Data for 1994

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1994

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1994
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1994, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1994 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 88.078; Iraq is lowest, at 8.714. The middle country reads 48.662. Against 1993, 187 values changed (122 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 1994

HighestBurundi

88.078

LowestIraq

8.714

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

187countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
186distinct 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.078
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.914
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.276
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.790
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.206
6	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	78.807
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	78.714
8	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	78.143
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.608
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	77.541
11	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.416
12	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	75.882
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.442
14	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	74.811
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.241
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.035
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	73.787
18	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	73.087
19	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	71.934
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.594
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.095
22	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.079
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.980
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.012
25	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	69.681
26	Niger`NER`Western Africa	69.206
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	67.872
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	66.814
29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.528
30	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	66.070
31	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.007
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.005
33	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.736
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.456
35	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.937
36	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	64.476
37	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	63.881
38	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.333
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.174
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	62.085
41	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	61.029
42	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.409
43	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	59.722
44	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	59.715
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.460
46	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.389
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.562
48	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.548
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.540
50	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.918
51	Bolivia`BOL`South America	57.599
52	United States`USA`Northern America	57.345
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.037
54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.974
55	Canada`CAN`Northern America	56.856
56	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.516
57	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	56.465
58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.260
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	55.848
60	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55.836
61	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	55.448
62	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.314
63	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.717
64	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	54.667
65	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.564
66	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54.420
67	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.034
68	Colombia`COL`South America	53.647
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.292
70	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	53.030
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.968
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52.844
73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	52.670
74	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	52.618
75	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.597
76	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52.502
77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	51.951
78	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	51.904
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.810
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	51.534
81	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	51.508
=82	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	51.360
=82	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.360
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.096
85	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	50.697
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.671
87	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	50.495
88	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.111
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49.856
90	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	49.770
91	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	49.487
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	49.148
93	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48.888
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.662
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48.641
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48.519
97	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	48.397
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.245
99	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	48.112
100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.087
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	47.980
102	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47.906
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	47.821
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.813
105	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	47.777
106	France`FRA`Western Europe	47.467
107	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.432
108	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.036
109	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	46.900
110	Peru`PER`South America	46.074
111	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.693
112	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	45.623
113	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.467
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	45.456
115	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.396
116	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	45.371
117	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	45.337
118	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	45.280
119	Uruguay`URY`South America	45.002
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.993
121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.963
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.928
123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	44.902
124	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.575
125	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.362
126	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	44.338
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.383
128	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.369
129	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.232
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.052
131	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	42.380
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.036
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.027
134	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.850
135	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.446
136	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	40.040
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.963
138	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	39.571
139	Guyana`GUY`South America	38.728
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.567
141	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.900
142	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	37.826
143	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	37.403
144	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.377
145	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.863
146	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.366
147	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	36.312
148	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	35.403
149	Chile`CHL`South America	34.784
150	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.664
151	Belize`BLZ`Central America	34.280
152	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	33.724
153	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	33.378
154	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.099
155	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.025
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	32.439
157	Suriname`SUR`South America	32.420
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	31.988
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	31.196
160	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.144
161	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.736
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.730
163	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	28.177
164	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27.868
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27.049
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.425
167	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.060
168	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	25.931
169	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.800
170	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	23.337
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.111
172	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.073
173	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.734
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	21.378
175	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.839
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.094
177	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	18.917
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.663
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.582
180	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.526
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	15.358
182	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.476
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	11.677
184	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.539
185	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.488
186	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.208
187	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.714

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi88.078
2Mozambique86.914
3Tanzania84.276
4Madagascar83.790
5Solomon Islands81.206

Lowest

187Iraq8.714
186Iran10.208
185Jordan11.488
184Algeria11.539
183Palestine11.677

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 48.662. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
122 · 65rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan55.977 → 61.029+5.052
Türkiye26.651 → 31.144+4.493
Turkmenistan47.104 → 50.495+3.391
Azerbaijan69.968 → 73.087+3.119
Austria45.647 → 48.112+2.465

Fell most

Slovakia55.109 → 51.360−3.749
Denmark60.996 → 57.918−3.078
Russia55.963 → 54.034−1.929
Albania58.560 → 57.037−1.523
Switzerland52.819 → 51.951−0.868

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 1994.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 51.360. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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) (1994). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/1994

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