Data for 1992

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1992, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 89.435; Iraq is lowest, at 8.666. The middle country reads 47.962. Against 1991, 185 values changed (110 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 1992

HighestBurundi

89.435

LowestIraq

8.666

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

187countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	89.435
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.831
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.116
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.824
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.444
6	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.153
7	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	78.232
8	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.579
9	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	77.337
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.099
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.264
12	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.511
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	74.884
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.411
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.303
16	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	73.986
17	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	72.806
18	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	72.095
19	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	71.799
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.507
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.146
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.845
23	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	69.943
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	69.859
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	69.223
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	67.076
27	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.843
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	66.691
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.299
30	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.878
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.801
32	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.474
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.371
34	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65.238
35	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	65.014
36	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	64.666
37	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	64.168
38	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.419
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.033
40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	61.591
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	60.871
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	60.781
43	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.441
44	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	60.357
45	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.104
46	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	59.612
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.284
48	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.264
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	59.240
50	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	58.211
51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	58.014
52	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.464
53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57.275
54	Canada`CAN`Northern America	57.202
55	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	57.082
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.814
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	56.414
58	United States`USA`Northern America	56.299
59	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.172
60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	56.130
61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.771
62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	55.555
63	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.302
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55.124
65	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.392
66	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	53.839
67	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	53.797
68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.425
69	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.383
70	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	53.346
71	Colombia`COL`South America	53.091
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52.792
73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	52.522
74	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.511
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.489
76	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	52.322
77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	52.186
78	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	51.996
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.879
80	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	51.828
81	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	51.621
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.060
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50.964
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.667
85	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50.511
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.380
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.439
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	49.379
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	48.843
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48.752
91	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	48.620
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	48.598
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.232
94	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	47.962
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.926
96	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	47.816
97	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.548
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.480
99	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	47.474
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.340
101	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47.199
102	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.001
103	France`FRA`Western Europe	46.851
104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	46.759
105	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.597
106	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.311
107	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.100
108	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.080
109	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	45.804
110	Brazil`BRA`South America	45.604
111	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	45.471
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.152
113	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	45.051
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	44.913
115	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.877
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	44.866
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.666
118	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	44.605
119	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.527
120	Uruguay`URY`South America	44.441
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.382
122	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.309
123	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	43.862
124	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.724
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.512
126	Peru`PER`South America	43.393
127	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.083
128	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	42.888
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.511
130	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.909
131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.557
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	41.461
133	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.786
134	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	40.678
135	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	39.653
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.363
137	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	38.759
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	38.663
139	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.659
140	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	38.356
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.262
142	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.363
143	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.913
144	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.422
145	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.188
146	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.988
147	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	34.554
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	34.476
149	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.455
150	Belize`BLZ`Central America	34.061
151	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.868
152	Chile`CHL`South America	33.205
153	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.909
154	Suriname`SUR`South America	32.693
155	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32.600
156	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.590
157	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	32.232
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.147
159	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	31.926
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	30.507
161	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.476
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	29.710
163	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	27.458
164	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27.138
165	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.822
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	25.256
167	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24.977
168	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.163
169	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	23.090
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.971
171	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	22.852
172	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.764
173	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.691
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	21.400
175	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.791
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.520
177	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	18.453
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.456
179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	15.618
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.474
181	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	14.975
182	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.795
183	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.663
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	11.580
185	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.406
186	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9.907
187	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.666

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi89.435
2Mozambique86.831
3Tanzania84.116
4Madagascar83.824
5Solomon Islands81.444

Lowest

187Iraq8.666
186Iran9.907
185Jordan11.406
184Palestine11.580
183Algeria11.663

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.962. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 187 in both
110 · 75rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan49.559 → 52.522+2.963
Turkmenistan44.494 → 47.001+2.507
Luxembourg35.977 → 38.356+2.379
Azerbaijan64.489 → 66.843+2.354
Tonga38.491 → 40.786+2.295

Fell most

Sri Lanka41.002 → 36.913−4.089
Estonia58.231 → 55.771−2.460
Slovakia59.683 → 57.464−2.219
Italy35.484 → 33.868−1.616
Portugal50.134 → 48.598−1.536

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1992). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/1992

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