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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     Grenada: 21.3 %   1998 Time series
= 20     Algeria: 21.3 %   2004 Time series
# 22     Uruguay: 20.8 %   2003 Time series
= 23     Iran: 20.4 %   2003 Time series
= 23     Suriname: 20.4 %   1999 Time series
# 25     Venezuela: 20.3 %   2003 Time series
= 26     Poland: 19.1 %   2005 Time series
= 26     Eritrea: 19.1 %   1984 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     Saudi Arabia: 14.7 %   2005 Time series
= 43     Argentina: 14.7 %   2003 Time series
# 45     Trinidad and Tobago: 14.5 %   2002 Time series
= 46     Kyrgyzstan: 14.3 %   2002 Time series
= 46     Guyana: 14.3 %   2001 Time series
# 48     Mongolia: 14.1 %   2003 Time series
# 49     Croatia: 14 %   2005 Time series
= 50     Mauritius: 13.5 %   2004 Time series
= 50     Sri Lanka: 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     Morocco: 11.8 %   2005 Time series
= 58     Lithuania: 11.8 %   2004 Time series
= 58     Georgia: 11.8 %   2004 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     France: 11.1 %   2004 Time series
= 65     Bahamas, The: 11.1 %   2004 Time series
# 67     Mali: 10.9 %   2004 Time series
# 68     Nepal: 10.7 %   2001 Time series
= 69     Italy: 10.5 %   2004 Time series
= 69     Barbados: 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     Finland: 9 %   2004 Time series
= 79     Malta: 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     Latvia: 8.4 %   2005 Time series
= 85     Aruba: 8.4 %   1997 Time series
= 87     Ukraine: 8.3 %   2004 Time series
= 87     Honduras: 8.3 %   2004 Time series
= 87     Belgium: 8.3 %   2004 Time series
= 87     Haiti: 8.3 %   1999 Time series
# 91     Yemen: 8.2 %   1999 Time series
= 92     Russia: 8 %   2004 Time series
= 92     Nicaragua: 8 %   2003 Time series
# 94     Portugal: 7.6 %   2004 Time series
# 95     Lebanon: 7.2 %   1997 Time series
= 96     Romania: 6.9 %   2004 Time series
= 96     Bolivia: 6.9 %   2002 Time series
= 98     Luxembourg: 6.8 %   2004 Time series
= 98     Canada: 6.8 %   2004 Time series
= 100     Cameroon: 6.7 %   2001 Time series
= 100     Brunei: 6.7 %   1991 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     Madagascar: 5.6 %   2002 Time series
= 109     Antigua and Barbuda: 5.6 %   1991 Time series
# 112     Australia: 5.5 %   2004 Time series
= 113     Austria: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
= 113     United States: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
= 113     Denmark: 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     Japan: 4.4 %   2004 Time series
= 122     New Zealand: 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     Guatemala: 3.7 %   2003 Time series
= 130     Ireland: 3.7 %   2004 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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