Data for 2023

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2023

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2023 covers 184 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 82.866; Yemen is lowest, at 4.752. The middle country reads 53.133. Against 2022, 183 values changed (124 up, 59 down), 2 left.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2023

HighestMadagascar

82.866

LowestYemen

4.752

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

184countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.866
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.327
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.693
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	80.330
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.980
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.724
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.269
8	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	77.220
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.445
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.802
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	72.862
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.501
13	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.455
14	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	72.318
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	71.966
16	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71.014
17	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	70.393
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.368
19	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.064
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69.215
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.922
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.642
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.608
24	Peru`PER`South America	65.083
25	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.029
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	64.722
27	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.426
28	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	63.308
29	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	63.299
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63.079
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.047
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.946
33	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	62.631
34	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.576
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	62.495
36	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62.375
37	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.371
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.178
39	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	62.135
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.748
41	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.719
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	61.685
43	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.407
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.338
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.146
46	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.134
47	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.049
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.774
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	60.311
50	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	60.216
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	60.155
52	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	60.084
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	59.812
54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	59.351
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.258
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	58.994
57	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.644
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	58.568
59	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	58.141
60	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.044
61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.963
62	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.914
63	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	57.489
64	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	57.417
65	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.380
66	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	57.196
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	57.095
68	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	56.618
69	United States`USA`Northern America	56.602
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.518
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.490
72	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.391
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	56.361
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.251
75	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.038
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.821
77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.812
78	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.698
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.530
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.525
81	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.436
82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.363
83	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	54.847
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.828
85	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.827
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.719
87	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53.995
88	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.604
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.487
90	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	53.265
91	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53.241
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.205
93	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.060
94	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	52.999
95	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.986
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	52.958
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.773
98	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.694
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.521
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.482
101	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.467
102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	52.347
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	52.270
104	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	52.221
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52.209
106	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.108
107	Chile`CHL`South America	51.963
108	Colombia`COL`South America	51.833
109	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.777
110	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.774
111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.592
112	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.517
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.414
114	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.029
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50.728
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.644
117	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.445
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.216
119	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	50.031
120	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	50.001
121	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.834
122	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49.052
123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	48.521
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.426
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.240
126	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.179
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.817
128	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	47.644
129	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.404
130	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.317
131	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	47.139
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.058
133	Guyana`GUY`South America	46.479
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.242
135	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	44.646
136	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.348
137	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44.088
138	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44.076
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	43.495
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.739
141	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.617
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	42.382
143	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.172
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.158
145	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.876
146	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	41.874
147	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	41.312
148	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	41.240
149	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.159
150	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41.051
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.311
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.533
153	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.364
154	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.419
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.228
156	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.140
157	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.767
158	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.290
159	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.158
160	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.764
161	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	34.278
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.465
163	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	31.158
164	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.984
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.321
166	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	29.600
167	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.302
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.781
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.198
170	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.997
171	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.874
172	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.234
173	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	21.674
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.707
175	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.671
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	18.936
177	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.478
178	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.933
179	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.338
180	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	14.128
181	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.879
182	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.913
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.145
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.752

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar82.866
2Solomon Islands82.327
3Nigeria80.693
4Tanzania80.330
5Burundi79.980

Lowest

184Yemen4.752
183Afghanistan5.145
182Iraq10.913
181Syria12.879
180Iran14.128

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 53.133. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
183values changed, of 184 in both
124 · 59rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius42.521 → 47.644+5.123
Bhutan52.510 → 56.618+4.108
Nigeria76.927 → 80.693+3.766
Botswana59.930 → 63.426+3.496
Rwanda54.695 → 58.044+3.349

Fell most

Costa Rica50.283 → 44.088−6.195
Honduras43.606 → 39.364−4.242
Guatemala40.502 → 38.140−2.362
Mongolia54.629 → 52.467−2.162
Sri Lanka31.605 → 29.600−2.005

− Palestine

− Sudan

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 2023.
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Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2023

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