Female Labor Force Participation by Country

Female Labor Force Participation by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 187 countries for 2025, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Female Entrepreneurs Percent and Gender Parity Index Education.

HighestMadagascar82.9

LowestYemen, Rep.4.7

Average51187 countries

Year2025latest available

💡 Madagascar tops the list, while Yemen, Rep. sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.

Top 10 countries

Madagascar82.9

Solomon Islands82.3

Nigeria80.7

Tanzania80.3

Burundi79.5

Korea, Dem. People's Rep.77.7

Cambodia77.4

Mozambique77.1

Uganda75.6

Benin75.2

Female Labor Force Participation: full country ranking (2025)

#	Country	Female Labor Force Participation
1	Madagascar	82.9
2	Solomon Islands	82.3
3	Nigeria	80.7
4	Tanzania	80.3
5	Burundi	79.5
6	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	77.7
7	Cambodia	77.4
8	Mozambique	77.1
9	Uganda	75.6
10	Benin	75.2
11	Bolivia	72.9
12	Eritrea	72.8
13	Niger	72.8
14	Moldova	72.3
15	Angola	72.2
16	Liberia	72
17	Bahamas, The	70.7
18	South Sudan	70.4
19	Iceland	70
20	Viet Nam	68.6
21	New Zealand	66.1
22	Congo, Rep.	65.6
23	Central African Republic	65.5
24	Peru	65
25	Burkina Faso	64.1
26	Botswana	63.7
27	Singapore	63.6
28	Macao SAR, China	63.1
29	Kenya	63
30	Jamaica	63
31	Netherlands	62.7
32	Kazakhstan	62.6
33	Australia	62.5
34	Israel	62.3
35	Switzerland	62.2
36	Zimbabwe	62.2
37	Norway	62.1
38	St. Lucia	62
39	Qatar	61.9
40	Congo, Dem. Rep.	61.8
41	Timor-Leste	61.7
42	Lao PDR	61.6
43	Sweden	61.5
44	Cyprus	61.2
45	Barbados	61
46	Estonia	61
47	Denmark	60.8
48	Azerbaijan	60.8
49	Guinea-Bissau	60.3
50	Canada	60.2
51	Ireland	59.8
52	Cote d'Ivoire	59.5
53	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	59.2
54	China	59.1
55	Paraguay	59
56	Thailand	59
57	Albania	58.6
58	Ethiopia	58.5
59	Haiti	58.3
60	Malawi	58.2
61	Lithuania	57.7
62	Luxembourg	57.5
63	United Kingdom	57.3
64	Rwanda	57.3
65	Uruguay	57.3
66	Korea, Rep.	56.8
67	Belarus	56.8
68	Bhutan	56.7
69	Georgia	56.7
70	Togo	56.6
71	Cameroon	56.6
72	Guam	56.5
73	Finland	56.5
74	Zambia	56.4
75	United States	56.3
76	Japan	55.9
77	Malta	55.8
78	Germany	55.3
79	Ghana	55.3
80	Latvia	55.2
81	Slovak Republic	55.1
82	Austria	55.1
83	Panama	54.9
84	Namibia	54.9
85	Portugal	54.6
86	Russian Federation	54.5
87	Brunei Darussalam	54.4
88	Hungary	54.3
89	Indonesia	53.7
90	Dominican Republic	53.7
91	Czechia	53.5
92	Brazil	53.4
93	Vanuatu	53.3
94	United Arab Emirates	53
95	Chile	52.9
96	Mali	52.8
97	Spain	52.8
98	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	52.8
99	Serbia	52.6
100	Equatorial Guinea	52.6
101	Argentina	52.5
102	Ecuador	52.4
103	Slovenia	52.3
104	Hong Kong SAR, China	51.8
105	Malaysia	51.6
106	Colombia	51.6
107	Poland	51.6
108	Sierra Leone	51.6
109	France	51.5
110	Mongolia	51.5
111	Nicaragua	51.3
112	Montenegro	51.2
113	New Caledonia	51.1
114	Armenia	51.1
115	Papua New Guinea	50.8
116	Philippines	50.5
117	Cabo Verde	50.5
118	Bulgaria	50.4
119	South Africa	49.9
120	Belgium	49.8
121	Channel Islands	49.2
122	El Salvador	49.1
123	Eswatini	48.5
124	Lesotho	48.1
125	Trinidad and Tobago	47.8
126	Ukraine	47.7
127	Comoros	47.6
128	Mauritius	47.5
129	Mexico	47.5
130	Croatia	47.4
131	Guyana	47.4
132	Chad	47.3
133	Kuwait	47.2
134	French Polynesia	46.6
135	Belize	46.5
136	Costa Rica	46
137	Gambia, The	45.5
138	Suriname	44.9
139	Greece	44.7
140	Kyrgyz Republic	44.1
141	North Macedonia	42.7
142	Guinea	42.6
143	Tonga	42.3
144	Bahrain	42.3
145	Romania	41.8
146	Gabon	41.6
147	Uzbekistan	41.2
148	Myanmar	40.9
149	Italy	40.8
150	Maldives	40.7
151	Cuba	40
152	Honduras	39.6
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.2
154	Bangladesh	38.6
155	Fiji	38.5
156	Guatemala	38.3
157	Turkmenistan	38.2
158	Senegal	38.2
159	Turkiye	37.1
160	Venezuela, RB	37.1
161	Puerto Rico (US)	36.9
162	Saudi Arabia	33.6
163	Libya	33
164	India	32.4
165	Sri Lanka	31
166	Samoa	30.7
167	Oman	30
168	Nepal	27.5
169	Tunisia	26.5
170	Mauritania	26.2
171	Pakistan	24
172	Sao Tome and Principe	22.7
173	Lebanon	22.2
174	Tajikistan	21.9
175	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.7
176	Morocco	19.7
177	Djibouti	19.4
178	West Bank and Gaza	18.9
179	Egypt, Arab Rep.	18.5
180	Jordan	16
181	Sudan	14.5
182	Algeria	14.1
183	Iran, Islamic Rep.	14
184	Syrian Arab Republic	12.7
185	Iraq	10.9
186	Afghanistan	5.1
187	Yemen, Rep.	4.7

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2025. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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