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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Lesotho: 47.1 %   1997 Time series
# 2   Djibouti: 46.7 %   1991 Time series
# 3   Seychelles: 41.1 %   1992 Time series
# 4   Macedonia, Republic of: 37.8 %   2004 Time series
# 5   Marshall Islands: 37.3 %   1999 Time series
# 6   Namibia: 35.9 %   2001 Time series
# 7   Armenia: 34.4 %   1997 Time series
# 8   South Africa: 31.6 %   2004 Time series
# 9   Ethiopia: 31.2 %   2004 Time series
= 10   Dominican Republic: 30.7 %   2004 Time series
= 10   Saint Lucia: 30.7 %   2003 Time series
# 12   Kenya: 28.4 %   1994 Time series
# 13   Syria: 28.3 %   2003 Time series
# 14   Dominica: 27.2 %   1997 Time series
# 15   Swaziland: 26 %   1997 Time series
# 16   Egypt: 23.2 %   2003 Time series
# 17   New Caledonia: 22.5 %   1996 Time series
# 18   Botswana: 22.3 %   2001 Time series
# 19   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 22.1 %   1991 Time series
= 20   Algeria: 21.3 %   2004 Time series
= 20   Grenada: 21.3 %   1998 Time series
# 22   Uruguay: 20.8 %   2003 Time series
= 23   Suriname: 20.4 %   1999 Time series
= 23   Iran: 20.4 %   2003 Time series
# 25   Venezuela: 20.3 %   2003 Time series
= 26   Eritrea: 19.1 %   1984 Time series
= 26   Poland: 19.1 %   2005 Time series
= 26   Slovakia: 19.1 %   2004 Time series
# 29   Albania: 18.3 %   2003 Time series
= 30   Colombia: 17.8 %   2004 Time series
= 30   São Tomé and Príncipe: 17.8 %   2000 Time series
# 32   Panama: 17.2 %   2004 Time series
# 33   Jordan: 16.5 %   2004 Time series
= 34   Serbia and Montenegro: 16.4 %   2003 Time series
= 34   Gabon: 16.4 %   1993 Time series
# 36   Netherlands Antilles: 16.2 %   2000 Time series
# 37   Greece: 15.9 %   2004 Time series
# 38   Jamaica: 15.7 %   2004 Time series
# 39   Nigeria: 15.4 %   1995 Time series
# 40   Belize: 15.3 %   2002 Time series
= 41   Iraq: 15 %   2004 Time series
= 41   Spain: 15 %   2004 Time series
= 43   Argentina: 14.7 %   2003 Time series
= 43   Saudi Arabia: 14.7 %   2005 Time series
# 45   Trinidad and Tobago: 14.5 %   2002 Time series
= 46   Guyana: 14.3 %   2001 Time series
= 46   Kyrgyzstan: 14.3 %   2002 Time series
# 48   Mongolia: 14.1 %   2003 Time series
# 49   Croatia: 14 %   2005 Time series
= 50   Sri Lanka: 13.5 %   2004 Time series
= 50   Mauritius: 13.5 %   2004 Time series
# 52   Indonesia: 12.9 %   2004 Time series
# 53   Pakistan: 12.8 %   2004 Time series
# 54   Qatar: 12.6 %   2001 Time series
# 55   Brazil: 12.3 %   2003 Time series
= 56   Zambia: 12 %   1998 Time series
= 56   Peru: 12 %   2004 Time series
= 58   Georgia: 11.8 %   2004 Time series
= 58   Lithuania: 11.8 %   2004 Time series
= 58   Morocco: 11.8 %   2005 Time series
# 61   Philippines: 11.7 %   2004 Time series
# 62   Bulgaria: 11.5 %   2004 Time series
# 63   Ecuador: 11.4 %   2004 Time series
# 64   Israel: 11.3 %   2003 Time series
= 65   Bahamas, The: 11.1 %   2004 Time series
= 65   France: 11.1 %   2004 Time series
# 67   Mali: 10.9 %   2004 Time series
# 68   Nepal: 10.7 %   2001 Time series
= 69   Barbados: 10.5 %   2004 Time series
= 69   Italy: 10.5 %   2004 Time series
# 71   Turkey: 10.3 %   2005 Time series
# 72   Paraguay: 10.1 %   2003 Time series
# 73   Bahrain: 10 %   2001 Time series
# 74   Czech Republic: 9.9 %   2004 Time series
# 75   Kazakhstan: 9.8 %   2004 Time series
# 76   Chile: 9.5 %   2004 Time series
# 77   Germany: 9.3 %   2004 Time series
# 78   Puerto Rico: 9.1 %   2004 Time series
= 79   Malta: 9 %   2004 Time series
