Gender in North America 21 indicators covering gender for North America. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force, female 90.56 million 2025 up 10.1% 35th Labor force, female, per capita 0.2361 units per person 2025 up 2.7% 5th Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 33.9% 45th Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.4331 % change on previous year 2025 up 19.7% 36th Labor force, female, per square kilometre 4.96 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% 39th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 83.8% 2025 up 4.1% 47th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.95 years 2019 up 1.4% 3rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.76 years 2019 up 3.2% 7th Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 43.9% 2025 up 53.5% 1st Women of reproductive age 86.08 million 2023 up 4.7% 9th Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 5.4% 2016 down 9.0% 25th Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 7.6% 2016 down 10.8% 25th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 82.9% 2025 up 2.8% 21st Literacy rate, adult female 98.8% 2022 up 0.1% 3rd Female migrants 51.7% 2020 up 1.4% 4th Time-related underemployment, female 0.8% 2025 down 9.1% 13th Time-related underemployment, male 1.0% 2025 down 5.0% 12th Rural population, female 9.0% 2015 down 8.8% 47th Rural population, male 9.3% 2015 down 8.1% 47th Urban population, female 41.7% 2015 up 1.9% 1st Urban population, male 40.0% 2015 up 2.3% 1st