Data for 1993

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1993

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1993
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1993, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1993 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 88.762; Iraq is lowest, at 8.693. The middle country reads 48.497. Against 1992, 187 values changed (112 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 1993

HighestBurundi

88.762

LowestIraq

8.693

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

187countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.762
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.864
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.179
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.804
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.407
6	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	78.935
7	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	78.181
8	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.589
9	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	77.377
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.298
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.759
12	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.473
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	74.847
14	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.269
15	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	74.262
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.235
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.065
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	71.795
19	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.589
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.547
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.113
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.906
23	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	69.968
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	69.932
25	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	69.811
26	Niger`NER`Western Africa	69.215
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	67.389
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	66.741
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.081
30	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.947
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.814
32	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.758
33	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65.668
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.452
35	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.976
36	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	64.472
37	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	64.263
38	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.378
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.628
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.480
41	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.996
42	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.419
43	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	59.959
44	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	59.665
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.355
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.276
47	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.253
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.943
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.560
50	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	57.803
51	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.335
52	Canada`CAN`Northern America	57.009
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	56.939
54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.891
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.808
56	United States`USA`Northern America	56.403
57	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	56.342
58	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.977
59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.963
60	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	55.705
61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55.461
62	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.444
63	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.312
64	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.109
65	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	54.714
66	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	54.486
67	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.475
68	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	53.559
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.357
70	Colombia`COL`South America	53.321
71	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.291
72	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52.826
73	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	52.819
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.803
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52.706
76	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.559
77	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	52.360
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.975
79	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	51.896
80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	51.770
81	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	51.554
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	51.198
83	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	51.085
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.083
85	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.265
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.426
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49.349
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	49.164
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.121
90	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.079
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48.823
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	48.803
93	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	48.536
94	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	48.497
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.237
96	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	48.162
97	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.007
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.546
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.483
100	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	47.472
101	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.419
102	France`FRA`Western Europe	47.306
103	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47.160
104	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.104
105	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.103
106	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.907
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	46.718
108	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	46.364
109	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.999
110	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	45.647
111	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	45.602
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	45.416
113	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	45.383
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.120
115	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.843
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.835
117	Peru`PER`South America	44.734
118	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.725
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	44.607
120	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.547
121	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	44.445
122	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.341
123	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	44.307
124	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	44.089
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.571
126	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.554
127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.444
128	Uruguay`URY`South America	43.425
129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.133
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.900
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.207
132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.958
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	41.741
134	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	41.106
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.659
136	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	39.632
137	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.627
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	39.461
139	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.269
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.410
141	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.676
142	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.360
143	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	37.047
144	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.910
145	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.700
146	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.836
147	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	35.025
148	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	34.755
149	Belize`BLZ`Central America	34.368
150	Chile`CHL`South America	34.088
151	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	33.963
152	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.520
153	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.328
154	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	33.306
155	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.839
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	32.334
157	Suriname`SUR`South America	32.154
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.052
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	31.168
160	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.595
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.226
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	27.944
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27.489
164	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.651
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	26.136
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.121
167	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	25.434
168	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	24.427
169	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	23.228
170	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.177
171	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.879
172	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.286
173	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.700
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	21.445
175	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.847
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.739
177	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	18.713
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.475
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.530
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	15.506
181	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.253
182	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.175
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	11.631
184	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.574
185	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.440
186	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.048
187	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.693

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi88.762
2Mozambique86.864
3Tanzania84.179
4Madagascar83.804
5Solomon Islands81.407

Lowest

187Iraq8.693
186Iran10.048
185Jordan11.440
184Algeria11.574
183Palestine11.631

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 48.497. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
112 · 75rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan52.522 → 55.977+3.455
Azerbaijan66.843 → 69.968+3.125
Tonga40.786 → 43.133+2.347
Puerto Rico31.926 → 33.963+2.037
El Salvador41.557 → 43.444+1.887

Fell most

Türkiye32.590 → 26.651−5.939
Slovakia57.464 → 55.109−2.355
Russia58.014 → 55.963−2.051
Albania60.357 → 58.560−1.797
Sweden60.781 → 59.355−1.426

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 1993.
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) (1993). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/1993

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