Data for 2025

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2025

Name: Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2025 covers 182 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 82.913; Yemen is lowest, at 4.663. The middle country reads 53.363. Against 2024, 182 values changed (62 up, 120 down), the same countries are covered.

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Female Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2025

HighestMadagascar

82.913

LowestYemen

4.663

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

182countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.913
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.337
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.700
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	80.282
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.498
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.713
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	77.351
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.090
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.595
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	75.164
11	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.868
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	72.838
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.776
14	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	72.330
15	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	72.224
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	72.029
17	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	70.728
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.012
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	68.551
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.077
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.576
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.464
23	Peru`PER`South America	65.044
24	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	64.074
25	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.708
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	63.569
27	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	63.098
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.036
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.033
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	62.710
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	62.649
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.513
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.278
34	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62.223
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.155
36	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.086
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	61.995
38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	61.850
39	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.848
40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.676
41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.560
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	61.537
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.213
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.030
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.984
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.792
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	60.759
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	60.287
49	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.204
50	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.755
51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.454
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	59.217
53	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	59.148
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.011
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	58.963
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.567
57	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	58.456
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.337
59	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.180
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.668
61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	57.474
62	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.333
63	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.304
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.255
65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.782
66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	56.769
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	56.700
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.697
69	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.637
70	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	56.595
71	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.520
72	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.493
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	56.426
74	United States`USA`Northern America	56.343
75	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	55.905
76	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.799
77	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.288
78	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.265
79	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.248
80	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.127
81	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.059
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.936
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.918
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.628
85	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.546
86	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.436
87	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	54.312
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.720
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.655
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53.456
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.411
92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.314
93	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.027
94	Chile`CHL`South America	52.887
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	52.842
96	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.825
97	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	52.768
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.629
99	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.616
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	52.469
101	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.386
102	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.297
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	51.805
104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.643
105	Colombia`COL`South America	51.624
106	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.612
107	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.604
108	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.480
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	51.458
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.253
111	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.246
112	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.067
113	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.057
114	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.822
115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.489
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.470
117	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.376
118	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49.881
119	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.780
120	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	49.249
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	49.052
122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.518
123	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.091
124	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	47.770
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.649
126	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	47.462
127	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.450
128	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	47.377
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	47.350
130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.301
131	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	47.200
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	46.628
133	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.472
134	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	46.017
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.459
136	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.915
137	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	44.666
138	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.136
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.742
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.646
141	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.347
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	42.294
143	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.807
144	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.629
145	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	41.178
146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	40.941
147	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.806
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.732
149	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.974
150	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.590
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.241
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.649
153	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.451
154	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.324
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.242
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.216
157	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.145
158	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.098
159	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.853
160	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	33.573
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	32.995
162	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.425
163	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30.992
164	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	30.739
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	29.958
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.473
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.497
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.180
169	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.046
170	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.749
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	21.897
172	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.700
173	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.696
174	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	19.365
175	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.455
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.029
177	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.142
178	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	14.013
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.727
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.937
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.086
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.663

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar82.913
2Solomon Islands82.337
3Nigeria80.700
4Tanzania80.282
5Burundi79.498

Lowest

182Yemen4.663
181Afghanistan5.086
180Iraq10.937
179Syria12.727
178Iran14.013

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 53.363. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
62 · 120rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Belize43.833 → 46.472+2.639
Comoros47.126 → 47.649+0.523
United Arab Emirates52.519 → 53.027+0.508
Bolivia72.389 → 72.868+0.479
Singapore63.136 → 63.569+0.433

Fell most

Kazakhstan65.291 → 62.649−2.642
Russia55.214 → 54.546−0.668
Mongolia52.100 → 51.458−0.642
Azerbaijan61.350 → 60.759−0.591
New Caledonia51.608 → 51.067−0.541

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

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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 2025.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2025). Female Labour Force Participation Rate, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/female-labour-participation/2025

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