Data for 2003

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2003

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2003
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2003, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2003 covers 187 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 87.825; Iraq is lowest, at 10.770. The middle country reads 50.559. Against 2002, 187 values changed (112 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2003

HighestMozambique

87.825

LowestIraq

10.770

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

187countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	87.825
2	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.510
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.064
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.085
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.577
6	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	78.146
7	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.998
8	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.736
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	77.134
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	76.568
11	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.574
12	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	75.559
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	74.548
14	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.318
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.070
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.064
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.816
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	71.297
19	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.137
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.028
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.646
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	70.353
23	Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.852
24	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68.668
25	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.489
26	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	66.670
27	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.626
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.596
29	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.863
30	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	65.780
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.085
32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	65.003
33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64.990
34	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.664
35	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	64.622
36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.217
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	64.051
38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.565
39	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	61.960
40	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.566
41	Peru`PER`South America	61.491
42	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.174
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.011
44	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.559
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	59.949
46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.915
47	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	59.497
48	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.060
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.793
50	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.614
51	Bolivia`BOL`South America	58.561
52	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	58.304
53	United States`USA`Northern America	58.224
54	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	58.182
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.775
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	57.631
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.534
58	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.185
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	56.090
60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.013
61	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	55.963
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.843
63	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.623
64	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.362
65	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.078
66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	54.932
67	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	54.789
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.783
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.776
70	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	54.568
71	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54.174
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.120
73	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	54.111
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.946
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.836
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.753
77	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	53.747
78	Colombia`COL`South America	53.712
79	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	53.530
80	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	53.502
81	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	53.377
82	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.229
83	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.907
84	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.752
85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.496
86	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	52.274
87	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	52.266
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	51.514
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	51.259
90	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.230
91	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51.195
92	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	51.022
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.830
94	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	50.559
95	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	50.516
96	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	50.437
97	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	50.232
98	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	49.985
99	France`FRA`Western Europe	49.736
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	49.651
101	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	49.618
102	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	49.565
103	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	49.477
104	Uruguay`URY`South America	49.312
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.170
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.936
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.717
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.461
109	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.272
110	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	48.245
111	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	48.157
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.982
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.846
114	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.519
115	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.330
116	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.034
117	Panama`PAN`Central America	46.927
118	Venezuela`VEN`South America	46.462
119	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46.403
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	46.281
121	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	45.673
122	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	45.617
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.450
124	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.352
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.077
126	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	44.865
127	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.404
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.235
129	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	44.088
130	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43.378
131	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	42.881
132	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	42.877
133	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.440
134	Honduras`HND`Central America	42.178
135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.148
136	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.081
137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.037
138	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41.868
139	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.454
140	Belize`BLZ`Central America	41.346
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.132
142	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.934
143	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	39.859
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.187
145	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.184
146	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.975
147	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.409
148	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.309
149	Chile`CHL`South America	37.800
150	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	37.514
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	37.061
152	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	36.803
153	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.728
154	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36.605
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	36.073
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	35.834
157	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.590
158	Suriname`SUR`South America	35.444
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	34.892
160	India`IND`Southern Asia	34.660
161	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.262
162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.457
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	31.471
164	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	30.112
165	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.055
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.086
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	26.959
168	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.545
169	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.041
170	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	24.597
171	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.655
172	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.691
173	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.954
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.954
175	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.091
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.010
177	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.925
178	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.995
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	16.542
180	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.486
181	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.475
182	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.169
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.154
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12.504
185	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.503
186	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.852
187	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.770

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique87.825
2Tanzania85.510
3Madagascar84.064
4Solomon Islands83.085
5Burundi80.577

Lowest

187Iraq10.770
186Jordan10.852
185Algeria12.503
184Palestine12.504
183Afghanistan14.154

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 50.559. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 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

Mauritius37.844 → 41.132+3.288
Lithuania52.171 → 54.789+2.618
Palestine10.064 → 12.504+2.440
Trinidad and Tobago49.276 → 51.195+1.919
Guatemala46.346 → 47.982+1.636

Fell most

Macau56.300 → 53.530−2.770
Azerbaijan68.823 → 66.626−2.197
Slovenia51.932 → 50.437−1.495
Georgia66.464 → 65.003−1.461
Bulgaria46.197 → 44.865−1.332

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 2003.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2003). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2003

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