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Afghanistan - Female Labor Participation 2012

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

16.21% +0.31pp from 2011 Global rank: 179th

Afghanistan's female labor participation was 16.21% in 2012, increased +0.31pp from 15.89% in 2011. This was the 179th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2012
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	83.70%	-0.1%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.49%	0.1%
3rd	Tanzania	82.07%	-1.1%
4th	Mozambique	80.94%	-1.1%
5th	Burundi	79.95%	0.4%
6th	Cambodia	78.36%	-4.3%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.61%	0.0%
8th	Nigeria	75.92%	0.0%
9th	Angola	74.63%	-0.3%
10th	Burkina Faso	74.31%	-0.3%
11th	Eritrea	73.63%	-0.1%
12th	South Sudan	72.18%	0.1%
13th	Viet Nam	71.98%	0.4%
14th	Liberia	71.93%	0.1%
15th	Kenya	71.18%	0.1%
16th	Peru	70.91%	-0.4%
17th	Iceland	70.62%	0.8%
18th	Benin	70.20%	0.9%
19th	Bahamas, The	69.76%	0.2%
20th	Cameroon	68.76%	-1.2%
21st	Ghana	67.27%	-0.2%
22nd	Malawi	67.19%	-2.3%
23rd	Congo, Republic of	66.89%	-0.2%
24th	Niger	66.42%	-3.1%
25th	Kazakhstan	66.04%	-0.3%
26th	Central African Republic	65.69%	-0.2%
27th	Uganda	65.51%	-15.9%
28th	Macao SAR, China	65.32%	-0.7%
29th	Moldova	65.28%	1.4%
30th	Thailand	65.07%	-1.1%
31st	St. Lucia	64.48%	4.5%
32nd	Norway	63.54%	-0.3%
33rd	China	63.33%	-0.5%
34th	Bhutan	63.07%	1.2%
35th	Barbados	62.88%	-2.2%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	62.46%	-2.1%
37th	Côte d'Ivoire	62.43%	1.6%
38th	New Zealand	62.02%	0.2%
39th	Canada	61.73%	0.1%
40th	Timor-Leste	61.58%	-0.2%
41st	Netherlands	61.08%	0.9%
42nd	Haiti	61.03%	0.0%
43rd	Switzerland	60.90%	0.5%
44th	Zimbabwe	60.42%	-0.1%
45th	Mali	60.22%	-0.1%
46th	Paraguay	59.86%	9.9%
47th	Sweden	59.72%	0.3%
48th	Israel	59.33%	3.9%
49th	Georgia	59.31%	-0.8%
50th	Azerbaijan	59.24%	-0.3%
51st	New Caledonia	59.16%	-0.1%
52nd	Australia	58.83%	-0.2%
53rd	Singapore	58.54%	1.3%
54th	Sierra Leone	58.29%	-1.7%
55th	Denmark	58.28%	-0.7%
56th	Belarus	58.16%	0.6%
57th	Lesotho	58.04%	-1.3%
58th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	57.42%	-0.2%
59th	Virgin Islands (US)	57.31%	-2.9%
60th	Brunei Darussalam	57.22%	0.3%
61st	Cyprus	57.20%	-0.5%
62nd	Vanuatu	57.06%	-0.8%
63rd	United States	56.78%	-0.4%
64th	Lao PDR	56.58%	-0.3%
65th	Uruguay	56.49%	-0.6%
66th	Russian Federation	56.27%	-0.1%
67th	Guam	56.18%	0.1%
68th	Colombia	56.01%	1.9%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	55.94%	0.1%
70th	United Kingdom	55.93%	0.5%
71st	Finland	55.87%	0.2%
72nd	Togo	55.58%	0.0%
73rd	Estonia	55.38%	-0.4%
74th	Botswana	54.89%	1.3%
75th	Ireland	54.72%	-0.4%
76th	Portugal	54.67%	0.1%
77th	Austria	54.45%	0.9%
78th	Rwanda	54.28%	0.1%
79th	Latvia	54.09%	2.2%
80th	Armenia	53.93%	-0.5%
81st	Mongolia	53.79%	-0.2%
82nd	Germany	53.68%	-0.1%
83rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	53.52%	0.7%
84th	Lithuania	53.20%	1.0%
85th	Namibia	53.10%	0.9%
86th	Jamaica	53.02%	0.7%
87th	Equatorial Guinea	52.93%	0.4%
88th	Qatar	52.91%	0.9%
89th	Spain	52.90%	1.2%
90th	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.89%	1.1%
91st	Trinidad and Tobago	52.89%	3.5%
92nd	Brazil	52.87%	-1.2%
93rd	Chad	52.46%	-1.2%
94th	Slovenia	52.32%	-0.1%
95th	Channel Islands	51.90%	0.4%
96th	Zambia	51.55%	0.1%
97th	Cabo Verde	51.54%	0.2%
98th	Indonesia	51.49%	1.0%
99th	Costa Rica	51.44%	10.7%
100th	Myanmar	51.35%	-0.4%
101st	Ukraine	51.23%	-0.6%
