Female economic activity statistics - countries compared

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Labor Statistics > Female economic activity (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Mozambique:

82.8%

# 2

Rwanda:

82.6%

# 3

Burundi:

82%

# 4

Solomon Islands:

81.2%

# 5

Cambodia:

80.4%

# 6

Ghana:

80.1%

# 7

Uganda:

79.5%

# 8

Malawi:

77.9%

# 9

Guinea:

77.3%

# 10

Burkina Faso:

75%

= 11

Eritrea:

74.7%

= 11

Kenya:

74.7%

# 13

Laos:

74.4%

# 14

Vietnam:

73.8%

# 15

Benin:

73.6%

# 16

Mongolia:

73.5%

# 17

Thailand:

73.3%

# 18

Angola:

72.8%

# 19

China:

72.7%

# 20

Mali:

70.1%

# 21

Gambia, The:

69.7%

# 22

Niger:

69.4%

# 23

Madagascar:

69.1%

= 24

Central African Republic:

67.6%

= 24

Papua New Guinea:

67.6%

# 26

Chad:

67.2%

# 27

Jamaica:

67.1%

= 28

Bahamas, The:

66.6%

= 28

Iceland:

66.6%

# 30

Bangladesh:

66.3%

# 31

Burma:

65.8%

# 32

Maldives:

65.4%

# 33

Zimbabwe:

65.3%

# 34

Zambia:

64.2%

# 35

Mauritania:

63.4%

# 36

Gabon:

63.2%

# 37

Botswana:

63%

# 38

Slovakia:

62.7%

= 39

Sweden:

62.5%

= 39

Comoros:

62.5%

# 41

Armenia:

62.4%

# 42

Uzbekistan:

62.3%

# 43

Turkmenistan:

62.1%

= 44

Denmark:

61.7%

= 44

Barbados:

61.7%

# 46

Senegal:

61.6%

# 47

Czech Republic:

61.2%

# 48

Kazakhstan:

61.1%

# 49

Estonia:

61%

# 50

Kyrgyzstan:

60.8%

# 51

Canada:

60.1%

# 52

Latvia:

60%

# 53

Albania:

59.7%

= 54

Russia:

59.3%

= 54

Belarus:

59.3%

# 56

Norway:

59.1%

# 57

United States:

58.8%

# 58

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

58.4%

# 59

Lithuania:

57.8%

# 60

Tajikistan:

57.6%

# 61

Ethiopia:

57.3%

# 62

New Zealand:

57.2%

= 63

Poland:

57.1%

= 63

Bhutan:

57.1%

= 65

Finland:

57%

= 65

Guinea-Bissau:

57%

# 67

Bulgaria:

56.8%

# 68

Nepal:

56.7%

# 69

Haiti:

56%

# 70

Australia:

55.8%

# 71

Georgia:

55.7%

# 72

Ukraine:

55.6%

# 73

Indonesia:

55.2%

= 74

Azerbaijan:

54.6%

= 74

Slovenia:

54.6%

# 76

Namibia:

53.7%

# 77

Togo:

53.4%

# 78

Korea, South:

53.2%

# 79

United Kingdom:

52.8%

# 80

Portugal:

51.2%

# 81

Japan:

50.8%

= 82

Switzerland:

50.7%

= 82

Romania:

50.7%

# 84

Singapore:

50.1%

# 85

Turkey:

49.9%

= 86

Cuba:

49.5%

= 86

Philippines:

49.5%

# 88

Cameroon:

49.3%

# 89

Cyprus:

49%

# 90

Croatia:

48.7%

= 91

France:

48.5%

= 91

Hungary:

48.5%

= 93

Israel:

48.4%

= 93

Malaysia:

48.4%

# 95

Colombia:

48.1%

= 96

Bolivia:

48%

= 96

Uruguay:

48%

# 98

Germany:

47.9%

# 99

Nigeria:

47.6%

# 100

Lesotho:

47.4%

= 101

Nicaragua:

47.2%

= 101

South Africa:

47.2%

# 103

Cape Verde:

46.1%

# 104

El Salvador:

45.8%

# 105

Equatorial Guinea:

45.7%

# 106

Netherlands:

45.4%

# 107

Sierra Leone:

44.6%

# 108

Trinidad and Tobago:

44.1%

= 109

Cote d'Ivoire:

43.9%

= 109

Austria:

43.9%

# 111

Brazil:

43.8%

# 112

Panama:

43.3%

# 113

Venezuela:

43.1%

# 114

Sri Lanka:

42.9%

# 115

India:

42.1%

# 116

Swaziland:

41.5%

# 117

Morocco:

41.4%

# 118

Qatar:

41%

# 119

Guyana:

40.7%

# 120

Honduras:

40.3%

# 121

Dominican Republic:

40%

# 122

Belgium:

39.7%

# 123

Mexico:

39.4%

# 124

Italy:

38.3%

# 125

Greece:

38%

= 126

Luxembourg:

37.9%

= 126

Mauritius:

37.9%

# 128

Chile:

37.6%

# 129

Spain:

37.5%

= 130

Costa Rica:

37.1%

= 130

Ireland:

37.1%

# 132

Fiji:

37%

# 133

Tunisia:

36.9%

# 134

Paraguay:

36.8%

# 135

Kuwait:

36.6%

= 136

Guatemala:

36%

= 136

Suriname:

36%

# 138

Argentina:

35.6%

# 139

Pakistan:

35.3%

# 140

Egypt:

35%

# 141

Sudan:

34.8%

# 142

Peru:

34.5%

# 143

Bahrain:

33.5%

# 144

Ecuador:

32.7%

# 145

United Arab Emirates:

31.7%

# 146

Yemen:

30.5%

# 147

Lebanon:

29.6%

# 148

Algeria:

29.5%

# 149

Iran:

29%

# 150

Syria:

28.6%

# 151

Belize:

27.1%

# 152

Jordan:

26.6%

# 153

Malta:

25.8%

# 154

Libya:

25%

# 155

Saudi Arabia:

21.2%

# 156

Oman:

19.2%

Weighted average:

52.7%

DEFINITION: Female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) in 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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