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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Burundi: 91 %   2008 Time series
= 2     Tanzania: 86.3 %   2008 Time series
= 2     Rwanda: 86.3 %   2008 Time series
# 4     Mozambique: 84.9 %   2008 Time series
# 5     Madagascar: 84.1 %   2008 Time series
= 6     Guinea: 79 %   2008 Time series
= 6     Vanuatu: 79 %   2008 Time series
# 8     Uganda: 78.4 %   2008 Time series
# 9     Ethiopia: 78.3 %   2008 Time series
# 10     Laos: 77.8 %   2008 Time series
# 11     Burkina Faso: 77.7 %   2008 Time series
# 12     Kenya: 75.8 %   2008 Time series
# 13     Malawi: 75.1 %   2008 Time series
# 14     Ghana: 73.7 %   2008 Time series
# 15     Cambodia: 73.3 %   2008 Time series
= 16     Comoros: 73.1 %   2008 Time series
= 16     Iceland: 73.1 %   2008 Time series
# 18     Botswana: 72 %   2008 Time series
# 19     Central African Republic: 71.4 %   2008 Time series
# 20     Papua New Guinea: 71.2 %   2008 Time series
# 21     Gambia, The: 70.6 %   2008 Time series
# 22     Lesotho: 70.3 %   2008 Time series
# 23     Gabon: 69 %   2008 Time series
# 24     Bahamas, The: 68.3 %   2008 Time series
# 25     Vietnam: 68.2 %   2008 Time series
# 26     China: 67.5 %   2008 Time series
# 27     Mongolia: 67.2 %   2008 Time series
# 28     Benin: 66.7 %   2008 Time series
# 29     Liberia: 66.6 %   2008 Time series
# 30     Kazakhstan: 66.2 %   2008 Time series
= 31     Thailand: 65.9 %   2008 Time series
= 31     Barbados: 65.9 %   2008 Time series
# 33     Sierra Leone: 65.7 %   2008 Time series
# 34     Senegal: 64.5 %   2008 Time series
# 35     Norway: 64.2 %   2008 Time series
# 36     Burma: 63.9 %   2008 Time series
= 37     Nepal: 63.2 %   2008 Time series
= 37     Togo: 63.2 %   2008 Time series
= 37     Chad: 63.2 %   2008 Time series
# 40     Congo, Republic of the: 62.5 %   2008 Time series
= 41     Canada: 62.1 %   2008 Time series
= 41     Bolivia: 62.1 %   2008 Time series
# 43     New Zealand: 61.7 %   2008 Time series
# 44     Switzerland: 61.2 %   2008 Time series
# 45     Djibouti: 61.1 %   2008 Time series
= 46     Turkmenistan: 61 %   2008 Time series
= 46     Denmark: 61 %   2008 Time series
# 48     Sweden: 60.8 %   2008 Time series
# 49     Azerbaijan: 60.6 %   2008 Time series
# 50     Eritrea: 60.2 %   2008 Time series
= 51     Zambia: 59.9 %   2008 Time series
= 51     Brazil: 59.9 %   2008 Time series
= 51     Brunei: 59.9 %   2008 Time series
= 51     Zimbabwe: 59.9 %   2008 Time series
# 55     Guinea-Bissau: 59.5 %   2008 Time series
# 56     Netherlands: 59.2 %   2008 Time series
# 57     Armenia: 59 %   2008 Time series
# 58     United States: 58.9 %   2008 Time series
# 59     East Timor: 58.8 %   2008 Time series
# 60     Mauritania: 58.5 %   2008 Time series
# 61     Australia: 58.4 %   2008 Time series
# 62     Bangladesh: 58.3 %   2008 Time series
# 63     Haiti: 58.2 %   2008 Time series
# 64     Uzbekistan: 58 %   2008 Time series
# 65     Finland: 57.5 %   2008 Time series
# 66     Peru: 57.4 %   2008 Time series
# 67     Russia: 57.1 %   2008 Time series
# 68     Jamaica: 56.9 %   2008 Time series
# 69     Somalia: 56.5 %   2008 Time series
= 70     Portugal: 56.2 %   2008 Time series
= 70     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 56.2 %   2008 Time series
# 72     Maldives: 56.1 %   2008 Time series
= 73     Netherlands Antilles: 56 %   2008 Time series
= 73     Kyrgyzstan: 56 %   2008 Time series
# 75     Paraguay: 55.9 %   2008 Time series
= 76     Tajikistan: 55.6 %   2008 Time series
= 76     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 55.6 %   2008 Time series
# 78     Latvia: 55.5 %   2008 Time series
# 79     Georgia: 55.4 %   2008 Time series
= 80     Estonia: 55.2 %   2008 Time series
= 80     United Kingdom: 55.2 %   2008 Time series
# 82     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 54.8 %   2008 Time series
= 83     Belarus: 54.5 %   2008 Time series
= 83     Cyprus: 54.5 %   2008 Time series
# 85     Singapore: 54.2 %   2008 Time series
# 86     Trinidad and Tobago: 54 %   2008 Time series
# 87     Ireland: 53.8 %   2008 Time series
# 88     Israel: 53.7 %   2008 Time series
# 89     Slovenia: 53.5 %   2008 Time series
= 90     Austria: 53.4 %   2008 Time series
= 90     Tonga: 53.4 %   2008 Time series
