Data for 2020

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2020

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2020
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2020, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2020 covers 187 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 82.152; Yemen is lowest, at 4.899. The middle country reads 51.463. Against 2019, 187 values changed (32 up, 155 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2020

HighestMadagascar

82.152

LowestYemen

4.899

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

187countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.152
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.602
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	79.344
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.558
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	77.090
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	76.870
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.306
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	74.894
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.976
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	73.587
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	71.989
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.393
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	71.342
14	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	70.996
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	69.457
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.309
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69.095
18	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	68.085
19	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65.170
20	Bolivia`BOL`South America	65.020
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	64.776
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.693
23	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	64.382
24	Niger`NER`Western Africa	63.669
25	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	63.655
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.607
27	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	63.276
28	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.125
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.002
30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62.636
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.481
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.167
33	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.776
34	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.720
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.366
36	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	60.587
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.457
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	60.259
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.136
40	Peru`PER`South America	59.864
41	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	59.711
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	59.687
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	59.452
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.430
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.403
46	Canada`CAN`Northern America	59.379
47	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	59.297
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.106
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.050
50	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	58.680
51	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.277
52	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	58.180
53	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	58.059
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.957
55	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.886
56	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	57.884
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	57.579
58	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.363
59	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.133
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.105
61	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	56.768
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.652
63	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	56.484
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	56.142
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	56.109
66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.048
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.932
68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.927
69	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.844
70	United States`USA`Northern America	55.704
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.335
72	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.224
73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.206
74	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.175
75	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.113
76	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.055
77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.630
78	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.472
79	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.406
80	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	54.317
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.231
82	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	53.728
83	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	53.580
84	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.445
85	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	53.377
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.203
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.157
88	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	53.137
89	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	53.105
90	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	53.090
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.450
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.252
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.796
94	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.463
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.371
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.340
97	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	51.250
98	Colombia`COL`South America	51.108
99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.093
100	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.922
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	50.630
102	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	50.614
103	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	50.528
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	50.338
105	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	50.146
106	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.050
107	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.809
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.517
109	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	49.333
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49.331
111	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	49.325
112	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48.659
113	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	48.644
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.489
115	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	48.347
116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.241
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.119
118	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.100
119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	48.067
120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.412
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.039
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.760
123	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.538
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.486
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.452
126	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	46.159
127	Chile`CHL`South America	45.442
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.892
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.823
130	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44.726
131	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	44.447
132	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.148
133	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	43.877
134	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.343
135	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.207
136	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43.111
137	Suriname`SUR`South America	42.930
138	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.742
139	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	42.721
140	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.675
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.291
142	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.280
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41.861
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.854
145	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.704
146	Belize`BLZ`Central America	41.478
147	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.047
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	40.323
149	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.299
150	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.501
151	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.097
152	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.063
153	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.299
154	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	37.610
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	37.115
156	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	37.104
157	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.075
158	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.887
159	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36.179
160	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	35.207
161	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	33.797
162	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	31.663
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	31.009
164	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.830
165	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	29.308
166	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	29.074
167	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.209
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.274
169	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.998
170	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	25.944
171	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.873
172	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.406
173	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.649
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.892
175	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.688
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	20.487
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	18.264
178	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17.008
179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.474
180	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	16.431
181	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.975
182	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.609
183	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.723
184	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.206
185	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.668
186	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.885
187	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.899

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar82.152
2Solomon Islands81.602
3Tanzania79.344
4Burundi78.558
5Cambodia77.090

Lowest

187Yemen4.899
186Iraq10.885
185Syria12.668
184Algeria13.206
183Iran13.723

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.463. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
32 · 155rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia24.365 → 29.308+4.943
Rwanda51.870 → 56.652+4.782
Malawi59.030 → 63.125+4.095
United Arab Emirates54.381 → 58.180+3.799
Armenia50.799 → 54.317+3.518

Fell most

Belize57.096 → 41.478−15.618
Saint Lucia64.312 → 49.331−14.981
Peru70.044 → 59.864−10.180
Chile52.651 → 45.442−7.209
Ecuador54.402 → 48.241−6.161

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 2020.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2020). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2020

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