Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
87.3%
North Korea
Lowest
4.8%
Yemen
Median
61.3%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,410
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 87.3% in North Korea; the lowest is 4.8% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 61.3%, and the mean is 58.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 55.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 73.3%).
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea | 87.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Madagascar | 84.6% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 84.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 84.0% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 82.3% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 82.2% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 7 | Cambodia | 82.1% | 2025 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 8 | Tanzania | 82.0% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 9 | Nigeria | 81.9% | 2025 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 10 | Bahamas | 81.4% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 80.8% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 12 | Burundi | 80.8% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 13 | Switzerland | 80.7% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 79.8% | 2025 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 15 | New Zealand | 79.2% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 16 | Finland | 78.7% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 17 | Norway | 78.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 77.7% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 19 | Australia | 77.4% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 20 | Lithuania | 77.4% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 21 | Japan | 77.0% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 22 | Uganda | 76.9% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 23 | Canada | 76.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 24 | Benin | 76.6% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 25 | Belarus | 76.6% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 26 | Barbados | 76.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 27 | Eritrea | 76.2% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 28 | Germany | 76.0% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 76.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 30 | Moldova | 75.7% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 31 | Vietnam | 75.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 32 | Bolivia | 74.9% | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 33 | Malta | 74.6% | 2025 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 34 | Latvia | 74.5% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 35 | Hungary | 74.3% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 74.3% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 74.0% | 2025 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 38 | Macao | 73.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 39 | Austria | 73.8% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 73.5% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 41 | Liberia | 73.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 73.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 43 | Angola | 73.3% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 44 | Ireland | 73.0% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 45 | Israel | 72.7% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 46 | Slovakia | 72.6% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 47 | Slovenia | 72.5% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 48 | Singapore | 72.1% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 49 | South Sudan | 72.0% | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 50 | Albania | 72.0% | 2025 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 72.0% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 52 | Russia | 71.9% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 71.9% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 54 | Luxembourg | 71.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 71.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 56 | France | 71.1% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 57 | Saint Lucia | 69.9% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 69.8% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 69.7% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 60 | China | 69.6% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 61 | Peru | 69.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 69.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 63 | Serbia | 69.1% | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 64 | Thailand | 69.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 65 | United States | 69.0% | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 67 | Jamaica | 68.5% | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 68 | United States Virgin Islands | 67.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 69 | Croatia | 67.4% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 70 | Belgium | 67.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 71 | Botswana | 66.7% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 72 | Guam | 66.7% | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 73 | Congo | 66.6% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 74 | Hong Kong | 66.2% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 75 | Central African Republic | 66.1% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 76 | Montenegro | 65.5% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 65.5% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 78 | Laos | 64.7% | 2025 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 79 | South Korea | 64.4% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 80 | Kenya | 63.8% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 81 | Georgia | 63.8% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 82 | Qatar | 63.6% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 83 | Paraguay | 63.1% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 84 | Armenia | 62.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 62.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 86 | Greece | 62.7% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 87 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 62.3% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 88 | Chile | 62.2% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 89 | East Timor | 62.1% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 90 | Argentina | 61.8% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 91 | Ukraine | 61.7% | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.6% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 93 | Brazil | 61.5% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 94 | Panama | 61.1% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 95 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.9% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 96 | Haiti | 60.4% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 60.3% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 98 | Rwanda | 60.1% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 99 | Brunei | 59.8% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 59.7% | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 101 | Bhutan | 59.6% | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 59.2% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 103 | Malawi | 59.0% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 104 | Togo | 57.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 105 | Colombia | 57.7% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 106 | Romania | 57.6% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 107 | Italy | 57.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 108 | Ghana | 57.4% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 109 | Cameroon | 57.2% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritius | 57.1% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 112 | Zambia | 56.7% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 113 | Malaysia | 56.7% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 114 | Namibia | 56.4% | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 115 | Cape Verde | 56.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 55.9% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 117 | Indonesia | 55.9% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 118 | Ecuador | 55.8% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 119 | Mongolia | 55.7% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 120 | South Africa | 55.4% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 55.3% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 54.6% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 123 | Equatorial Guinea | 54.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 54.3% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 125 | Mali | 54.3% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 126 | French Polynesia | 54.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 53.5% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 128 | El Salvador | 53.3% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 53.1% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 130 | Philippines | 52.8% | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.5% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 132 | Mexico | 51.9% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 133 | Guyana | 51.7% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 51.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 135 | Eswatini | 51.2% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 136 | Suriname | 51.0% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 50.6% | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 138 | Lesotho | 50.5% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 139 | Cuba | 50.4% | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 140 | Kuwait | 49.6% | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 141 | Comoros | 49.5% | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 142 | Belize | 49.3% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 47.8% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 144 | Chad | 47.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 145 | Gambia | 46.9% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 45.8% | 2025 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 147 | Myanmar | 45.3% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 148 | Tonga | 45.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 149 | Bahrain | 44.8% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 150 | Guinea | 44.1% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 151 | Gabon | 43.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 152 | Maldives | 43.2% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 153 | Turkey | 42.5% | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 154 | Venezuela | 41.6% | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 155 | Honduras | 41.6% | 2025 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 41.5% | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 41.5% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 158 | Fiji | 41.3% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 159 | Guatemala | 40.3% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 160 | Senegal | 39.2% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 161 | Libya | 35.7% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 35.4% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 34.9% | 2025 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 164 | India | 34.9% | 2025 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 165 | Samoa | 33.5% | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 166 | Oman | 31.6% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 167 | Tunisia | 30.5% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 168 | Nepal | 29.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 169 | Mauritania | 27.1% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 170 | Pakistan | 25.6% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 171 | Lebanon | 25.4% | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 23.2% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.8% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 174 | Morocco | 21.5% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 175 | Somalia | 21.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 176 | Djibouti | 20.4% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 177 | Palestine | 20.1% | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 178 | Egypt | 19.9% | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 179 | Jordan | 17.3% | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 180 | Algeria | 15.7% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 181 | Iran | 15.6% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 182 | Sudan | 14.6% | 2022 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 183 | Syria | 13.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 184 | Iraq | 11.5% | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 5.3% | 2025 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 186 | Yemen | 4.8% | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Post-demographic dividend 71.1%
- Euro area 70.6%
- European Union 70.5%
- North America 69.8%
- High income 69.7%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 68.7%
- Africa Western and Central 68.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 67.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 67.0%
- OECD members 66.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 66.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 66.7%
About this data
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.