DEFINITION
The % change in the
female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) from 1990 to 2000.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 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% |
|
|
= 8
|
Qatar: |
24% |
|
|
# 10
|
El Salvador: |
23% |
|
|
= 11
|
Libya: |
22% |
|
|
= 11
|
Lebanon: |
22% |
|
|
= 11
|
Argentina: |
22% |
|
|
= 14
|
Suriname: |
21% |
|
|
= 14
|
Syria: |
21% |
|
|
# 16
|
Honduras: |
19% |
|
|
= 17
|
Bahrain: |
18% |
|
|
= 17
|
Ecuador: |
18% |
|
|
= 17
|
Chile: |
18% |
|
|
= 20
|
Peru: |
17% |
|
|
= 20
|
Dominican Republic: |
17% |
|
|
= 20
|
Nicaragua: |
17% |
|
|
= 20
|
Cuba: |
17% |
|
|
# 24
|
Mexico: |
16% |
|
|
= 25
|
Ireland: |
15% |
|
|
= 25
|
Egypt: |
15% |
|
|
= 27
|
Turkey: |
14% |
|
|
= 27
|
Venezuela: |
14% |
|
|
= 29
|
Israel: |
13% |
|
|
= 29
|
Colombia: |
13% |
|
|
= 29
|
Belize: |
13% |
|
|
= 29
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
13% |
|
|
= 29
|
Sudan: |
13% |
|
|
= 29
|
Guyana: |
13% |
|
|
= 35
|
Costa Rica: |
12% |
|
|
= 35
|
Panama: |
12% |
|
|
= 35
|
Tunisia: |
12% |
|
|
= 38
|
Malta: |
11% |
|
|
= 38
|
Tajikistan: |
11% |
|
|
= 38
|
Spain: |
11% |
|
|
= 41
|
Indonesia: |
10% |
|
|
= 41
|
Korea, South: |
10% |
|
|
= 43
|
Mauritius: |
9% |
|
|
= 43
|
Paraguay: |
9% |
|
|
= 45
|
Norway: |
8% |
|
|
= 45
|
United Arab Emirates: |
8% |
|
|
= 45
|
Malaysia: |
8% |
|
|
= 45
|
New Zealand: |
8% |
|
|
= 45
|
Cape Verde: |
8% |
|
|
= 45
|
Uruguay: |
8% |
|
|
= 45
|
Yemen: |
8% |
|
|
= 52
|
Greece: |
7% |
|
|
= 52
|
Sri Lanka: |
7% |
|
|
= 52
|
Morocco: |
7% |
|
|
= 52
|
Australia: |
7% |
|
|
= 56
|
France: |
6% |
|
|
= 56
|
Philippines: |
6% |
|
|
= 56
|
Bolivia: |
6% |
|
|
= 56
|
Swaziland: |
6% |
|
|
= 56
|
Barbados: |
6% |
|
|
= 56
|
United States: |
6% |
|
|
= 56
|
Italy: |
6% |
|
|
= 63
|
Netherlands: |
5% |
|
|
= 63
|
Turkmenistan: |
5% |
|
|
= 63
|
Belgium: |
5% |
|
|
= 63
|
Sierra Leone: |
5% |
|
|
= 63
|
United Kingdom: |
5% |
|
|
= 63
|
Uzbekistan: |
5% |
|
|
= 63
|
Azerbaijan: |
5% |
|
|
= 70
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
4% |
|
|
= 70
|
Portugal: |
4% |
|
|
= 70
|
India: |
4% |
|
|
= 70
|
Cameroon: |
4% |
|
|
= 70
|
Luxembourg: |
4% |
|
|
= 70
|
Canada: |
4% |
|
|
= 76
|
Albania: |
3% |
|
|
= 76
|
Bahamas, The: |
3% |
|
|
= 76
|
Switzerland: |
3% |
|
|
= 76
|
Japan: |
3% |
|
|
= 80
|
Mongolia: |
2% |
|
|
= 80
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
2% |
|
|
= 80
|
Cyprus: |
2% |
|
|
= 80
|
Hungary: |
2% |
|
|
= 80
|
Croatia: |
2% |
|
|
= 80
|
Lesotho: |
2% |
|
|
= 80
|
Nigeria: |
2% |
|
|
= 80
|
Austria: |
2% |
|
|
= 88
|
Gambia, The: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Iceland: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Kazakhstan: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Senegal: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Gabon: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Togo: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Jamaica: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Bangladesh: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Laos: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Chad: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
South Africa: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Sweden: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Nepal: |
1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Namibia: |
1% |
|
|
= 103
|
Kenya: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Georgia: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Burma: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Poland: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Bhutan: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Germany: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Denmark: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Maldives: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Czech Republic: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Papua New Guinea: |
0% |
|
|
= 103
|
Armenia: |
0% |
|
|
= 116
|
Slovakia: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Russia: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
China: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Mozambique: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Singapore: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Burundi: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Eritrea: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Madagascar: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Ethiopia: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Niger: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Finland: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Rwanda: |
-1% |
|
|
= 116
|
Comoros: |
-1% |
|
|
= 129
|
Zimbabwe: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Thailand: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Belarus: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Romania: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Brazil: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Ukraine: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Cambodia: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Mauritania: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Ghana: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Slovenia: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Guinea: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Uganda: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Malawi: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Angola: |
-2% |
|
|
= 129
|
Zambia: |
-2% |
|
|
= 144
|
Vietnam: |
-3% |
|
|
= 144
|
Central African Republic: |
-3% |
|
|
= 144
|
Mali: |
-3% |
|
|
= 144
|
Haiti: |
-3% |
|
|
= 144
|
Lithuania: |
-3% |
|
|
= 144
|
Kuwait: |
-3% |
|
|
= 144
|
Solomon Islands: |
-3% |
|
|
= 144
|
Burkina Faso: |
-3% |
|
|
= 152
|
Botswana: |
-4% |
|
|
= 152
|
Benin: |
-4% |
|
|
= 152
|
Estonia: |
-4% |
|
|
= 155
|
Bulgaria: |
-5% |
|
|
= 155
|
Latvia: |
-5% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
6.6% |
|
DEFINITION: The % change in the
female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) from 1990 to 2000.