Labor force, female in Lesotho
Lesotho: Labor force, female was 43.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Labor force, female in Lesotho, 1990–2025
Source: International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 43.8% for labor force, female in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, female in Lesotho peaked at 48.4% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 43.8%, in 2025.
That places Lesotho 109th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.7% | 47.2% | 48.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.5% | 46.7% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.5% | 44.4% | 46.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.1% | 43.8% | 44.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More education data for Lesotho
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 80.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10,388 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 78.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 81.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 889,530 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9514 GPI (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, female in Lesotho?
- Labor force, female in Lesotho was 43.8% in 2025, according to International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database.
- What is the highest labor force, female recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 48.4% in 1999.
- What is the lowest labor force, female recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.8% in 2025.
- How does Lesotho rank for labor force, female?
- Lesotho ranks 109th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, female rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database, published as part of Labor force, female (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.