Data for 2016

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2016

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2016
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2016 covers 187 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 83.137; Yemen is lowest, at 5.117. The middle country reads 52.511. Against 2015, 186 values changed (103 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2016

HighestMadagascar

83.137

LowestYemen

5.117

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

187countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.137
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.447
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.001
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	80.164
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.041
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.484
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	75.918
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.887
9	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.697
10	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.273
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	73.267
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.997
13	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.597
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.530
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.953
16	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.609
17	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.587
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	71.417
19	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	70.509
20	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	68.930
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	68.148
22	Peru`PER`South America	67.721
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.471
24	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	65.602
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.301
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.205
27	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.230
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.048
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.013
30	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.595
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.972
32	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62.934
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	62.528
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.326
35	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	62.043
36	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.827
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.662
38	Niger`NER`Western Africa	61.334
39	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.313
40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.260
41	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.879
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	60.816
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	60.691
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.514
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.441
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.412
47	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	60.170
48	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	59.554
49	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.381
50	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.750
51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	58.551
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58.281
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.173
54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.677
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	57.654
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	57.411
57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.074
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	56.919
59	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.790
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	56.680
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	56.622
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	56.466
63	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.360
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.341
65	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	56.295
66	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	56.189
67	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	56.106
68	United States`USA`Northern America	56.095
69	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.686
70	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.684
71	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	55.606
72	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.592
73	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.533
74	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.497
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.406
76	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.349
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.300
78	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.283
79	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.982
80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	54.892
81	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.863
82	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	54.808
83	Colombia`COL`South America	54.719
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.612
85	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	54.280
86	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.881
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.870
88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	53.745
89	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53.625
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.522
91	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.484
92	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	53.146
93	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	52.568
94	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.511
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.485
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.160
97	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.113
98	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.092
99	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.941
100	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51.922
101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.893
102	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.735
103	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	51.517
104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.986
105	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.949
106	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50.839
107	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.830
108	Chile`CHL`South America	50.756
109	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.208
110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.072
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	49.888
112	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	49.821
113	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	49.640
114	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.532
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.229
116	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	49.228
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	49.101
118	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.079
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.008
120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.821
121	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.728
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	48.190
123	Venezuela`VEN`South America	47.867
124	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	47.810
125	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.740
126	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.582
127	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	47.437
128	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.965
129	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	46.170
130	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	46.018
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	45.954
132	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.913
133	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.811
134	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.699
135	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	45.414
136	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	45.271
137	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.148
138	Suriname`SUR`South America	45.140
139	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	44.653
140	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.479
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.377
142	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	44.091
143	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.988
144	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	43.543
145	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.935
146	Guyana`GUY`South America	42.902
147	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.123
148	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.649
149	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.385
150	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41.114
151	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.069
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.570
153	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.525
154	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.273
155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	38.986
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.726
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38.632
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.510
159	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	36.845
160	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.252
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	34.111
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.497
163	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.380
164	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	32.231
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.269
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.346
167	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.885
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.647
169	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.575
170	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.447
171	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.275
172	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.162
173	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.072
174	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	23.032
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	22.866
176	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.844
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22.088
178	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.967
179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20.156
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17.959
181	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	17.435
182	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.174
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.051
184	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.031
185	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.650
186	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.802
187	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5.117

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar83.137
2Solomon Islands82.447
3Burundi81.001
4Tanzania80.164
5Mozambique78.041

Lowest

187Yemen5.117
186Syria12.802
185Iraq14.650
184Algeria15.031
183Jordan15.051

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 52.511. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
103 · 83rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Senegal34.060 → 38.726+4.666
Ecuador51.905 → 55.406+3.501
Albania47.117 → 49.888+2.771
Cambodia73.417 → 75.918+2.501
Comoros34.778 → 36.845+2.067

Fell most

Costa Rica50.060 → 46.018−4.042
Uganda73.722 → 71.587−2.135
Ethiopia70.185 → 68.148−2.037
Malawi62.230 → 60.514−1.716
Mali61.216 → 59.554−1.662

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.

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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 2016.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2016

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