Data for 2007

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2007

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2007
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2007, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2007 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 86.361; Iraq is lowest, at 12.290. The middle country reads 51.955. Against 2006, 187 values changed (105 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2007

HighestTanzania

86.361

LowestIraq

12.290

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

187countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.361
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.036
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.080
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.747
5	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.096
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.684
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.675
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.710
9	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.633
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	75.561
11	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	75.281
12	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	74.683
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	74.481
14	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.955
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.760
16	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.448
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.322
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	71.138
19	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.902
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.877
21	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.290
22	Peru`PER`South America	70.087
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	69.225
24	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	68.880
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.652
26	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.947
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	67.660
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.999
29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.859
30	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.847
31	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.972
32	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64.808
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.807
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	64.677
35	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.497
36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.514
37	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	63.133
38	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	62.641
39	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.769
40	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	61.747
41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	61.148
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	60.953
43	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	60.908
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.849
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.837
46	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.478
47	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	59.956
48	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.953
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.706
50	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	59.284
51	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.166
52	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.868
53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	58.390
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	58.135
55	United States`USA`Northern America	58.086
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	58.050
=57	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	57.421
=57	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	57.421
59	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	57.330
60	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	56.969
61	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.894
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	56.405
63	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	56.329
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	56.286
65	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	56.162
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.152
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	56.055
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.937
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.919
70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.743
71	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	55.729
72	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	55.717
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.578
74	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	55.146
75	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54.170
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.039
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.032
78	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	54.019
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	54.017
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	53.906
81	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	53.634
82	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	53.514
83	Uruguay`URY`South America	53.467
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.273
85	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52.909
86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	52.888
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.697
88	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52.622
89	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	52.503
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	52.379
91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.222
92	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	52.210
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	52.159
94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.955
95	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	51.595
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.337
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.661
98	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50.648
99	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.620
100	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.327
101	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.067
102	Colombia`COL`South America	49.981
103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.839
104	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	49.750
105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.726
106	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	49.405
107	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.901
108	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.547
109	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	48.388
110	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	48.288
111	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.069
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.968
113	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.923
114	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.605
115	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.576
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	47.285
117	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.265
118	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46.789
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	46.706
120	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	46.658
121	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	46.590
122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	46.100
123	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.076
124	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.049
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.632
126	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	45.258
127	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.055
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	45.040
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.963
130	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44.300
131	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.814
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43.436
133	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.433
134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.730
135	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.718
136	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.447
137	Chile`CHL`South America	42.235
138	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.843
139	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.778
140	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.753
141	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	41.693
142	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	41.488
143	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.724
144	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.492
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.479
146	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.275
147	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	39.727
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	39.524
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.192
150	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.475
151	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	38.426
152	Suriname`SUR`South America	38.356
153	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.827
154	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	37.675
155	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.454
156	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	37.020
157	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	36.730
158	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.644
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.093
160	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.422
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	32.971
162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.640
163	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.179
164	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.084
165	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.797
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.770
167	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.029
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	25.869
169	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	25.373
170	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.584
171	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.449
172	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.326
173	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.184
174	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.746
175	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.984
176	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.567
177	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	19.308
178	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.042
179	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.005
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	16.771
181	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.021
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.670
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.367
184	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.214
185	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.528
186	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.428
187	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	12.290

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania86.361
2Mozambique85.036
3Madagascar84.080
4Solomon Islands82.747
5Cameroon78.096

Lowest

187Iraq12.290
186Yemen12.428
185Algeria13.528
184Syria14.214
183Jordan14.367

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.955. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
105 · 82rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia46.008 → 49.839+3.831
Macau58.923 → 62.641+3.718
Paraguay50.993 → 54.017+3.024
Jordan11.579 → 14.367+2.788
Peru67.540 → 70.087+2.547

Fell most

Guam55.193 → 48.288−6.905
Azerbaijan61.162 → 56.405−4.757
Vanuatu73.902 → 70.290−3.612
Tajikistan36.597 → 34.093−2.504
Kyrgyzstan54.428 → 52.888−1.540

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 2007.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 57.421. 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.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2007). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2007

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