Bulgaria vs Sweden: Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Bulgaria's Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 50.38, compared to Sweden's 61.54. That makes Bulgaria's value 18.1% lower than Sweden's.
Bulgaria
Rank #117 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 50.38
- Year-over-year
- -0.2%
- 10-year change
- +3.4%
- Peak
- 51.03 (2023)
- Trough
- 46.74 (2006)
Sweden
Rank #42 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 61.54
- Year-over-year
- -0.2%
- 10-year change
- +1.6%
- Peak
- 61.69 (2023)
- Trough
- 58.98 (2010)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS), CC BY 4.0.