Data for 2005

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2005

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2005 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 86.600; Jordan is lowest, at 11.382. The middle country reads 51.137. Against 2004, 187 values changed (112 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2005

HighestTanzania

86.600

LowestJordan

11.382

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

187countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.600
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.481
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.114
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.752
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.357
6	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	78.159
7	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.055
8	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.572
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.755
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	76.062
11	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.615
12	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	75.101
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	74.571
14	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.144
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.065
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.802
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	71.275
18	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.167
19	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.027
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.907
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.761
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	70.381
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68.965
24	Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.746
25	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.218
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.817
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	66.715
28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.898
29	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	65.826
30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.230
31	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	65.002
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	64.689
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	64.626
34	Peru`PER`South America	64.315
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.842
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.749
37	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.318
38	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	63.198
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	63.093
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	62.978
41	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.992
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.907
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.620
44	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.536
45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	60.095
46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.523
47	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	59.425
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	59.350
49	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59.249
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.116
51	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.013
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.400
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	58.305
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	58.157
55	United States`USA`Northern America	58.040
56	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	57.826
57	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.048
58	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	57.019
59	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	57.006
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	56.859
61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.739
62	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.394
63	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	56.173
64	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.693
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	55.653
66	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.468
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	55.418
68	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	55.396
69	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.280
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.269
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.155
72	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	55.022
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	55.019
74	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.982
75	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.886
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	54.864
77	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	54.802
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.997
79	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.887
80	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	53.705
81	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.512
82	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	53.507
83	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.504
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.338
85	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.815
86	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.646
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.584
88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.306
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.916
90	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	51.650
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.284
92	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.177
93	Colombia`COL`South America	51.148
94	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	51.137
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	50.866
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	50.719
97	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	50.694
98	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50.664
99	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.657
100	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.639
101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	50.386
102	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.137
103	Uruguay`URY`South America	49.866
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.688
105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.457
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	49.098
107	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	48.284
108	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.178
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.954
110	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.708
111	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	47.704
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	47.653
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.449
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.445
115	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.357
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.242
117	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46.814
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.269
119	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46.176
120	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.087
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	46.082
122	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	45.687
123	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	45.660
124	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.394
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.375
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.295
127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.218
128	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	44.923
129	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	44.646
130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.037
131	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	43.679
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	42.637
133	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.567
134	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.385
135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.069
136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.947
137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.864
138	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	41.711
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.394
140	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	41.255
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.199
142	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.150
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.562
144	Chile`CHL`South America	40.131
145	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.118
146	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.791
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	39.160
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.002
149	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	38.789
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.708
151	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	37.755
152	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	37.610
153	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	37.572
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	37.187
155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	37.066
156	Suriname`SUR`South America	36.884
157	Guyana`GUY`South America	36.189
158	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.111
159	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.969
160	India`IND`Southern Asia	34.852
161	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.340
162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.629
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	32.175
164	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	29.883
165	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.194
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.934
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	26.411
168	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.540
169	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	24.907
170	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.699
171	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.114
172	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.742
173	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.502
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.790
175	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.510
176	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.457
177	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.684
178	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.348
179	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.022
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	16.581
181	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.538
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.327
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.302
184	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.954
185	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12.780
186	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11.504
187	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.382

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania86.600
2Mozambique86.481
3Madagascar84.114
4Solomon Islands82.752
5Burundi78.357

Lowest

187Jordan11.382
186Iraq11.504
185Palestine12.780
184Algeria12.954
183Afghanistan14.302

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.137. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 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

Costa Rica39.832 → 43.679+3.847
Guam52.599 → 54.802+2.203
Malta27.775 → 29.883+2.108
Macau54.973 → 57.006+2.033
Trinidad and Tobago53.108 → 55.019+1.911

Fell most

Tajikistan41.766 → 39.160−2.606
Colombia52.953 → 51.148−1.805
Turkmenistan49.076 → 47.445−1.631
Slovakia52.467 → 51.177−1.290
Azerbaijan64.222 → 62.978−1.244

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 2005.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2005). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2005

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