Data for 2012

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2012

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2012
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2012, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2012 covers 187 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 83.696; Yemen is lowest, at 7.734. The middle country reads 52.458. Against 2011, 187 values changed (103 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2012

HighestMadagascar

83.696

LowestYemen

7.734

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

187countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.696
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.491
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.069
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.944
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.950
6	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	78.356
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.610
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.916
9	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.633
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	74.310
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	74.286
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.632
13	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	72.180
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	71.983
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.931
16	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	71.175
17	Peru`PER`South America	70.910
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.615
19	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	70.202
20	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	69.764
21	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	68.757
22	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.268
23	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	67.192
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.888
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	66.419
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.037
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.693
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	65.505
29	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	65.318
30	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	65.277
31	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.071
32	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	64.477
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.542
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	63.333
35	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.073
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	62.881
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.458
38	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.427
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	62.023
40	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.730
41	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.579
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.080
43	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.032
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	60.903
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.424
46	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.220
47	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.861
48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.719
49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.333
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	59.313
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	59.237
52	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.156
53	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	58.833
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	58.543
55	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	58.294
56	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	58.281
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.162
58	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	58.036
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	57.420
60	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57.313
61	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	57.224
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.202
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.059
64	United States`USA`Northern America	56.778
65	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	56.580
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.492
67	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.272
68	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.176
69	Colombia`COL`South America	56.011
70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.939
71	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	55.929
72	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.865
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.575
74	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.380
75	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54.887
76	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.719
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.674
78	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.446
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.283
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.088
81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.928
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.787
83	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	53.680
84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	53.515
85	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	53.200
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	53.096
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.024
88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.931
89	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	52.914
90	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.895
91	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	52.893
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	52.886
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	52.873
94	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	52.458
95	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.321
96	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	51.902
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.545
98	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.537
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	51.490
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51.437
101	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51.346
102	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51.230
103	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.196
104	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	51.173
105	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.859
106	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.648
107	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50.290
108	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.041
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	50.030
110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.493
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	49.354
112	Chile`CHL`South America	49.179
113	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.132
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.936
115	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.889
116	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.671
117	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	48.459
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.328
119	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.081
120	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.055
121	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	48.028
122	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	47.958
123	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	47.455
124	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	47.155
125	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	47.029
126	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	46.449
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.414
128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.189
129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	45.998
130	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45.333
131	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.206
132	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	44.993
133	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.986
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.784
135	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.480
136	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	44.466
137	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44.326
138	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.429
139	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	43.383
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43.028
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.916
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	42.806
143	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.801
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.408
145	Suriname`SUR`South America	42.103
146	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	42.013
147	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.763
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.437
149	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.686
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.622
151	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.442
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.563
153	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.368
154	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.101
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	38.681
156	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.294
157	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	37.361
158	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.316
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.940
160	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.801
161	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	32.758
162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.694
163	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	32.649
164	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.361
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	27.610
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.353
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27.022
168	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.764
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.606
170	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25.730
171	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.576
172	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.358
173	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	24.089
174	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.752
175	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.511
176	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.508
177	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.857
178	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19.758
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17.359
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.208
181	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	16.169
182	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	14.890
183	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.821
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.864
185	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.499
186	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11.883
187	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	7.734

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar83.696
2Solomon Islands82.491
3Tanzania82.069
4Mozambique80.944
5Burundi79.950

Lowest

187Yemen7.734
186Iraq11.883
185Syria13.499
184Jordan13.864
183Algeria14.821

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 52.458. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
103 · 84rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Paraguay54.453 → 59.861+5.408
Costa Rica46.479 → 51.437+4.958
Guatemala40.096 → 44.986+4.890
Malta35.559 → 38.681+3.122
Saint Lucia61.673 → 64.477+2.804

Fell most

Uganda77.925 → 65.505−12.420
Albania52.561 → 48.936−3.625
Cambodia81.841 → 78.356−3.485
Niger68.533 → 66.419−2.114
Kyrgyzstan52.124 → 50.030−2.094

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

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2012.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2012). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2012

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