Data for 2024

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2024

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2024 covers 182 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 82.915; Yemen is lowest, at 4.705. The middle country reads 53.399. Against 2023, 182 values changed (100 up, 82 down), 2 left.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2024

HighestMadagascar

82.915

LowestYemen

4.705

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

182countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
182distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.915
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.328
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.714
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	80.288
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.728
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.722
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	77.299
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.206
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.556
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.985
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	72.854
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.787
13	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.389
14	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	72.359
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	72.177
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	72.021
17	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	70.973
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.252
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	68.905
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.255
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.604
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.544
23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.291
24	Peru`PER`South America	64.939
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	64.113
26	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	63.512
27	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.450
28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	63.136
29	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.012
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.913
31	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	62.882
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.647
33	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62.530
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.292
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.196
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.115
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.886
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	61.885
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	61.780
40	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	61.680
41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.466
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.457
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.408
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.371
45	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.350
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.258
47	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.902
48	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.415
49	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	60.170
50	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.838
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.473
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.465
53	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	59.448
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	59.253
55	Paraguay`PRY`South America	58.944
56	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.534
57	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	58.391
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.321
59	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.154
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.860
61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	57.645
62	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.489
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.264
64	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	57.229
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	57.104
66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.099
67	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.826
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.673
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.668
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	56.636
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.604
72	United States`USA`Northern America	56.561
73	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.468
74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	56.366
75	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.894
76	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.733
77	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.622
78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	55.596
79	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.516
80	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.464
81	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.408
82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.214
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.911
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.888
85	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.832
86	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.710
87	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	54.398
88	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53.656
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.588
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.576
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.531
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.266
93	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53.195
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.093
95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	53.044
96	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	52.833
97	Chile`CHL`South America	52.784
98	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.644
99	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.619
100	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	52.519
101	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.394
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	52.281
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	52.256
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.100
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.913
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.815
107	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.773
108	Colombia`COL`South America	51.719
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.617
110	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.608
111	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.586
112	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.429
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.082
114	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.697
115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.511
116	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.487
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.429
118	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.970
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49.801
120	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	49.628
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	48.957
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.457
123	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.422
124	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.149
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.554
126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	47.541
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	47.450
128	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.414
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	47.381
130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	47.336
131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.126
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	46.983
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45.982
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.428
135	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.027
136	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.887
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.256
138	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.833
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.884
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.882
141	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.500
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	42.406
143	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.904
144	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.808
145	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	41.273
146	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	41.030
147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	40.959
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.455
149	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.393
150	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.617
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.399
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.708
153	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.501
154	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.420
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.350
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.990
157	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.332
158	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.786
159	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.681
160	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	33.305
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.280
162	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.415
163	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	31.145
164	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30.998
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.061
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.378
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.635
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.239
169	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.989
170	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.771
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	21.946
172	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.722
173	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.827
174	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	19.235
175	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.468
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.008
177	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.306
178	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	14.144
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.772
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11.003
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.123
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.705

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar82.915
2Solomon Islands82.328
3Nigeria80.714
4Tanzania80.288
5Burundi79.728

Lowest

182Yemen4.705
181Afghanistan5.123
180Iraq11.003
179Syria12.772
178Iran14.144

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 53.399. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
100 · 82rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Panama52.694 → 54.832+2.138
Moldova70.064 → 72.177+2.113
Costa Rica44.088 → 45.982+1.894
India30.984 → 32.415+1.431
Sri Lanka29.600 → 30.998+1.398

Fell most

Bangladesh41.874 → 38.708−3.166
Trinidad and Tobago50.031 → 48.149−1.882
Qatar63.308 → 61.780−1.528
Cyprus62.495 → 61.408−1.087
Haiti59.351 → 58.321−1.030

− Lebanon

− South 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.

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 2024.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2024

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