Data for 2015

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2015

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2015
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2015, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2015 covers 187 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 83.249; Yemen is lowest, at 5.207. The middle country reads 52.391. Against 2014, 187 values changed (108 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2015

HighestMadagascar

83.249

LowestYemen

5.207

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

187countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.249
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.568
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.778
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	80.123
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.143
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.608
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.759
8	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.933
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.722
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	73.531
11	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	73.417
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.372
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.863
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.787
15	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.007
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.923
17	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.806
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	71.356
19	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	70.291
20	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	70.185
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	69.413
22	Peru`PER`South America	67.657
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.526
24	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	66.133
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.628
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.460
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.301
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.049
29	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.495
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.205
31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	62.855
32	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.605
33	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62.360
34	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.230
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.840
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.731
37	Niger`NER`Western Africa	61.705
38	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.695
39	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.305
40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.298
41	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	61.216
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.096
43	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	61.068
44	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.969
45	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	60.755
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	60.562
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.384
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.114
49	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.228
50	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.151
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.097
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	58.678
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.668
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	58.524
55	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	57.768
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	57.383
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	57.044
58	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	56.837
59	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.722
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.351
61	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.338
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.300
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	56.288
64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	56.202
65	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	56.110
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.988
67	United States`USA`Northern America	55.938
68	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.747
69	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.728
70	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.655
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.644
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.555
73	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.407
74	Colombia`COL`South America	55.255
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	55.091
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	54.976
=77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.827
=77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	54.827
79	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.809
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.737
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54.532
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.516
83	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	54.441
84	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	54.428
85	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.247
86	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	54.211
87	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.029
88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.826
89	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.700
90	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	53.596
91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.429
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.323
93	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.620
94	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	52.391
95	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.275
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51.964
97	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.931
98	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.905
99	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.843
100	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.787
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.485
102	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	51.239
103	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.187
104	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.957
105	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.830
106	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.799
107	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.772
108	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	50.481
109	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.360
110	Chile`CHL`South America	50.352
111	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	50.060
112	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49.901
113	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.648
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	49.527
115	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.410
116	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.000
117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.779
118	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.725
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	48.670
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.342
121	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48.270
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	48.253
123	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	48.183
124	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.157
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48.045
126	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.716
127	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.498
128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	47.459
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	47.185
130	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.117
131	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.819
132	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.662
133	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.551
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	46.371
135	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	46.123
136	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.090
137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.465
138	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.378
139	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.310
140	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	44.028
141	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.928
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	43.369
143	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	43.295
144	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.081
145	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.020
146	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.473
147	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.307
148	Guyana`GUY`South America	42.273
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.453
150	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.422
151	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	40.016
152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.461
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.447
154	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.391
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38.824
156	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	38.573
157	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.437
158	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.330
159	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	34.778
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	34.132
161	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	34.060
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.531
163	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	31.876
164	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.416
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	29.621
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.006
167	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.679
168	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.582
169	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.114
170	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.072
171	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.362
172	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.983
173	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	23.907
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23.304
175	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.813
176	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.768
177	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.635
178	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.942
179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19.113
180	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	17.998
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17.785
182	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.258
183	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	14.362
184	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.178
185	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.599
186	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.729
187	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5.207

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar83.249
2Solomon Islands82.568
3Burundi80.778
4Tanzania80.123
5Mozambique78.143

Lowest

187Yemen5.207
186Syria12.729
185Jordan13.599
184Iraq14.178
183Iran14.362

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 52.391. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
108 · 79rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador47.689 → 51.905+4.216
Jamaica54.469 → 58.524+4.055
Albania43.958 → 47.117+3.159
Dominican Republic45.368 → 48.157+2.789
United States Virgin Islands53.283 → 55.655+2.372

Fell most

Ethiopia72.219 → 70.185−2.034
Uganda75.641 → 73.722−1.919
Malawi63.917 → 62.230−1.687
Peru69.302 → 67.657−1.645
Guatemala39.978 → 38.437−1.541

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 2015.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 54.827. 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) (2015). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2015

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