Ratio Female Male Labor Participation by Country

Ratio Female Male Labor 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 Female Labor Force Participation.

HighestBurundi103.3

LowestAfghanistan7.3

Average72.9187 countries

Year2025latest available

💡 Burundi tops the list, while Afghanistan sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.

Top 10 countries

Burundi103.3

Moldova100.1

Benin96.9

Togo95.9

Mozambique95.7

Nigeria95.7

Solomon Islands95.5

Papua New Guinea95.4

Sao Tome and Principe95

Madagascar94.1

Ratio Female Male Labor Participation: full country ranking (2025)

#	Country	Ratio Female Male Labor Participation
1	Burundi	103.3
2	Moldova	100.1
3	Benin	96.9
4	Togo	95.9
5	Mozambique	95.7
6	Nigeria	95.7
7	Solomon Islands	95.5
8	Papua New Guinea	95.4
9	Sao Tome and Principe	95
10	Madagascar	94.1
11	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	93.9
12	Congo, Rep.	93.5
13	Sierra Leone	93.5
14	Angola	93.2
15	Congo, Dem. Rep.	92.5
16	Azerbaijan	92
17	Tanzania	92
18	South Sudan	91.9
19	Gambia, The	91.8
20	Bahamas, The	91.6
21	Sweden	91
22	Israel	90.5
23	Norway	89.9
24	Eswatini	89.8
25	Finland	89.7
26	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	89.6
27	Ghana	89.4
28	Uganda	89.3
29	Barbados	88.8
30	Liberia	88.7
31	Viet Nam	88.6
32	Australia	88.4
33	New Zealand	88.4
34	Cambodia	88.1
35	Iceland	87.9
36	Portugal	87.9
37	Denmark	87.9
38	Luxembourg	87.8
39	Kenya	87.7
40	United Kingdom	87.4
41	Estonia	87.3
42	Canada	87.3
43	Netherlands	87.2
44	Switzerland	87.2
45	Lao PDR	87.2
46	Namibia	87.1
47	Guinea-Bissau	86.6
48	Eritrea	86.6
49	France	86.4
50	Malawi	86.4
51	Bolivia	86.3
52	Botswana	86.1
53	Macao SAR, China	85.7
54	Kazakhstan	85.4
55	Timor-Leste	85.4
56	Ireland	85.2
57	Spain	84.9
58	Vanuatu	84.7
59	China	84.7
60	Belgium	84.4
61	Singapore	84.3
62	Cyprus	84.2
63	Austria	84.2
64	Burkina Faso	84.2
65	Niger	84.1
66	United States	84
67	Germany	83.7
68	Zimbabwe	83.7
69	Haiti	83.6
70	Lithuania	83.6
71	Hong Kong SAR, China	83.5
72	Zambia	83.4
73	Slovak Republic	83.4
74	Albania	83.4
75	Slovenia	83.3
76	Guam	83.2
77	Turkmenistan	82.9
78	St. Lucia	82.9
79	Latvia	82.7
80	Croatia	82.6
81	Jamaica	82.6
82	New Caledonia	82.3
83	Belarus	81.3
84	Rwanda	81.2
85	South Africa	80.8
86	Bulgaria	80.8
87	Hungary	80.5
88	Peru	80.4
89	French Polynesia	80.3
90	Cote d'Ivoire	79.9
91	Cabo Verde	79.6
92	Czechia	79.2
93	Serbia	79.1
94	Central African Republic	79.1
95	Russian Federation	79
96	Bhutan	79
97	Korea, Rep.	78.9
98	Poland	78.7
99	Thailand	78.6
100	Montenegro	78.3
101	Equatorial Guinea	78.2
102	Japan	78.2
103	Uruguay	78
104	Malta	78
105	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	77.6
106	Channel Islands	77.4
107	Georgia	77.1
108	Cameroon	76.5
109	Ukraine	76
110	Mongolia	75.4
111	Guyana	74.8
112	Brunei Darussalam	74.8
113	Greece	74.6
114	Comoros	74.6
115	Ethiopia	74.3
116	Puerto Rico (US)	74.3
117	Chile	73.5
118	Armenia	73.4
119	Argentina	73.2
120	Brazil	72.8
121	Paraguay	72.3
122	Lesotho	71.9
123	Tonga	71.8
124	Suriname	71.4
125	Panama	70.6
126	Dominican Republic	70.3
127	Trinidad and Tobago	70.1
128	Italy	70
129	Philippines	69.7
130	Gabon	69.2
131	North Macedonia	69.1
132	Colombia	68.2
133	Ecuador	68.2
134	Mauritius	68.1
135	Romania	67.8
136	Guinea	67.6
137	Costa Rica	66
138	Chad	66
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65.4
140	Indonesia	65.3
141	Mali	65.2
142	Malaysia	65.2
143	Belize	64.9
144	Qatar	64.7
145	El Salvador	63.5
146	Nicaragua	62.7
147	Kyrgyz Republic	61.8
148	Mexico	61.5
149	Cuba	61.4
150	Myanmar	58.8
151	Senegal	58.2
152	United Arab Emirates	57.9
153	Samoa	56.4
154	Uzbekistan	55.7
155	Venezuela, RB	54.9
156	Honduras	53.8
157	Kuwait	53.3
158	Maldives	53.3
159	Libya	52.8
160	Nepal	51.9
161	Turkiye	51.7
162	Fiji	50.2
163	Bahrain	49.3
164	Bangladesh	48.1
165	Guatemala	46.9
166	Mauritania	46.2
167	Sri Lanka	45.7
168	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.8
169	Djibouti	43.5
170	India	41.8
171	Tunisia	40.9
172	Saudi Arabia	40.3
173	Tajikistan	39.3
174	Oman	34
175	Lebanon	33.3
176	Pakistan	30
177	Morocco	28.9
178	West Bank and Gaza	26.3
179	Egypt, Arab Rep.	26.2
180	Jordan	25.7
181	Sudan	23.4
182	Algeria	21.3
183	Iran, Islamic Rep.	20.8
184	Syrian Arab Republic	20.7
185	Iraq	15.1
186	Yemen, Rep.	7.6
187	Afghanistan	7.3

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

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