Countries ranked by female labor participation (%). Share of working-age women in the labor force.
| # | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 82.9% | |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 82.3% | |
| 3 | Nigeria | 80.7% | |
| 4 | Tanzania | 80.3% | |
| 5 | Burundi | 79.5% | |
| 6 | North Korea | 77.7% | |
| 7 | Cambodia | 77.4% | |
| 8 | Mozambique | 77.1% | |
| 9 | Uganda | 75.6% | |
Built from World Bank Open Data. Higher values rank first. About this metric.
| 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 | 72.0% |
| 17 | Bahamas | 70.7% |
| 18 | South Sudan | 70.4% |
| 19 | Iceland | 70.0% |
| 20 | Vietnam | 68.6% |
| 21 | New Zealand | 66.1% |
| 22 | Republic of the Congo | 65.6% |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 65.5% |
| 24 | Peru | 65.0% |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 64.1% |
| 26 | Botswana | 63.7% |
| 27 | Singapore | 63.6% |
| 28 | Macao | 63.1% |
| 29 | Kenya | 63.0% |
| 30 | Jamaica | 63.0% |
| 31 | The 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 | Saint Lucia | 62.0% |
| 39 | Qatar | 61.9% |
| 40 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.8% |
| 41 | Timor Leste | 61.7% |
| 42 | Laos | 61.6% |
| 43 | Sweden | 61.5% |
| 44 | Cyprus | 61.2% |
| 45 | Barbados | 61.0% |
| 46 | Estonia | 61.0% |
| 47 | Denmark | 60.8% |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 60.8% |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.3% |
| 50 | Canada | 60.2% |
| 51 | Ireland | 59.8% |
| 52 | Ivory Coast | 59.5% |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.2% |
| 54 | China | 59.1% |
| 55 | Paraguay | 59.0% |
| 56 | Thailand | 59.0% |
| 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 | South Korea | 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 | Slovakia | 55.1% |
| 82 | Austria | 55.1% |
| 83 | Panama | 54.9% |
| 84 | Namibia | 54.9% |
| 85 | Portugal | 54.6% |
| 86 | Russia | 54.5% |
| 87 | Brunei | 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 | 53.0% |
| 95 | Chile | 52.9% |
| 96 | Mali | 52.8% |
| 97 | Spain | 52.8% |
| 98 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 52.8% |
| 99 | Serbia | 52.6% |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.6% |