Data for 2022

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2022

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2022 covers 186 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 82.830; Yemen is lowest, at 4.801. The middle country reads 53.033. Against 2021, 186 values changed (136 up, 50 down), 1 left.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2022

HighestMadagascar

82.830

LowestYemen

4.801

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

186countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.830
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.309
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	80.273
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.249
5	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.693
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.198
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	77.173
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.927
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.364
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.633
11	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.018
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	72.851
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.608
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.919
15	Bolivia`BOL`South America	71.715
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	71.543
17	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	70.887
18	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	70.628
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.570
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69.878
21	Peru`PER`South America	66.725
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.366
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.720
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.525
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	65.403
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	64.743
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	63.540
28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	62.921
29	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.832
30	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	62.680
31	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	62.565
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.524
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.358
34	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	62.165
35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	61.931
36	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.434
37	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.370
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.219
39	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.166
=40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.109
=40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.109
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	61.050
43	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.049
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.803
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.138
46	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	60.097
47	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	60.026
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	59.972
49	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	59.948
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.930
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.769
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.576
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	59.551
54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.114
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.059
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	58.986
57	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.750
58	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	58.035
59	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	58.001
60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	57.892
61	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.703
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	57.595
63	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	57.267
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	57.098
65	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	56.998
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.407
67	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.289
68	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.238
69	United States`USA`Northern America	56.029
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.755
71	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.692
72	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.688
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	55.656
74	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.538
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.507
76	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.307
77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.300
78	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.299
79	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	55.030
80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.735
81	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.695
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.629
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.244
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	54.173
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.968
86	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	53.875
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.864
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.799
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	53.700
90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.631
91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	53.526
=92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53.057
=92	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.057
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.009
95	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	52.915
96	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	52.789
97	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	52.586
98	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	52.562
99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	52.510
100	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.281
101	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	52.191
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.137
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.868
104	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.862
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.605
106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.597
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.594
108	Colombia`COL`South America	50.922
109	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	50.891
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.802
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.645
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.478
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.380
114	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	50.283
115	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.240
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50.144
117	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50.142
118	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	50.029
119	Chile`CHL`South America	50.025
120	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	50.020
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	49.927
122	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.616
123	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.489
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.441
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.933
126	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.850
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.227
128	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.118
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.033
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.975
131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	46.028
132	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.004
133	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	45.238
134	Guyana`GUY`South America	45.133
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.130
136	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	44.413
137	Suriname`SUR`South America	43.957
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	43.687
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	43.606
140	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.563
141	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	43.223
142	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.617
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.529
144	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.521
145	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.206
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	42.205
147	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.921
148	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.904
149	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	41.100
150	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41.071
151	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.517
152	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.502
153	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.171
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38.537
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.385
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.205
157	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.706
158	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35.916
159	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.320
160	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.018
161	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	34.098
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.631
163	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	31.605
164	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	31.149
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.795
166	India`IND`Southern Asia	29.348
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.519
168	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.240
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.050
170	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.027
171	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.014
172	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.339
173	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	21.395
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.666
175	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.584
176	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	18.934
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	18.678
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.233
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.452
180	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.331
181	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.922
182	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.469
183	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.020
184	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11.183
185	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.159
186	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.801

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar82.830
2Solomon Islands82.309
3Tanzania80.273
4Burundi80.249
5North Korea77.693

Lowest

186Yemen4.801
185Afghanistan5.159
184Iraq11.183
183Syria13.020
182Iran13.469

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 53.033. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
186values changed, of 186 in both
136 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro41.433 → 48.489+7.056
Philippines44.203 → 50.380+6.177
Niger67.799 → 72.608+4.809
Guyana40.752 → 45.133+4.381
Bahamas66.863 → 70.887+4.024

Fell most

Bhutan64.902 → 52.510−12.392
Afghanistan14.616 → 5.159−9.457
Armenia55.118 → 50.240−4.878
Honduras48.071 → 43.606−4.465
Macau64.072 → 60.026−4.046

− Ukraine

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 2022.
184 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 61.109. 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 186 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2022

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