Australia - Female Labor Participation 2010
58.68%
−0.12pp from 2009
Australia's female labor participation was 58.68% in 2010, decreased +0.12pp from 58.79% in 2009. This was the 54th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 83.91% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Tanzania | 83.90% | -1.0% |
| 3rd | Mozambique | 82.67% | -1.0% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 82.53% | -0.2% |
| 5th | Cambodia | 81.28% | 5.0% |
| 6th | Burundi | 79.27% | 0.6% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.66% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 76.36% | -0.1% |
| 9th | Angola | 75.62% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 74.82% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 73.78% | -0.1% |
| 12th | Peru | 72.01% | 2.1% |
| 13th | South Sudan | 71.90% | 0.3% |
| 14th | Liberia | 71.77% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | 71.73% | -0.2% |
| 16th | Kenya | 71.06% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Uganda | 70.70% | -0.1% |
| 18th | Iceland | 70.49% | 0.4% |
| 19th | Malawi | 70.49% | -2.3% |
| 20th | Cameroon | 70.48% | -3.7% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 69.52% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Benin | 69.10% | 0.7% |
| 23rd | Niger | 68.55% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Ghana | 67.54% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Congo, Republic of | 67.09% | 0.1% |
| 26th | Kazakhstan | 66.33% | -0.2% |
| 27th | Central African Republic | 65.91% | 0.1% |
| 28th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 65.10% | -1.9% |
| 29th | Macao SAR, China | 64.44% | -0.5% |
| 30th | Barbados | 64.42% | -0.2% |
| 31st | Norway | 63.77% | -0.8% |
| 32nd | Thailand | 63.69% | -1.5% |
| 33rd | China | 63.67% | -0.7% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 63.32% | -3.5% |
| 35th | Moldova | 62.70% | 4.6% |
| 36th | Timor-Leste | 61.93% | -0.7% |
| 37th | Canada | 61.87% | 0.0% |
| 38th | New Zealand | 61.39% | -0.2% |
| 39th | St. Lucia | 60.85% | 1.4% |
| 40th | Haiti | 60.60% | 0.7% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 60.59% | -0.2% |
| 42nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.41% | 1.7% |
| 43rd | Georgia | 60.38% | -0.9% |
| 44th | Mali | 60.35% | -0.1% |
| 45th | Netherlands | 60.28% | 0.2% |
| 46th | Sierra Leone | 60.26% | -1.6% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 60.02% | -2.6% |
| 48th | Azerbaijan | 59.79% | 2.9% |
| 49th | Lesotho | 59.54% | -1.2% |
| 50th | New Caledonia | 59.17% | 0.4% |
| 51st | Sweden | 58.98% | -0.7% |
| 52nd | Denmark | 58.97% | -1.3% |
| 53rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 58.75% | -2.9% |
| 54th | Australia | 58.68% | -0.2% |
| 55th | Vanuatu | 57.94% | -7.0% |
| 56th | Cyprus | 57.84% | 2.0% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 57.67% | -0.2% |
| 58th | United States | 57.52% | -0.9% |
| 59th | Israel | 57.47% | 0.6% |
| 60th | Belarus | 57.41% | 0.8% |
| 61st | Singapore | 57.13% | 2.7% |
| 62nd | Lao PDR | 56.89% | -0.3% |
| 63rd | Brunei Darussalam | 56.83% | 0.4% |
| 64th | Guam | 56.44% | 5.8% |
| 65th | Russian Federation | 56.02% | -0.6% |
| 66th | Finland | 55.87% | -1.7% |
| 67th | Guinea-Bissau | 55.85% | 0.1% |
| 68th | Portugal | 55.84% | 0.4% |
| 69th | Togo | 55.60% | 0.0% |
| 70th | United Kingdom | 55.53% | -0.1% |
| 71st | Ireland | 55.25% | -1.5% |
| 72nd | Estonia | 55.07% | 0.6% |
| 73rd | Brazil | 55.05% | -2.7% |
| 74th | Uruguay | 54.91% | -0.5% |
| 75th | Colombia | 54.42% | 0.9% |
| 76th | Armenia | 54.40% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Rwanda | 54.14% | 0.1% |
| 78th | Chad | 53.77% | -1.2% |
| 79th | Latvia | 53.73% | -1.2% |
| 80th | Austria | 53.65% | 0.2% |
| 81st | Botswana | 53.34% | -4.7% |
| 82nd | Guinea | 53.29% | -2.2% |
| 83rd | Mongolia | 53.20% | -0.6% |
| 84th | Slovenia | 53.14% | -0.7% |
| 85th | Paraguay | 53.04% | -3.8% |
| 86th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 52.81% | 0.1% |
| 87th | Channel Islands | 52.78% | 1.8% |
| 88th | Germany | 52.53% | -0.2% |
| 89th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.49% | 0.3% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 52.35% | -2.6% |
| 91st | Lithuania | 52.31% | 0.6% |
| 92nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.20% | -1.5% |
| 93rd | Namibia | 52.13% | 0.9% |
| 94th | Ukraine | 51.82% | -0.6% |
| 95th | Spain | 51.71% | 1.4% |
| 96th | Myanmar | 51.68% | -0.5% |
| 97th | Zambia | 51.45% | 0.1% |
| 98th | Kyrgyz Republic | 51.45% | 0.7% |
| 99th | Cabo Verde | 51.33% | 6.0% |