102nd	France	51.20%	0.4%
103rd	Luxembourg	51.17%	3.4%
104th	Guinea	50.86%	-2.3%
105th	Slovak Republic	50.65%	1.0%
106th	Korea	50.29%	0.6%
107th	Czechia	50.04%	1.2%
108th	Kyrgyz Republic	50.03%	-4.0%
109th	European Union	49.97%	0.8%
110th	Poland	49.35%	0.8%
111th	Chile	49.18%	0.5%
112th	French Polynesia	49.13%	0.8%
113th	Albania	48.94%	-6.9%
114th	Kuwait	48.89%	1.5%
115th	Panama	48.67%	5.4%
116th	Philippines	48.46%	-1.0%
117th	Papua New Guinea	48.33%	0.5%
118th	Ecuador	48.08%	2.2%
119th	Argentina	48.06%	0.2%
120th	Japan	48.03%	-0.1%
121st	Bulgaria	47.96%	1.6%
122nd	Hungary	47.46%	1.3%
123rd	Belgium	47.16%	0.1%
124th	Malaysia	47.03%	3.8%
125th	El Salvador	46.45%	2.0%
126th	Eswatini	46.41%	0.3%
127th	Nicaragua	46.19%	1.9%
128th	Belize	46.00%	1.1%
129th	South Africa	45.33%	0.4%
130th	Dominican Republic	45.21%	3.5%
131st	United Arab Emirates	44.99%	2.4%
132nd	Guatemala	44.99%	12.2%
133rd	Gambia, The	44.78%	0.3%
134th	Mexico	44.48%	2.5%
135th	Croatia	44.47%	0.0%
136th	Fiji	44.33%	-3.1%
137th	Tonga	43.43%	-0.2%
138th	Greece	43.38%	0.7%
139th	Mauritius	43.03%	1.0%
140th	Cuba	42.92%	1.2%
141st	Bahrain	42.81%	0.5%
142nd	Montenegro	42.80%	2.9%
143rd	North Macedonia	42.41%	-1.0%
144th	Suriname	42.10%	1.8%
145th	Serbia	42.01%	0.8%
146th	Romania	41.76%	-0.2%
147th	Samoa	41.44%	0.1%
148th	Turkmenistan	40.69%	-1.6%
149th	Gabon	40.62%	0.7%
150th	Guyana	40.44%	1.5%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.56%	-0.5%
152nd	Italy	39.37%	3.4%
153rd	Uzbekistan	39.10%	0.6%
154th	Malta	38.68%	8.8%
155th	Honduras	38.29%	-3.5%
156th	Maldives	37.36%	1.0%
157th	Bangladesh	34.32%	-2.0%
158th	Libya	33.94%	-0.4%
159th	Senegal	33.80%	0.3%
160th	Puerto Rico (US)	32.76%	-0.8%
161st	Comoros	32.69%	0.0%
162nd	Sri Lanka	32.65%	-3.8%
163rd	Türkiye	29.36%	2.5%
164th	Oman	27.61%	2.1%
165th	Mauritania	27.35%	-0.3%
166th	Sudan	27.02%	-4.6%
167th	India	26.76%	-3.0%
168th	Tajikistan	26.61%	-3.3%
169th	Nepal	25.73%	2.0%
170th	Tunisia	25.58%	3.3%
171st	Morocco	24.36%	-3.0%
172nd	Lebanon	24.09%	2.7%
173rd	São Tomé and Principe	22.75%	0.0%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.51%	-0.1%
175th	Pakistan	22.51%	1.3%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.86%	0.6%
177th	Saudi Arabia	19.76%	4.2%
178th	Djibouti	17.36%	0.7%
179th	Afghanistan	16.21%	2.0%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	16.17%	3.5%
181st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.89%	9.5%
182nd	Algeria	14.82%	1.4%
183rd	Jordan	13.86%	-3.9%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.50%	-9.6%
185th	Iraq	11.88%	-0.7%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	7.73%	-12.0%

FAQ

What was Afghanistan's female labor participation in 2012?▾

Afghanistan's female labor participation in 2012 was 16.21%. This ranked 179th globally.

How did Afghanistan's female labor participation change in 2012?▾

Afghanistan's female labor participation increased by 2.0% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2012?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2012 at 83.70%.

What is the female labor participation of Afghanistan in 2012?▾

The female labor participation of Afghanistan in 2012 was 16.21%. This ranked 179th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Afghanistan's female labor participation?▾

Afghanistan's female labor participation went from 15.89% in 2011 to 16.21% in 2012, a 2.0% increase.

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