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Labor Statistics > force, female > % of total labor force (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Mozambique: 53.45 %   2005 Time series
# 2   Burundi: 51.93 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Cambodia: 51.35 %   2005 Time series
# 4   Rwanda: 51.17 %   2005 Time series
# 5   Bahamas, The: 49.83 %   2005 Time series
# 6   Malawi: 49.82 %   2005 Time series
# 7   Kazakhstan: 49.58 %   2005 Time series
# 8   Tanzania: 49.42 %   2005 Time series
# 9   Estonia: 49.4 %   2005 Time series
# 10   Belarus: 49.3 %   2005 Time series
= 11   Lithuania: 49.17 %   2005 Time series
= 11   Armenia: 49.17 %   2005 Time series
# 13   Ukraine: 49.07 %   2005 Time series
# 14   Russia: 48.96 %   2005 Time series
# 15   Latvia: 48.67 %   2005 Time series
# 16   Vietnam: 48.45 %   2005 Time series
# 17   Madagascar: 48.4 %   2005 Time series
# 18   Uganda: 48.27 %   2005 Time series
# 19   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 48.1 %   2005 Time series
# 20   Ghana: 48 %   2005 Time series
# 21   Finland: 47.77 %   2005 Time series
# 22   Moldova: 47.73 %   2005 Time series
# 23   Azerbaijan: 47.68 %   2005 Time series
# 24   Papua New Guinea: 47.56 %   2005 Time series
# 25   Mali: 47.52 %   2005 Time series
# 26   Barbados: 47.38 %   2005 Time series
# 27   Sweden: 47.37 %   2005 Time series
# 28   Norway: 47.29 %   2005 Time series
# 29   Macau: 47.16 %   2005 Time series
# 30   Israel: 47.04 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Chad: 46.94 %   2005 Time series
# 32   Denmark: 46.76 %   2005 Time series
# 33   Vanuatu: 46.71 %   2005 Time series
# 34   Turkmenistan: 46.67 %   2005 Time series
# 35   Switzerland: 46.65 %   2005 Time series
# 36   Iceland: 46.64 %   2005 Time series
# 37   Burkina Faso: 46.62 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Hong Kong: 46.59 %   2005 Time series
# 39   Virgin Islands: 46.58 %   2005 Time series
# 40   Guinea: 46.57 %   2005 Time series
# 41   New Zealand: 46.56 %   2005 Time series
# 42   Portugal: 46.49 %   2005 Time series
# 43   Canada: 46.36 %   2005 Time series
# 44   United States: 46.23 %   2005 Time series
# 45   Romania: 46.19 %   2005 Time series
# 46   Slovenia: 46.17 %   2005 Time series
# 47   Thailand: 46.16 %   2005 Time series
# 48   Netherlands Antilles: 46.1 %   2005 Time series
# 49   Central African Republic: 46.09 %   2005 Time series
# 50   Bulgaria: 46 %   2005 Time series
# 51   United Kingdom: 45.99 %   2005 Time series
# 52   France: 45.94 %   2005 Time series
# 53   Angola: 45.79 %   2005 Time series
# 54   Poland: 45.73 %   2005 Time series
# 55   Australia: 45.51 %   2005 Time series
# 56   Germany: 45.17 %   2005 Time series
# 57   Czech Republic: 45.16 %   2005 Time series
# 58   Slovakia: 45.14 %   2005 Time series
# 59   Hungary: 45.13 %   2005 Time series
# 60   Cyprus: 45.09 %   2005 Time series
# 61   Croatia: 45 %   2005 Time series
# 62   Burma: 44.96 %   2005 Time series
# 63   Ethiopia: 44.89 %   2005 Time series
# 64   Austria: 44.61 %   2005 Time series
# 65   Uzbekistan: 44.6 %   2005 Time series
# 66   China: 44.54 %   2005 Time series
# 67   Lesotho: 44.49 %   2005 Time series
# 68   Colombia: 44.32 %   2005 Time series
= 69   Netherlands: 44.18 %   2005 Time series
= 69   Kyrgyzstan: 44.18 %   2005 Time series
# 71   Uruguay: 44.16 %   2005 Time series
# 72   Zimbabwe: 44 %   2005 Time series
= 73   Kenya: 43.78 %   2005 Time series
= 73   Tajikistan: 43.78 %   2005 Time series
# 75   Namibia: 43.63 %   2005 Time series
# 76   Jamaica: 43.59 %   2005 Time series
# 77   Bolivia: 43.57 %   2005 Time series
# 78   Belgium: 43.48 %   2005 Time series
# 79   Paraguay: 43.47 %   2005 Time series
# 80   Georgia: 43.37 %   2005 Time series
# 81   Gabon: 43.32 %   2005 Time series
# 82   Ireland: 42.97 %   2005 Time series
# 83   Brazil: 42.88 %   2005 Time series
# 84   Argentina: 42.86 %   2005 Time series
# 85   Senegal: 42.5 %   2005 Time series
# 86   Ecuador: 42.4 %   2005 Time series
= 87   Serbia and Montenegro: 42.21 %   2005 Time series
= 87   Zambia: 42.21 %   2005 Time series
