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

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