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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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