# 89   Albania: 42.12 %   2005 Time series
# 90   Luxembourg: 42 %   2005 Time series
# 91   Peru: 41.99 %   2005 Time series
# 92   Niger: 41.96 %   2005 Time series
# 93   Botswana: 41.76 %   2005 Time series
# 94   Haiti: 41.72 %   2005 Time series
# 95   Gambia, The: 41.56 %   2005 Time series
# 96   Saint Lucia: 41.49 %   2005 Time series
# 97   Puerto Rico: 41.48 %   2005 Time series
# 98   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 41.16 %   2005 Time series
# 99   Japan: 41.08 %   2005 Time series
# 100   Eritrea: 41.06 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Spain: 41.04 %   2005 Time series
# 102   Venezuela: 40.92 %   2005 Time series
# 103   Greece: 40.86 %   2005 Time series
# 104   Guinea-Bissau: 40.85 %   2005 Time series
# 105   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 40.82 %   2005 Time series
# 106   Korea, South: 40.81 %   2005 Time series
# 107   Laos: 40.64 %   2005 Time series
# 108   Nepal: 40.5 %   2005 Time series
# 109   Mauritania: 40.35 %   2005 Time series
# 110   Congo, Republic of the: 40.25 %   2005 Time series
# 111   El Salvador: 40.24 %   2005 Time series
# 112   Mongolia: 40.15 %   2005 Time series
# 113   Italy: 40.05 %   2005 Time series
# 114   Comoros: 40.04 %   2005 Time series
# 115   Cameroon: 39.92 %   2005 Time series
# 116   Singapore: 39.91 %   2005 Time series
# 117   Liberia: 39.9 %   2005 Time series
# 118   Philippines: 39.76 %   2005 Time series
# 119   Djibouti: 39.34 %   2005 Time series
# 120   Somalia: 39.25 %   2005 Time series
# 121   Macedonia, Republic of: 39.16 %   2005 Time series
= 122   Maldives: 38.91 %   2005 Time series
= 122   Trinidad and Tobago: 38.91 %   2005 Time series
# 124   Panama: 38.82 %   2005 Time series
# 125   Guam: 38.81 %   2005 Time series
# 126   Korea, North: 38.72 %   2005 Time series
# 127   Solomon Islands: 38.58 %   2005 Time series
# 128   Fiji: 38.49 %   2005 Time series
# 129   Sierra Leone: 38.46 %   2005 Time series
# 130   Benin: 38.33 %   2005 Time series
# 131   French Polynesia: 38.29 %   2005 Time series
# 132   South Africa: 38.22 %   2005 Time series
# 133   Indonesia: 37.94 %   2005 Time series
# 134   Tonga: 37.82 %   2005 Time series
# 135   Honduras: 37.72 %   2005 Time series
# 136   East Timor: 37.63 %   2005 Time series
# 137   Cuba: 37.43 %   2005 Time series
# 138   New Caledonia: 36.99 %   2005 Time series
# 139   Bangladesh: 36.95 %   2005 Time series
# 140   Togo: 36.91 %   2005 Time series
# 141   Guyana: 36.86 %   2005 Time series
# 142   Equatorial Guinea: 36.82 %   2005 Time series
# 143   Bhutan: 36.6 %   2005 Time series
# 144   Dominican Republic: 35.9 %   2005 Time series
# 145   Malaysia: 35.81 %   2005 Time series
# 146   Mauritius: 35.66 %   2005 Time series
# 147   Mexico: 35.17 %   2005 Time series
# 148   Costa Rica: 35.14 %   2005 Time series
# 149   Chile: 35.09 %   2005 Time series
# 150   Suriname: 35.02 %   2005 Time series
# 151   Nigeria: 34.7 %   2005 Time series
# 152   Brunei: 34.12 %   2005 Time series
# 153   Belize: 34.09 %   2005 Time series
# 154   Cape Verde: 33.83 %   2005 Time series
# 155   Iran: 33.77 %   2005 Time series
# 156   Malta: 33.68 %   2005 Time series
# 157   Swaziland: 32.86 %   2005 Time series
# 158   Samoa: 31.91 %   2005 Time series
# 159   Guatemala: 31.24 %   2005 Time series
# 160   Algeria: 30.66 %   2005 Time series
# 161   Syria: 30.61 %   2005 Time series
# 162   Sri Lanka: 30.4 %   2005 Time series
# 163   Lebanon: 30.38 %   2005 Time series
# 164   Nicaragua: 29.77 %   2005 Time series
# 165   Côte d'Ivoire: 29.26 %   2005 Time series
# 166   São Tomé and Príncipe: 29.25 %   2005 Time series
# 167   Afghanistan: 28.39 %   1989 Time series
# 168   India: 28.35 %   2005 Time series
# 169   Yemen: 27.88 %   2005 Time series
# 170   Tunisia: 27.61 %   2005 Time series
# 171   Libya: 27.12 %   2005 Time series
# 172   Pakistan: 26.97 %   2005 Time series
# 173   Turkey: 26.44 %   2005 Time series
# 174   Morocco: 25.46 %   2005 Time series
# 175   Kuwait: 25.39 %   2005 Time series
# 176   Sudan: 24.82 %   2005 Time series
# 177   Jordan: 24.41 %   2005 Time series
# 178   Egypt: 21.75 %   2005 Time series
# 179   Iraq: 18.99 %   1999 Time series
# 180   Bahrain: 18.73 %   2005 Time series
# 181   Oman: 16.43 %   2005 Time series
# 182   Saudi Arabia: 15.16 %   2005 Time series
# 183   Qatar: 13.72 %   2005 Time series
# 184   United Arab Emirates: 13.41 %   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 40.3 %   



DEFINITION: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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