= 79   Finland: 9 %   2004 Time series
# 81   Estonia: 8.9 %   2004 Time series
# 82   Burma: 8.8 %   1990 Time series
# 83   Ghana: 8.7 %   2000 Time series
# 84   Costa Rica: 8.5 %   2004 Time series
= 85   Aruba: 8.4 %   1997 Time series
= 85   Latvia: 8.4 %   2005 Time series
= 87   Ukraine: 8.3 %   2004 Time series
= 87   Belgium: 8.3 %   2004 Time series
= 87   Honduras: 8.3 %   2004 Time series
= 87   Haiti: 8.3 %   1999 Time series
# 91   Yemen: 8.2 %   1999 Time series
= 92   Nicaragua: 8 %   2003 Time series
= 92   Russia: 8 %   2004 Time series
# 94   Portugal: 7.6 %   2004 Time series
# 95   Lebanon: 7.2 %   1997 Time series
= 96   Bolivia: 6.9 %   2002 Time series
= 96   Romania: 6.9 %   2004 Time series
= 98   Canada: 6.8 %   2004 Time series
= 98   Luxembourg: 6.8 %   2004 Time series
= 100   Brunei: 6.7 %   1991 Time series
= 100   Cameroon: 6.7 %   2001 Time series
# 102   Slovenia: 6.5 %   2004 Time series
# 103   Moldova: 6.3 %   2004 Time series
= 104   Sweden: 6.2 %   2004 Time series
= 104   Cyprus: 6.2 %   2004 Time series
= 106   Hungary: 6.1 %   2004 Time series
= 106   Zimbabwe: 6.1 %   2002 Time series
# 108   Tanzania: 5.8 %   2001 Time series
= 109   Hong Kong: 5.6 %   2004 Time series
= 109   Antigua and Barbuda: 5.6 %   1991 Time series
= 109   Madagascar: 5.6 %   2002 Time series
# 112   Australia: 5.5 %   2004 Time series
= 113   Denmark: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
= 113   United States: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
= 113   Austria: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
= 116   Singapore: 5.3 %   2003 Time series
= 116   India: 5.3 %   2004 Time series
# 118   Cayman Islands: 5.1 %   1997 Time series
# 119   Bangladesh: 4.9 %   2003 Time series
# 120   Switzerland: 4.8 %   2004 Time series
# 121   Guam: 4.5 %   1987 Time series
= 122   New Zealand: 4.4 %   2004 Time series
= 122   Japan: 4.4 %   2004 Time series
= 122   Netherlands: 4.4 %   2003 Time series
# 125   United Kingdom: 4.2 %   2004 Time series
# 126   Macau: 4 %   2004 Time series
= 127   El Salvador: 3.9 %   2004 Time series
= 127   Uganda: 3.9 %   2003 Time series
# 129   Norway: 3.8 %   2004 Time series
= 130   Ireland: 3.7 %   2004 Time series
= 130   Guatemala: 3.7 %   2003 Time series
# 132   Malaysia: 3.6 %   2003 Time series
# 133   Mexico: 3.4 %   2004 Time series
# 134   Korea, South: 3.1 %   2004 Time series
# 135   Iceland: 2.9 %   2004 Time series
# 136   Maldives: 2.7 %   2000 Time series
= 137   United Arab Emirates: 2.6 %   2000 Time series
= 137   Laos: 2.6 %   1995 Time series
# 139   Vietnam: 2.4 %   2004 Time series
# 140   Guinea: 1.7 %   1994 Time series
# 141   Man, Isle of: 1.5 %   2001 Time series
# 142   Thailand: 1.4 %   2004 Time series
# 143   Papua New Guinea: 1.3 %   2000 Time series
# 144   Cambodia: 0.9 %   2004 Time series
# 145   Malawi: 0.6 %   1998 Time series
# 146   Burkina Faso: 0.5 %   1985 Time series
# 147   Rwanda: 0.4 %   1996 Time series
# 148   Burundi: 0.3 %   1990 Time series
# 149   Chad: 0.2 %   1993 Time series
Weighted average: 12.1 %   



DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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