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Labor Statistics > force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Burundi: 92.81 %   2005 Time series
# 2     Tanzania: 88.24 %   2005 Time series
# 3     Malawi: 86.17 %   2005 Time series
# 4     Mozambique: 84.88 %   2005 Time series
# 5     Iceland: 82.87 %   2005 Time series
# 6     Guinea: 82.65 %   2005 Time series
# 7     Rwanda: 82.01 %   2005 Time series
# 8     Uganda: 81.21 %   2005 Time series
# 9     Vanuatu: 80.26 %   2005 Time series
# 10     Madagascar: 79.84 %   2005 Time series
# 11     Burkina Faso: 79.51 %   2005 Time series
# 12     Cambodia: 78.03 %   2005 Time series
# 13     Vietnam: 77.38 %   2005 Time series
# 14     Norway: 77.33 %   2005 Time series
# 15     China: 75.79 %   2005 Time series
# 16     Angola: 75.65 %   2005 Time series
# 17     Barbados: 75.46 %   2005 Time series
# 18     Switzerland: 75.29 %   2005 Time series
# 19     Sweden: 74.86 %   2005 Time series
# 20     Mali: 74.78 %   2005 Time series
# 21     Denmark: 74.22 %   2005 Time series
# 22     Kazakhstan: 73.56 %   2005 Time series
# 23     Ethiopia: 73.49 %   2005 Time series
# 24     Niger: 72.98 %   2005 Time series
# 25     Finland: 72.81 %   2005 Time series
# 26     Canada: 72.78 %   2005 Time series
# 27     Papua New Guinea: 72.75 %   2005 Time series
# 28     Ghana: 71.76 %   2005 Time series
# 29     Kenya: 71.31 %   2005 Time series
# 30     New Zealand: 71.16 %   2005 Time series
# 31     Thailand: 71.02 %   2005 Time series
# 32     Central African Republic: 70.8 %   2005 Time series
# 33     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 70.53 %   2005 Time series
# 34     United States: 70.07 %   2005 Time series
# 35     Burma: 70.04 %   2005 Time series
# 36     Bahamas, The: 69.83 %   2005 Time series
# 37     Netherlands: 69.55 %   2005 Time series
# 38     United Kingdom: 69.34 %   2005 Time series
# 39     Paraguay: 68.61 %   2005 Time series
# 40     Zambia: 68.29 %   2005 Time series
# 41     Portugal: 67.8 %   2005 Time series
# 42     Australia: 67.43 %   2005 Time series
# 43     Germany: 67.36 %   2005 Time series
# 44     Russia: 67.07 %   2005 Time series
# 45     Macau: 66.6 %   2005 Time series
# 46     Slovenia: 66.58 %   2005 Time series
# 47     Belarus: 66.4 %   2005 Time series
# 48     Uruguay: 66.32 %   2005 Time series
# 49     Azerbaijan: 66.23 %   2005 Time series
# 50     Chad: 66 %   2005 Time series
# 51     Colombia: 65.89 %   2005 Time series
# 52     Lithuania: 65.87 %   2005 Time series
# 53     Moldova: 65.39 %   2005 Time series
# 54     Turkmenistan: 65.12 %   2005 Time series
# 55     Zimbabwe: 64.53 %   2005 Time series
# 56     Bolivia: 64.49 %   2005 Time series
# 57     Estonia: 64.38 %   2005 Time series
# 58     Gabon: 64.15 %   2005 Time series
# 59     Ecuador: 64.1 %   2005 Time series
# 60     Czech Republic: 64.02 %   2005 Time series
# 61     Austria: 63.77 %   2005 Time series
# 62     Cyprus: 63.11 %   2005 Time series
# 63     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 63.1 %   2005 Time series
# 64     Guinea-Bissau: 63.06 %   2005 Time series
# 65     Latvia: 62.99 %   2005 Time series
# 66     Ukraine: 62.91 %   2005 Time series
# 67     France: 62.44 %   2005 Time series
# 68     Slovakia: 62.38 %   2005 Time series
# 69     Ireland: 62.18 %   2005 Time series
# 70     Hong Kong: 62.16 %   2005 Time series
# 71     Venezuela: 61.88 %   2005 Time series
# 72     Peru: 61.21 %   2005 Time series
# 73     Argentina: 61.08 %   2005 Time series
# 74     Brazil: 61.04 %   2005 Time series
# 75     Somalia: 60.99 %   2005 Time series
# 76     Uzbekistan: 60.56 %   2005 Time series
# 77     Japan: 60.45 %   2005 Time series
# 78     Gambia, The: 60.29 %   2005 Time series
# 79     Virgin Islands: 60.12 %   2005 Time series
# 80     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 60.03 %   2005 Time series
# 81     Kyrgyzstan: 59.87 %   2005 Time series
# 82     Eritrea: 59.84 %   2005 Time series
# 83     Saint Lucia: 59.65 %   2005 Time series
# 84     Comoros: 59.51 %   2005 Time series
# 85     Jamaica: 59.32 %   2005 Time series
# 86     Israel: 58.69 %   2005 Time series
# 87     Senegal: 58.42 %   2005 Time series
# 88     Sierra Leone: 58.38 %   2005 Time series
# 89     Haiti: 57.85 %   2005 Time series
# 90     Poland: 57.64 %   2005 Time series
# 91     Croatia: 57.5 %   2005 Time series
# 92     Belgium: 57.34 %   2005 Time series
# 93     Spain: 57.22 %   2005 Time series
# 94     Netherlands Antilles: 56.97 %   2005 Time series
# 95     Singapore: 