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Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) (%), 2021
Labour | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2021, Rwanda ranked the highest in Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) with 82.5% followed by Madagascar and Tanzania. On the other end of the scale was Yemen with 5.99%, Iraq with 11.1% and Jordan with 13.5%.

Average Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) reached 46.2% in 2021 in the World. This is 3.15 % less than in the previous year and -4.95 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) reached an all time high of 51.2% in 1992 and an all time low of 45.8% in 2020. The average annual growth amounted to -0.332 % since 1990.

Data for more countries are available at Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) indicator page.

Labour Participation Rate, Female (As % of Female Population Aged 15+Years Old) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Angola % 73.2% 73.0% 72.7% 74.7% 73.2%
Burundi % 81.2% 81.0% 78.6% 80.5% 80.4%
Cambodia % 76.8% 77.3% 77.1% 73.7% 74.0%
Ethiopia % 64.0% 61.9% 59.2% 57.6% 57.5%
Kenya % 65.8% 62.8% 62.1% 62.7% 62.5%
Laos % 57.0% 58.1% 58.6% 60.1% 61.4%
Madagascar % 82.9% 82.9% 82.0% 82.6% 82.6%
Malawi % 63.5% 63.6% 63.1% 63.4% 63.5%
Mozambique % 78.2% 78.2% 77.5% 77.6% 78.2%
Nepal % 27.6% 27.6% 27.2% 27.3% 27.5%
North Korea % 77.7% 77.7% 76.4% 76.6% 77.7%
Rwanda % 54.2% 51.9% 56.7% 52.6% 54.7%
South Sudan % 71.4% 71.7% 71.0% 71.4% 71.4% ...
Tanzania % 80.2% 80.2% 76.1% 80.3% 80.2%
Zimbabwe % 60.7% 60.7% 59.5% 60.1% 59.8%