# 92     Uruguay: 53.1 %   2008 Time series
# 93     Cameroon: 53 %   2008 Time series
# 94     Germany: 52.9 %   2008 Time series
# 95     Swaziland: 52.8 %   2008 Time series
# 96     Cape Verde: 52.6 %   2008 Time series
# 97     Indonesia: 52 %   2008 Time series
# 98     Namibia: 51.9 %   2008 Time series
= 99     Ukraine: 51.8 %   2008 Time series
= 99     Guam: 51.8 %   2008 Time series
# 101     Lithuania: 51.3 %   2008 Time series
# 102     Bhutan: 51.2 %   2008 Time series
# 103     Argentina: 51.1 %   2008 Time series
# 104     Slovakia: 51 %   2008 Time series
# 105     France: 50.9 %   2008 Time series
# 106     Venezuela: 50.8 %   2008 Time series
# 107     Dominican Republic: 50.7 %   2008 Time series
# 108     Côte d'Ivoire: 50.5 %   2008 Time series
# 109     Saint Lucia: 50.4 %   2008 Time series
= 110     Bulgaria: 49.4 %   2008 Time series
= 110     Czech Republic: 49.4 %   2008 Time series
= 110     Panama: 49.4 %   2008 Time series
# 113     Spain: 49.3 %   2008 Time series
# 114     Albania: 48.9 %   2008 Time series
# 115     Virgin Islands: 48.8 %   2008 Time series
# 116     Philippines: 48.7 %   2008 Time series
# 117     Japan: 48.6 %   2008 Time series
# 118     Qatar: 48.2 %   2008 Time series
# 119     Guatemala: 48.1 %   2008 Time series
# 120     French Polynesia: 47.7 %   2008 Time series
# 121     South Africa: 47.2 %   2008 Time series
# 122     El Salvador: 47 %   2008 Time series
= 123     Romania: 46.9 %   2008 Time series
= 123     Luxembourg: 46.9 %   2008 Time series
= 123     Belgium: 46.9 %   2008 Time series
= 126     Ecuador: 46.8 %   2008 Time series
= 126     Poland: 46.8 %   2008 Time series
= 126     Moldova: 46.8 %   2008 Time series
# 129     Belize: 46.3 %   2008 Time series
# 130     Nicaragua: 46.2 %   2008 Time series
# 131     Croatia: 46.1 %   2008 Time series
# 132     Guyana: 45.7 %   2008 Time series
# 133     Costa Rica: 45.3 %   2008 Time series
# 134     New Caledonia: 44.4 %   2008 Time series
# 135     Kuwait: 44.3 %   2008 Time series
# 136     São Tomé and Príncipe: 44.2 %   2008 Time series
# 137     Malaysia: 44.1 %   2008 Time series
# 138     Chile: 43.8 %   2008 Time series
# 139     Mexico: 43.4 %   2008 Time series
# 140     Greece: 43 %   2008 Time series
= 141     Macedonia, Republic of: 42.7 %   2008 Time series
= 141     Hungary: 42.7 %   2008 Time series
= 143     Mauritius: 42 %   2008 Time series
= 143     Cuba: 42 %   2008 Time series
# 145     United Arab Emirates: 41.8 %   2008 Time series
# 146     Honduras: 41.6 %   2008 Time series
# 147     Colombia: 40.5 %   2008 Time series
= 148     Fiji: 38.9 %   2008 Time series
= 148     Nigeria: 38.9 %   2008 Time series
# 150     Equatorial Guinea: 38.4 %   2008 Time series
# 151     Italy: 38.3 %   2008 Time series
= 152     Suriname: 38 %   2008 Time series
= 152     Samoa: 38 %   2008 Time series
# 154     Niger: 37.5 %   2008 Time series
# 155     Mali: 37 %   2008 Time series
# 156     Puerto Rico: 36.7 %   2008 Time series
# 157     Algeria: 36.6 %   2008 Time series
# 158     Sri Lanka: 34.6 %   2008 Time series
# 159     Malta: 33.7 %   2008 Time series
# 160     India: 33.1 %   2008 Time series
# 161     Afghanistan: 33 %   2008 Time series
# 162     Bahrain: 32.2 %   2008 Time series
# 163     Sudan: 30.9 %   2008 Time series
# 164     Morocco: 26.5 %   2008 Time series
# 165     Tunisia: 25.5 %   2008 Time series
# 166     Turkey: 25.1 %   2008 Time series
# 167     Oman: 24.8 %   2008 Time series
# 168     Libya: 23.8 %   2008 Time series
# 169     Solomon Islands: 23.6 %   2008 Time series
# 170     Jordan: 23.4 %   2008 Time series
# 171     Lebanon: 21.8 %   2008 Time series
# 172     Pakistan: 21.2 %   2008 Time series
# 173     Syria: 21 %   2008 Time series
# 174     Saudi Arabia: 20.8 %   2008 Time series
# 175     Iraq: 13.3 %   2008 Time series
Weighted average: 53.0 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 49.91 %   


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

SOURCE: International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.

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"Labor participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15+ by country", International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_lab_par_rat_fem_of_fem_pop_age_15-rate-female-population-ages-15

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