| 100th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 51.26% | -2.5% |
| 101st | France | 51.08% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Indonesia | 50.97% | 1.3% |
| 103rd | Qatar | 50.78% | 3.5% |
| 104th | Slovak Republic | 50.55% | 1.0% |
| 105th | Korea | 49.77% | 0.4% |
| 106th | European Union | 49.33% | 0.6% |
| 107th | Czechia | 49.23% | -0.4% |
| 108th | Poland | 48.88% | 2.2% |
| 109th | Luxembourg | 48.85% | -0.4% |
| 110th | Panama | 48.36% | 2.9% |
| 111th | French Polynesia | 48.36% | 0.8% |
| 112th | Japan | 48.34% | -0.2% |
| 113th | Philippines | 48.12% | 0.5% |
| 114th | Ecuador | 48.01% | -3.3% |
| 115th | Bulgaria | 47.82% | -0.5% |
| 116th | Belgium | 47.77% | 1.7% |
| 117th | Argentina | 47.69% | -2.3% |
| 118th | Papua New Guinea | 47.67% | -0.5% |
| 119th | Kuwait | 47.29% | 1.3% |
| 120th | Chile | 46.86% | 5.0% |
| 121st | Albania | 46.84% | 1.9% |
| 122nd | Hungary | 46.64% | 1.7% |
| 123rd | Eswatini | 46.14% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Croatia | 46.03% | -1.2% |
| 125th | El Salvador | 45.97% | -0.1% |
| 126th | Gambia, The | 45.55% | 0.4% |
| 127th | Belize | 45.00% | 1.2% |
| 128th | Malaysia | 44.79% | 1.1% |
| 129th | South Africa | 44.76% | -3.5% |
| 130th | Nicaragua | 44.45% | 2.0% |
| 131st | Costa Rica | 44.11% | -1.6% |
| 132nd | Fiji | 43.91% | 4.3% |
| 133rd | Tonga | 43.63% | -0.2% |
| 134th | Bahrain | 43.59% | 3.1% |
| 135th | Mauritius | 43.47% | 3.7% |
| 136th | Greece | 43.23% | 1.5% |
| 137th | Mexico | 42.95% | -0.3% |
| 138th | United Arab Emirates | 42.86% | 2.6% |
| 139th | Honduras | 42.66% | 4.2% |
| 140th | Turkmenistan | 42.45% | -1.6% |
| 141st | Cuba | 41.93% | -1.3% |
| 142nd | Romania | 41.87% | 7.6% |
| 143rd | Serbia | 41.80% | -3.1% |
| 144th | Dominican Republic | 41.67% | 7.0% |
| 145th | Guatemala | 41.60% | -0.1% |
| 146th | Montenegro | 41.59% | -0.1% |
| 147th | Samoa | 41.50% | -0.3% |
| 148th | North Macedonia | 40.71% | -3.5% |
| 149th | Suriname | 40.59% | 1.9% |
| 150th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.21% | -0.3% |
| 151st | Gabon | 40.03% | 0.7% |
| 152nd | Guyana | 39.27% | 1.5% |
| 153rd | Uzbekistan | 38.96% | 0.2% |
| 154th | Italy | 37.88% | -0.2% |
| 155th | Maldives | 36.62% | 0.9% |
| 156th | Bangladesh | 35.72% | 4.9% |
| 157th | Malta | 34.35% | 2.3% |
| 158th | Libya | 34.08% | 1.0% |
| 159th | Sri Lanka | 33.97% | -0.7% |
| 160th | Puerto Rico (US) | 33.86% | -2.9% |
| 161st | Senegal | 33.63% | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 32.67% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | India | 28.43% | -4.1% |
| 164th | Tajikistan | 28.41% | -3.1% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 27.51% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Türkiye | 27.45% | 6.1% |
| 167th | Sudan | 27.40% | 3.4% |
| 168th | Oman | 26.53% | 1.7% |
| 169th | Morocco | 25.55% | -1.4% |
| 170th | Tunisia | 24.79% | 0.1% |
| 171st | Nepal | 24.65% | 2.3% |
| 172nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 23.19% | 1.2% |
| 173rd | Lebanon | 22.82% | 2.8% |
| 174th | São Tomé and Principe | 22.73% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Pakistan | 22.04% | 5.0% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.61% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Saudi Arabia | 17.63% | 7.4% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 17.13% | 0.7% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | 15.57% | 2.1% |
| 180th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.14% | -3.5% |
| 181st | Jordan | 14.46% | -0.9% |
| 182nd | Algeria | 14.42% | 1.3% |
| 183rd | West Bank and Gaza | 14.03% | -3.8% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 12.98% | -1.7% |
| 185th | Iraq | 12.05% | -0.7% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 9.98% | -7.1% |
FAQ
What was Australia's female labor participation in 2010?▾
Australia's female labor participation in 2010 was 58.68%. This ranked 54th globally.
How did Australia's female labor participation change in 2010?▾
Australia's female labor participation decreased by 0.2% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2010?▾
Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2010 at 83.91%.
What is the female labor participation of Australia in 2010?▾
The female labor participation of Australia in 2010 was 58.68%. This ranked 54th globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Australia's female labor participation?▾
Australia's female labor participation went from 58.79% in 2009 to 58.68% in 2010, a 0.2% decrease.
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