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Countries Ranked by Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Showing every country with available data for 2025 • World Bank: SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ilo estimate) data for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 182 countries reporting, the median value is 53.36, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Solomon Islands

82.34

Europe & Central Asia

Moldova

72.33

Latin America & Caribbean

Bolivia

72.87

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Israel

62.28

North America

Canada

60.20

South Asia

Bhutan

56.70

Sub-Saharan Africa

Madagascar

82.91

Rank Country Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
1 Madagascar 82.91
2 Solomon Islands 82.34
3 Nigeria 80.70
4 Tanzania 80.28
5 Burundi 79.50
6 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 77.71
7 Cambodia 77.35
8 Mozambique 77.09
9 Uganda 75.60
10 Benin 75.16
11 Bolivia 72.87
12 Eritrea 72.84
13 Niger 72.78
14 Moldova 72.33
15 Angola 72.22
16 Liberia 72.03
17 Bahamas, The 70.73
18 Iceland 70.01
19 Viet Nam 68.55
20 New Zealand 66.08
21 Congo, Rep. 65.58
22 Central African Republic 65.46
23 Peru 65.04
24 Burkina Faso 64.07
25 Botswana 63.71
26 Singapore 63.57
27 Macao SAR, China 63.10
28 Kenya 63.04
29 Jamaica 63.03
30 Netherlands 62.71
31 Kazakhstan 62.65
32 Australia 62.51
33 Israel 62.28
34 Switzerland 62.22
35 Zimbabwe 62.16
36 Norway 62.09
37 St. Lucia 62.00
38 Qatar 61.85
39 Congo, Dem. Rep. 61.85
40 Timor-Leste 61.68
41 Lao PDR 61.56
42 Sweden 61.54
43 Cyprus 61.21
44 Barbados 61.03
45 Estonia 60.98
46 Denmark 60.79
47 Azerbaijan 60.76
48 Guinea-Bissau 60.29
49 Canada 60.20
50 Ireland 59.76
51 Cote d'Ivoire 59.45
52 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 59.22
53 China 59.15
54 Paraguay 59.01
55 Thailand 58.96
56 Albania 58.57
57 Ethiopia 58.46
58 Haiti 58.34
59 Malawi 58.18
60 Lithuania 57.67
61 Luxembourg 57.47
62 United Kingdom 57.33
63 Rwanda 57.30
64 Uruguay 57.26
65 Korea, Rep. 56.78
66 Belarus 56.77
67 Bhutan 56.70
68 Georgia 56.70
69 Togo 56.64
70 Cameroon 56.60
71 Guam 56.52
72 Finland 56.49
73 Zambia 56.43
74 United States 56.34
75 Japan 55.91
76 Malta 55.80
77 Germany 55.29
78 Ghana 55.27
79 Latvia 55.25
80 Slovak Republic 55.13
81 Austria 55.06
82 Panama 54.94
83 Namibia 54.92
84 Portugal 54.63
85 Russian Federation 54.55
86 Brunei Darussalam 54.44
87 Hungary 54.31
88 Indonesia 53.72
89 Dominican Republic 53.66
90 Czechia 53.46
91 Brazil 53.41
92 Vanuatu 53.31
93 United Arab Emirates 53.03
94 Chile 52.89
95 Mali 52.84
96 Spain 52.83
97 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 52.77
98 Serbia 52.63
99 Equatorial Guinea 52.62
100 Argentina 52.47
101 Ecuador 52.39
102 Slovenia 52.30
103 Hong Kong SAR, China 51.81
104 Malaysia 51.64
105 Colombia 51.62
106 Poland 51.61
107 Sierra Leone 51.60
108 France 51.48
109 Mongolia 51.46
110 Nicaragua 51.25
111 Montenegro 51.25
112 New Caledonia 51.07
113 Armenia 51.06
114 Papua New Guinea 50.82
115 Philippines 50.49
116 Cabo Verde 50.47
117 Bulgaria 50.38
118 South Africa 49.88
119 Belgium 49.78
120 Channel Islands 49.25
121 El Salvador 49.05
122 Eswatini 48.52
123 Lesotho 48.09
124 Trinidad and Tobago 47.77
125 Comoros 47.65
126 Mauritius 47.46
127 Mexico 47.45
128 Croatia 47.38
129 Guyana 47.35
130 Chad 47.30
131 Kuwait 47.20
132 French Polynesia 46.63
133 Belize 46.47
134 Costa Rica 46.02
135 Gambia, The 45.46
136 Suriname 44.92
137 Greece 44.67
138 Kyrgyz Republic 44.14
139 North Macedonia 42.74
140 Guinea 42.65
141 Tonga 42.35
142 Bahrain 42.29
143 Romania 41.81
144 Gabon 41.63
145 Uzbekistan 41.18
146 Myanmar 40.94
147 Italy 40.81
148 Maldives 40.73
149 Cuba 39.97
150 Honduras 39.59
151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.24
152 Bangladesh 38.65
153 Fiji 38.45
154 Guatemala 38.32
155 Turkmenistan 38.24
156 Senegal 38.22
157 Turkiye 37.15
158 Venezuela, RB 37.10
159 Puerto Rico (US) 36.85
160 Saudi Arabia 33.57
161 Libya 33.00
162 India 32.43
163 Sri Lanka 30.99
164 Samoa 30.74
165 Oman 29.96
166 Nepal 27.47
167 Tunisia 26.50
168 Mauritania 26.18
169 Pakistan 24.05
170 Sao Tome and Principe 22.75
171 Tajikistan 21.90
172 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 20.70
173 Morocco 19.70
174 Djibouti 19.37
175 Egypt, Arab Rep. 18.46
176 Jordan 16.03
177 Algeria 14.14
178 Iran, Islamic Rep. 14.01
179 Syrian Arab Republic 12.73
180 Iraq 10.94
181 Afghanistan 5.09
182 Yemen, Rep. 4.66

Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2025; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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