58 %
2005 ...
#97
Philippines :
56.55 %
2005 ...
#98
Honduras :
56.48 %
2005 ...
#99
Mauritania :
56.45 %
2005 ...
#100
Laos :
56.44 %
2005 ...
#101
Mongolia :
56.22 %
2005 ...
#102
Congo, Republic of the :
56.14 %
2005 ...
#103
Greece :
55.97 %
2005 ...
#104
Liberia :
55.74 %
2005 ...
#105
Luxembourg :
55.7 %
2005 ...
#106
Solomon Islands :
55.66 %
2005 ...
#107
Armenia :
55.41 %
2005 ...
#108
Romania :
55.3 %
2005 ...
#109
Bangladesh :
55.19 %
2005 ...
#110
Fiji :
55.05 %
2005 ...
#111
Panama :
54.88 %
2005 ...
#112
Benin :
54.83 %
2005 ...
#113
Djibouti :
54.76 %
2005 ...
#114
Albania :
54.72 %
2005 ...
#115
Serbia and Montenegro :
54.67 %
2005 ...
#116
Korea, South :
54.22 %
2005 ...
#117
Cameroon :
53.94 %
2005 ...
#118
Guam :
53.65 %
2005 ...
#119
Hungary :
53.5 %
2005 ...
#120
Indonesia :
53.04 %
2005 ...
#121
Nepal :
52.55 %
2005 ...
#122
Bulgaria :
52.39 %
2005 ...
#123
Georgia :
52.37 %
2005 ...
#124
Equatorial Guinea :
52.21 %
2005 ...
#125
Togo :
51.72 %
2005 ...
#126
Trinidad and Tobago :
51.44 %
2005 ...
#127
Cuba :
50.83 %
2005 ...
#128
French Polynesia :
50.42 %
2005 ...
#129