56.73 %   2005 Time series
# 96     East Timor: 56.58 %   2005 Time series
# 97     Philippines: 56.55 %   2005 Time series
# 98     Honduras: 56.48 %   2005 Time series
# 99     Mauritania: 56.45 %   2005 Time series
# 100     Laos: 56.44 %   2005 Time series
# 101     Mongolia: 56.22 %   2005 Time series
# 102     Congo, Republic of the: 56.14 %   2005 Time series
# 103     Greece: 55.97 %   2005 Time series
# 104     Liberia: 55.74 %   2005 Time series
# 105     Luxembourg: 55.7 %   2005 Time series
# 106     Solomon Islands: 55.66 %   2005 Time series
# 107     Armenia: 55.41 %   2005 Time series
# 108     Romania: 55.3 %   2005 Time series
# 109     Bangladesh: 55.19 %   2005 Time series
# 110     Fiji: 55.05 %   2005 Time series
# 111     Panama: 54.88 %   2005 Time series
# 112     Benin: 54.83 %   2005 Time series
# 113     Djibouti: 54.76 %   2005 Time series
# 114     Albania: 54.72 %   2005 Time series
# 115     Serbia and Montenegro: 54.67 %   2005 Time series
# 116     Korea, South: 54.22 %   2005 Time series
# 117     Cameroon: 53.94 %   2005 Time series
# 118     Guam: 53.65 %   2005 Time series
# 119     Hungary: 53.5 %   2005 Time series
# 120     Indonesia: 53.04 %   2005 Time series
# 121     Nepal: 52.55 %   2005 Time series
# 122     Bulgaria: 52.39 %   2005 Time series
# 123     Georgia: 52.37 %   2005 Time series
# 124     Equatorial Guinea: 52.21 %   2005 Time series
# 125     Togo: 51.72 %   2005 Time series
# 126     Trinidad and Tobago: 51.44 %   2005 Time series
# 127     Cuba: 50.83 %   2005 Time series
# 128     French Polynesia: 50.42 %   2005 Time series
# 129     El Salvador: 50.4 %   2005 Time series
# 130     Kuwait: 50.37 %   2005 Time series
# 131     Italy: 50.12 %   2005 Time series
# 132     Korea, North: 49.94 %   2005 Time series
# 133     Tajikistan: 49.46 %   2005 Time series
# 134     South Africa: 49.31 %   2005 Time series
# 135     Maldives: 49.06 %   2005 Time series
# 136     Bhutan: 48.75 %   2005 Time series
# 137     Lesotho: 48.71 %   2005 Time series
# 138     Tonga: 48.65 %   2005 Time series
# 139     Costa Rica: 48.59 %   2005 Time series
# 140     Dominican Republic: 48.51 %   2005 Time series
# 141     Namibia: 48.37 %   2005 Time series
# 142     Malaysia: 48.1 %   2005 Time series
# 143     Macedonia, Republic of: 47.89 %   2005 Time series
# 144     New Caledonia: 47.67 %   2005 Time series
# 145     Mauritius: 46.86 %   2005 Time series
# 146     Botswana: 46.71 %   2005 Time series
# 147     Guyana: 46.63 %   2005 Time series
# 148     Nigeria: 46.59 %   2005 Time series
# 149     Brunei: 46.03 %   2005 Time series
# 150     Belize: 45.48 %   2005 Time series
# 151     Puerto Rico: 44.41 %   2005 Time series
# 152     Samoa: 43.12 %   2005 Time series
# 153     Mexico: 42.62 %   2005 Time series
# 154     Malta: 41.54 %   2005 Time series
# 155     Chile: 40.92 %   2005 Time series
# 156     Iran: 40.54 %   2005 Time series
# 157     Côte d'Ivoire: 40.1 %   2005 Time series
# 158     Syria: 39.88 %   2005 Time series
# 159     United Arab Emirates: 39.02 %   2005 Time series
# 160     Sri Lanka: 38.49 %   2005 Time series
# 161     Afghanistan: 38.2 %   1989 Time series
# 162     Algeria: 37.96 %   2005 Time series
# 163     Nicaragua: 36.93 %   2005 Time series
# 164     Qatar: 36.92 %   2005 Time series
# 165     Cape Verde: 36.59 %   2005 Time series
# 166     Suriname: 36.55 %   2005 Time series
# 167     India: 36.04 %   2005 Time series
# 168     Lebanon: 35.72 %   2005 Time series
# 169     Guatemala: 35.2 %   2005 Time series
# 170     Libya: 33.85 %   2005 Time series
# 171     Pakistan: 33.72 %   2005 Time series
# 172     Swaziland: 32.94 %   2005 Time series
# 173     São Tomé and Príncipe: 31.74 %   2005 Time series
# 174     Tunisia: 31.1 %   2005 Time series
# 175     Yemen: 30.77 %   2005 Time series
# 176     Bahrain: 30.71 %   2005 Time series
# 177     Jordan: 28.87 %   2005 Time series
# 178     Morocco: 28.67 %   2005 Time series
# 179     Turkey: 27.2 %   2005 Time series
# 180     Sudan: 24.18 %   2005 Time series
# 181     Oman: 23.61 %   2005 Time series
# 182     Egypt: 21.63 %   2005 Time series
# 183     Iraq: 19.51 %   1999 Time series
# 184     Saudi Arabia: 18.47 %   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 56.9 %  


DEFINITION: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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"force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_par_rat_fem_of_fem_pop_age_1564-female-population-ages-15-64

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