Labour

Female labour force participation

Share of women aged 15 and over who are economically active (ILO modelled estimate).

Year

Highest · 2025

Madagascar

82.9%

Coverage · 2025

177

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2025

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#	Country	Value
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%
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	Iceland	70.0%
19	Vietnam	68.6%
20	New Zealand	66.1%
21	Congo	65.6%
22	Central African Republic	65.5%
23	Peru	65.0%
24	Burkina Faso	64.1%
25	Botswana	63.7%
26	Singapore	63.6%
27	Macao	63.1%
28	Kenya	63.0%
29	Jamaica	63.0%
30	Netherlands	62.7%
31	Kazakhstan	62.6%
32	Australia	62.5%
33	Israel	62.3%
34	Switzerland	62.2%
35	Zimbabwe	62.2%
36	Norway	62.1%
37	Saint Lucia	62.0%
38	Qatar	61.9%
39	DR Congo	61.8%
40	Timor-Leste	61.7%
41	Laos	61.6%
42	Sweden	61.5%
43	Cyprus	61.2%
44	Barbados	61.0%
45	Estonia	61.0%
46	Denmark	60.8%
47	Azerbaijan	60.8%
48	Guinea-Bissau	60.3%
49	Canada	60.2%
50	Ireland	59.8%
51	Côte d'Ivoire	59.5%
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	59.2%
53	China	59.1%
54	Paraguay	59.0%
55	Thailand	59.0%
56	Albania	58.6%
57	Ethiopia	58.5%
58	Haiti	58.3%
59	Malawi	58.2%
60	Lithuania	57.7%
61	Luxembourg	57.5%
62	United Kingdom	57.3%
63	Rwanda	57.3%
64	Uruguay	57.3%
65	South Korea	56.8%
66	Belarus	56.8%
67	Bhutan	56.7%
68	Georgia	56.7%
69	Togo	56.6%
70	Cameroon	56.6%
71	Finland	56.5%
72	Zambia	56.4%
73	United States	56.3%
74	Japan	55.9%
75	Malta	55.8%
76	Germany	55.3%
77	Ghana	55.3%
78	Latvia	55.2%
79	Slovakia	55.1%
80	Austria	55.1%
81	Panama	54.9%
82	Namibia	54.9%
83	Portugal	54.6%
84	Russia	54.5%
85	Brunei	54.4%
86	Hungary	54.3%
87	Indonesia	53.7%
88	Dominican Republic	53.7%
89	Czechia	53.5%
90	Brazil	53.4%
91	Vanuatu	53.3%
92	United Arab Emirates	53.0%
93	Chile	52.9%
94	Mali	52.8%
95	Spain	52.8%
96	Serbia	52.6%
97	Equatorial Guinea	52.6%
98	Argentina	52.5%
99	Ecuador	52.4%
100	Slovenia	52.3%
101	Hong Kong	51.8%
102	Malaysia	51.6%
103	Colombia	51.6%
104	Poland	51.6%
105	Sierra Leone	51.6%
106	France	51.5%
107	Mongolia	51.5%
108	Nicaragua	51.3%
109	Montenegro	51.2%
110	Armenia	51.1%
111	Papua New Guinea	50.8%
112	Philippines	50.5%
113	Cabo Verde	50.5%
114	Bulgaria	50.4%
115	South Africa	49.9%
116	Belgium	49.8%
117	El Salvador	49.1%
118	Eswatini	48.5%
119	Lesotho	48.1%
120	Trinidad and Tobago	47.8%
121	Comoros	47.6%
122	Mauritius	47.5%
123	Mexico	47.5%
124	Croatia	47.4%
125	Guyana	47.4%
126	Chad	47.3%
127	Kuwait	47.2%
128	Belize	46.5%
129	Costa Rica	46.0%
130	Gambia	45.5%
131	Suriname	44.9%
132	Greece	44.7%
133	Kyrgyzstan	44.1%
134	North Macedonia	42.7%
135	Guinea	42.6%
136	Tonga	42.3%
137	Bahrain	42.3%
138	Romania	41.8%
139	Gabon	41.6%
140	Uzbekistan	41.2%
141	Myanmar	40.9%
142	Italy	40.8%
143	Maldives	40.7%
144	Cuba	40.0%
145	Honduras	39.6%
146	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.2%
147	Bangladesh	38.6%
148	Fiji	38.5%
149	Guatemala	38.3%
150	Turkmenistan	38.2%
151	Senegal	38.2%
152	Turkey	37.1%
153	Venezuela	37.1%
154	Puerto Rico	36.9%
155	Saudi Arabia	33.6%
156	Libya	33.0%
157	India	32.4%
158	Sri Lanka	31.0%
159	Samoa	30.7%
160	Oman	30.0%
161	Nepal	27.5%
162	Tunisia	26.5%
163	Mauritania	26.2%
164	Pakistan	24.0%
165	São Tomé and Príncipe	22.7%
166	Tajikistan	21.9%
167	Somalia	20.7%
168	Morocco	19.7%
169	Djibouti	19.4%
170	Egypt	18.5%
171	Jordan	16.0%
172	Algeria	14.1%
173	Iran	14.0%
174	Syria	12.7%
175	Iraq	10.9%
176	Afghanistan	5.1%
177	Yemen	4.7%

Source: World Bank — Female labour force participation · Unit: % of female population 15+ · Year: 2025 · 177 entries