Female economic activity growth (most recent) by country

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

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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:

= 43

Paraguay:

= 45

Norway:

= 45

United Arab Emirates:

= 45

Malaysia:

= 45

New Zealand:

= 45

Cape Verde:

= 45

Uruguay:

= 45

Yemen:

= 52

Greece:

= 52

Sri Lanka:

= 52

Morocco:

= 52

Australia:

= 56

France:

= 56

Philippines:

= 56

Bolivia:

= 56

Swaziland:

= 56

Barbados:

= 56

United States:

= 56

Italy:

= 63

Netherlands:

= 63

Turkmenistan:

= 63

Belgium:

= 63

Sierra Leone:

= 63

United Kingdom:

= 63

Uzbekistan:

= 63

Azerbaijan:

= 70

Kyrgyzstan:

= 70

Portugal:

= 70

India:

= 70

Cameroon:

= 70

Luxembourg:

= 70

Canada:

= 76

Albania:

= 76

Bahamas, The:

= 76

Switzerland:

= 76

Japan:

= 80

Mongolia:

= 80

Cote d'Ivoire:

= 80

Cyprus:

= 80

Hungary:

= 80

Croatia:

= 80

Lesotho:

= 80

Nigeria:

= 80

Austria:

= 88

Gambia, The:

= 88

Iceland:

= 88

Kazakhstan:

= 88

Senegal:

= 88

Gabon:

= 88

Togo:

= 88

Jamaica:

= 88

Bangladesh:

= 88

Laos:

= 88

Chad:

= 88

South Africa:

= 88

Equatorial Guinea:

= 88

Sweden:

= 88

Nepal:

= 88

Namibia:

= 103

Kenya:

= 103

Guinea-Bissau:

= 103

Georgia:

= 103

Burma:

= 103

Poland:

= 103

Bhutan:

= 103

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

= 103

Germany:

= 103

Denmark:

= 103

Maldives:

= 103

Czech Republic:

= 103

Papua New Guinea:

= 103

Armenia:

= 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.

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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