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Bangladesh - Female Labor Participation 2023

Name: Bangladesh Female Labor Participation 2023
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

41.87% −1.81pp from 2022 Global rank: 146th

Bangladesh's female labor participation was 41.87% in 2023, decreased +1.81pp from 43.69% in 2022. This was the 146th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	82.87%	0.0%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.33%	0.0%
3rd	Nigeria	80.69%	4.9%
4th	Tanzania	80.33%	0.1%
5th	Burundi	79.98%	-0.3%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.72%	0.0%
7th	Mozambique	77.27%	0.1%
8th	Cambodia	77.22%	0.1%
9th	Uganda	75.45%	0.1%
10th	Benin	74.80%	0.2%
11th	Eritrea	72.86%	0.0%
12th	Niger	72.50%	-0.1%
13th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	72.46%	1.0%
14th	Angola	72.32%	-2.3%
15th	Liberia	71.97%	0.1%
16th	Bahamas, The	71.01%	0.2%
17th	South Sudan	70.39%	-0.3%
18th	Iceland	70.37%	-0.3%
19th	Moldova	70.06%	-2.1%
20th	Viet Nam	69.22%	-0.9%
21st	New Zealand	66.92%	0.8%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	65.64%	-0.1%
23rd	Central African Republic	65.61%	0.1%
24th	Peru	65.08%	-2.5%
25th	Kazakhstan	65.03%	0.4%
26th	Burkina Faso	64.72%	-1.0%
27th	Botswana	63.43%	5.8%
28th	Qatar	63.31%	-0.4%
29th	Singapore	63.30%	0.6%
30th	Netherlands	63.08%	0.8%
31st	Jamaica	63.05%	3.7%
32nd	Kenya	62.95%	0.2%
33rd	Macao SAR, China	62.63%	4.3%
34th	Australia	62.58%	0.1%
35th	Cyprus	62.50%	2.1%
36th	Switzerland	62.38%	0.7%
37th	Norway	62.37%	0.0%
38th	Zimbabwe	62.18%	4.0%
39th	St. Lucia	62.14%	-0.9%
40th	Azerbaijan	61.75%	-0.7%
41st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.72%	0.5%
42nd	Sweden	61.69%	1.0%
43rd	Lao PDR	61.41%	0.1%
44th	Israel	61.34%	0.4%
45th	Barbados	61.15%	0.1%
46th	Canada	61.13%	0.1%
47th	Estonia	61.05%	1.5%
48th	Timor-Leste	60.77%	-0.6%
49th	Thailand	60.31%	1.2%
50th	China	60.22%	0.2%
51st	Ireland	60.16%	1.8%
52nd	Guinea-Bissau	60.08%	0.2%
53rd	Denmark	59.81%	0.4%
54th	Haiti	59.35%	-1.0%
55th	Côte d'Ivoire	59.26%	0.3%
56th	Paraguay	58.99%	0.0%
57th	Malawi	58.64%	-0.2%
58th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	58.57%	1.7%
59th	Rwanda	58.04%	6.1%
60th	Albania	57.96%	2.8%
61st	Lithuania	57.91%	-0.2%
62nd	Finland	57.49%	0.4%
63rd	Belarus	57.42%	-0.8%
64th	United Kingdom	57.38%	-0.6%
65th	Luxembourg	57.20%	0.3%
66th	Cameroon	57.10%	0.0%
67th	Bhutan	56.62%	7.8%
68th	United States	56.60%	1.0%
69th	Uruguay	56.52%	1.5%
70th	Togo	56.49%	0.4%
71st	Guam	56.39%	0.2%
72nd	Zambia	56.36%	4.4%
73rd	Georgia	56.25%	0.9%
74th	Korea	56.04%	1.8%
75th	Germany	55.82%	0.5%
76th	Austria	55.81%	0.2%
77th	Slovak Republic	55.70%	0.0%
78th	Ghana	55.53%	0.0%
79th	Malta	55.53%	0.4%
80th	Latvia	55.44%	0.2%
81st	Russian Federation	55.36%	0.1%
82nd	Japan	54.85%	1.2%
83rd	Namibia	54.83%	0.2%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	54.83%	2.1%
85th	Portugal	54.72%	1.7%
86th	Hungary	54.00%	1.8%
87th	Vanuatu	53.60%	-0.1%
88th	Indonesia	53.49%	1.8%
89th	Equatorial Guinea	53.27%	-0.5%
90th	Czechia	53.24%	2.0%
91st	Brazil	53.21%	-1.2%
92nd	Mali	53.06%	0.1%
93rd	Virgin Islands (US)	53.00%	0.2%
94th	Slovenia	52.99%	-1.7%
95th	Argentina	52.96%	2.1%
96th	Spain	52.77%	0.9%
97th	Panama	52.69%	1.1%
98th	Ecuador	52.52%	-3.2%
99th	Dominican Republic	52.48%	4.0%
100th	Mongolia	52.47%	-4.0%
101st	United Arab Emirates	52.35%	-1.3%
102nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.27%	-1.0%
103rd	New Caledonia	52.22%	-0.7%
104th	Poland	52.21%	1.2%
105th	France	52.11%	0.5%
106th	European Union	51.97%	0.8%
107th	Chile	51.96%	3.9%
108th	Colombia	51.83%	1.8%
109th	Montenegro	51.78%	6.8%
110th	Sierra Leone	51.77%	0.3%
111th	Malaysia	51.59%	0.0%
112th	Armenia	51.52%	2.5%
113th	Serbia	51.41%	2.5%
114th	Bulgaria	51.03%	0.4%
115th	Nicaragua	50.73%	1.2%
116th	Papua New Guinea	50.64%	0.0%
117th	Philippines	50.45%	0.1%
118th	Cabo Verde	50.22%	0.6%
119th	Trinidad and Tobago	50.03%	0.0%
120th	Channel Islands	50.00%	-1.7%
121st	Belgium	49.83%	-0.4%
122nd	South Africa	49.05%	4.1%
123rd	El Salvador	48.52%	5.4%
124th	Lesotho	48.43%	0.0%
125th	Eswatini	48.24%	2.1%
126th	Kuwait	48.18%	-2.9%
127th	Chad	47.82%	-0.2%
128th	Mauritius	47.64%	12.0%
129th	French Polynesia	47.40%	-0.9%
130th	Mexico	47.32%	2.9%
131st	Croatia	47.14%	0.3%
132nd	Comoros	47.06%	0.1%
133rd	Guyana	46.48%	3.0%
134th	Gambia, The	45.24%	0.2%
135th	Greece	44.65%	0.5%
136th	Suriname	44.35%	0.9%
137th	Costa Rica	44.09%	-12.3%
138th	Belize	44.08%	1.2%
139th	Kyrgyz Republic	43.50%	-3.9%
140th	Guinea	42.74%	0.5%
141st	Tonga	42.62%	0.0%
142nd	Bahrain	42.38%	0.4%
143rd	Romania	42.17%	-2.4%
144th	North Macedonia	42.16%	-0.1%
145th	Gabon	41.88%	-0.1%
146th	Bangladesh	41.87%	-4.1%
147th	Italy	41.31%	2.0%
148th	Uzbekistan	41.24%	0.3%
149th	Cuba	41.16%	-1.8%
150th	Myanmar	41.05%	0.0%
151st	Maldives	40.31%	0.3%
152nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.53%	2.6%
153rd	Honduras	39.36%	-9.7%
154th	Fiji	38.42%	0.6%
155th	Turkmenistan	38.23%	-0.4%
156th	Guatemala	38.14%	-5.8%
157th	Senegal	37.77%	0.2%
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	36.29%	1.0%
159th	Türkiye	35.76%	2.1%
160th	Saudi Arabia	34.28%	0.5%
161st	Libya	33.47%	-0.5%
162nd	Samoa	31.16%	0.0%
163rd	India	30.98%	5.6%
164th	Oman	30.32%	-1.5%
165th	Sri Lanka	29.60%	-6.3%
166th	Nepal	27.30%	0.2%
167th	Tunisia	26.78%	-2.7%
168th	Mauritania	26.20%	0.6%
169th	Pakistan	24.00%	-0.1%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	22.87%	-0.6%
171st	Lebanon	22.23%	-0.5%
172nd	Tajikistan	21.67%	1.3%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.71%	0.2%
174th	Morocco	19.67%	0.4%
175th	Djibouti	18.94%	1.4%
176th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	18.48%	21.3%
177th	Jordan	15.93%	14.4%
178th	Algeria	14.34%	0.0%
179th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.13%	4.9%
180th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.88%	-1.1%
181st	Iraq	10.91%	-2.4%
182nd	Afghanistan	5.15%	-0.3%
183rd	Yemen, Republic of	4.75%	-1.0%

FAQ

What was Bangladesh's female labor participation in 2023?▾

Bangladesh's female labor participation in 2023 was 41.87%. This ranked 146th globally.

How did Bangladesh's female labor participation change in 2023?▾

Bangladesh's female labor participation decreased by 4.1% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2023?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2023 at 82.87%.

What is the female labor participation of Bangladesh in 2023?▾

The female labor participation of Bangladesh in 2023 was 41.87%. This ranked 146th globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Bangladesh's female labor participation?▾

Bangladesh's female labor participation went from 43.69% in 2022 to 41.87% in 2023, a 4.1% decrease.

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