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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.
Labor Statistics > force, female > % of total labor force (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Mozambique :
53.45 %
2005 ...
#2
Burundi :
51.93 %
2005 ...
#3
Cambodia :
51.35 %
2005 ...
#4
Rwanda :
51.17 %
2005 ...
#5
Bahamas, The :
49.83 %
2005 ...
#6
Malawi :
49.82 %
2005 ...
#7
Kazakhstan :
49.58 %
2005 ...
#8
Tanzania :
49.42 %
2005 ...
#9
Estonia :
49.4 %
2005 ...
#10
Belarus :
49.3 %
2005 ...
#11
Lithuania :
49.17 %
2005 ...
#12
Armenia :
49.17 %
2005 ...
#13
Ukraine :
49.07 %
2005 ...
#14
Russia :
48.96 %
2005 ...
#15
Latvia :
48.67 %
2005 ...
#16
Vietnam :
48.45 %
2005 ...
#17
Madagascar :
48.4 %
2005 ...
#18
Uganda :
48.27 %
2005 ...
#19
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
48.1 %
2005 ...
#20
Ghana :
48 %
2005 ...
#21
Finland :
47.77 %
2005 ...
#22
Moldova :
47.73 %
2005 ...
#23
Azerbaijan :
47.68 %
2005 ...
#24
Papua New Guinea :
47.56 %
2005 ...
#25
Mali :
47.52 %
2005 ...
#26
Barbados :
47.38 %
2005 ...
#27
Sweden :
47.37 %
2005 ...
#28
Norway :
47.29 %
2005 ...
#29
Macau :
47.16 %
2005 ...
#30
Israel :
47.04 %
2005 ...
#31
Chad :
46.94 %
2005 ...
#32
Denmark :
46.76 %
2005 ...
#33
Vanuatu :
46.71 %
2005 ...
#34
Turkmenistan :
46.67 %
2005 ...
#35
Switzerland :
46.65 %
2005 ...
#36
Iceland :
46.64 %
2005 ...
#37
Burkina Faso :
46.62 %
2005 ...
#38
Hong Kong :
46.59 %
2005 ...
#39
Virgin Islands :
46.58 %
2005 ...
#40
Guinea :
46.57 %
2005 ...
#41
New Zealand :
46.56 %
2005 ...
#42
Portugal :
46.49 %
2005 ...
#43
Canada :
46.36 %
2005 ...
#44
United States :
46.23 %
2005 ...
#45
Romania :
46.19 %
2005 ...
#46
Slovenia :
46.17 %
2005 ...
#47
Thailand :
46.16 %
2005 ...
#48
Netherlands Antilles :
46.1 %
2005 ...
#49
Central African Republic :
46.09 %
2005 ...
#50
Bulgaria :
46 %
2005 ...
#51
United Kingdom :
45.99 %
2005 ...
#52
France :
45.94 %
2005 ...
#53
Angola :
45.79 %
2005 ...
#54
Poland :
45.73 %
2005 ...
#55
Australia :
45.51 %
2005 ...
#56
Germany :
45.17 %
2005 ...
#57
Czech Republic :
45.16 %
2005 ...
#58
Slovakia :
45.14 %
2005 ...
#59
Hungary :
45.13 %
2005 ...
#60
Cyprus :
45.09 %
2005 ...
#61
Croatia :
45 %
2005 ...
#62
Burma :
44.96 %
2005 ...
#63
Ethiopia :
44.89 %
2005 ...
#64
Austria :
44.61 %
2005 ...
#65
Uzbekistan :
44.6 %
2005 ...
#66
China :
44.54 %
2005 ...
#67
Lesotho :
44.49 %
2005 ...
#68
Colombia :
44.32 %
2005 ...
#69
Netherlands :
44.18 %
2005 ...
#70
Kyrgyzstan :
44.18 %
2005 ...
#71
Uruguay :
44.16 %
2005 ...
#72
Zimbabwe :
44 %
2005 ...
#73
Kenya :
43.78 %
2005 ...
#74
Tajikistan :
43.78 %
2005 ...
#75
Namibia :
43.63 %
2005 ...
#76
Jamaica :
43.59 %
2005 ...
#77
Bolivia :
43.57 %
2005 ...
#78
Belgium :
43.48 %
2005 ...
#79
Paraguay :
43.47 %
2005 ...
#80
Georgia :
43.37 %
2005 ...
#81
Gabon :
43.32 %
2005 ...
#82
Ireland :
42.97 %
2005 ...
#83
Brazil :
42.88 %
2005 ...
#84
Argentina :
42.86 %
2005 ...
#85
Senegal :
42.5 %
2005 ...
#86
Ecuador :
42.4 %
2005 ...
#87
Serbia and Montenegro :
42.21 %
2005 ...
#88
Zambia :
42.21 %
2005 ...
#89
Albania :
42.12 %
2005 ...
#90
Luxembourg :
42 %
2005 ...
#91
Peru :
41.99 %
2005 ...
#92
Niger :
41.96 %
2005 ...
#93
Botswana :
41.76 %
2005 ...
#94
Haiti :
41.72 %
2005 ...
#95
Gambia, The :
41.56 %
2005 ...
#96
Saint Lucia :
41.49 %
2005 ...
#97
Puerto Rico :
41.48 %
2005 ...
#98
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
41.16 %
2005 ...
#99
Japan :
41.08 %
2005 ...
#100
Eritrea :
41.06 %
2005 ...
#101
Spain :
41.04 %
2005 ...
#102
Venezuela :
40.92 %
2005 ...
#103
Greece :
40.86 %
2005 ...
#104
Guinea-Bissau :
40.85 %
2005 ...
#105
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
40.82 %
2005 ...
#106
Korea, South :
40.81 %
2005 ...
#107
Laos :
40.64 %
2005 ...
#108
Nepal :
40.5 %
2005 ...
#109
Mauritania :
40.35 %
2005 ...
#110
Congo, Republic of the :
40.25 %
2005 ...
#111
El Salvador :
40.24 %
2005 ...
#112
Mongolia :
40.15 %
2005 ...
#113
Italy :
40.05 %
2005 ...
#114
Comoros :
40.04 %
2005 ...
#115
Cameroon :
39.92 %
2005 ...
#116
Singapore :
39.91 %
2005 ...
#117
Liberia :
39.9 %
2005 ...
#118
Philippines :
39.76 %
2005 ...
#119
Djibouti :
39.34 %
2005 ...
#120
Somalia :
39.25 %
2005 ...
#121
Macedonia, Republic of :
39.16 %
2005 ...
#122
Maldives :
38.91 %
2005 ...
#123
Trinidad and Tobago :
38.91 %
2005 ...
#124
Panama :
38.82 %
2005 ...
#125
Guam :
38.81 %
2005 ...
#126
Korea, North :
38.72 %
2005 ...
#127
Solomon Islands :
38.58 %
2005 ...
#128
Fiji :
38.49 %
2005 ...
#129
Sierra Leone :
38.46 %
2005 ...
#130
Benin :
38.33 %
2005 ...
#131
French Polynesia :
38.29 %
2005 ...
#132
South Africa :
38.22 %
2005 ...
#133