Benin - Female Labor Participation 2017
73.18%
+0.58pp from 2016
Benin's female labor participation was 73.18% in 2017, increased +0.58pp from 72.60% in 2016. This was the 10th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 83.04% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Solomon Islands | 82.40% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Burundi | 81.09% | 0.1% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 80.20% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 77.94% | -0.1% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.62% | 0.2% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 76.42% | 0.7% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 76.16% | 0.4% |
| 9th | Angola | 73.46% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Benin | 73.18% | 0.8% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 73.16% | -0.2% |
| 12th | Burkina Faso | 73.00% | -0.4% |
| 13th | Iceland | 72.59% | -0.6% |
| 14th | Viet Nam | 72.58% | 0.1% |
| 15th | Liberia | 71.98% | 0.0% |
| 16th | South Sudan | 71.24% | -0.5% |
| 17th | Bahamas, The | 70.76% | 0.4% |
| 18th | Peru | 69.39% | 2.5% |
| 19th | Uganda | 69.22% | -3.3% |
| 20th | Kenya | 68.69% | -3.8% |
| 21st | Moldova | 67.43% | -2.2% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 66.46% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Central African Republic | 65.31% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Kazakhstan | 65.02% | -0.3% |
| 25th | New Zealand | 64.93% | 1.4% |
| 26th | Macao SAR, China | 64.91% | -1.1% |
| 27th | St. Lucia | 63.70% | 0.2% |
| 28th | Ghana | 62.97% | -1.6% |
| 29th | Cameroon | 62.82% | -2.2% |
| 30th | Switzerland | 62.71% | -0.4% |
| 31st | Norway | 62.64% | -0.5% |
| 32nd | Barbados | 62.52% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Azerbaijan | 62.21% | 0.3% |
| 34th | Haiti | 62.02% | 0.3% |
| 35th | China | 61.96% | -0.6% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.49% | -0.3% |
| 37th | Timor-Leste | 61.48% | 0.4% |
| 38th | Canada | 61.07% | 0.3% |
| 39th | Sweden | 61.04% | 0.6% |
| 40th | Niger | 60.96% | -0.6% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 60.89% | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Singapore | 60.81% | -0.8% |
| 43rd | Zimbabwe | 60.52% | 0.1% |
| 44th | Israel | 60.28% | -0.2% |
| 45th | Australia | 59.88% | 0.8% |
| 46th | Thailand | 59.35% | -1.4% |
| 47th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 59.11% | 3.9% |
| 48th | Cyprus | 58.92% | 1.1% |
| 49th | Malawi | 58.77% | -2.9% |
| 50th | Jamaica | 58.60% | 1.6% |
| 51st | Belarus | 58.59% | -0.3% |
| 52nd | Georgia | 58.38% | -0.3% |
| 53rd | Mali | 57.88% | -2.8% |
| 54th | Paraguay | 57.84% | 2.4% |
| 55th | Denmark | 57.74% | 0.1% |
| 56th | Qatar | 57.57% | 1.4% |
| 57th | Côte d'Ivoire | 57.51% | -1.1% |
| 58th | Brunei Darussalam | 57.46% | 0.1% |
| 59th | United Kingdom | 57.27% | 0.3% |
| 60th | Botswana | 57.10% | 0.7% |
| 61st | Estonia | 57.01% | 1.3% |
| 62nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 56.53% | 1.7% |
| 63rd | Guam | 56.40% | 0.1% |
| 64th | United States | 56.40% | 0.5% |
| 65th | Guinea-Bissau | 56.29% | 0.2% |
| 66th | Ecuador | 56.17% | 1.4% |
| 67th | Uruguay | 56.06% | -0.5% |
| 68th | Lao PDR | 56.02% | -0.2% |
| 69th | Lithuania | 55.82% | 0.4% |
| 70th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.75% | 0.8% |
| 71st | Togo | 55.74% | 0.1% |
| 72nd | Ireland | 55.59% | 0.1% |
| 73rd | New Caledonia | 55.49% | -2.0% |
| 74th | Namibia | 55.44% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Austria | 55.35% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Russian Federation | 55.34% | -0.6% |
| 77th | Germany | 55.14% | 0.6% |
| 78th | Latvia | 55.06% | 0.4% |
| 79th | Finland | 55.03% | 0.1% |
| 80th | Vanuatu | 54.84% | -0.8% |
| 81st | Bhutan | 54.82% | -0.1% |
| 82nd | Rwanda | 54.72% | 0.2% |
| 83rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 54.65% | 0.7% |
| 84th | Brazil | 54.35% | 1.6% |
| 85th | Colombia | 54.34% | -0.7% |
| 86th | Portugal | 54.03% | 1.0% |
| 87th | Luxembourg | 54.01% | 0.7% |
| 88th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.85% | 0.2% |
| 89th | Armenia | 53.77% | -0.2% |
| 90th | Slovenia | 53.54% | 2.7% |
| 91st | Korea | 53.07% | 1.0% |
| 92nd | Mongolia | 52.69% | 1.1% |
| 93rd | Sierra Leone | 52.64% | -2.3% |
| 94th | Slovak Republic | 52.63% | 0.2% |
| 95th | Spain | 52.28% | -0.4% |
| 96th | Panama | 52.25% | 0.2% |
| 97th | Czechia | 52.11% | 0.7% |
| 98th | Cabo Verde | 52.04% | 0.2% |
| 99th | Zambia | 52.01% | 0.2% |
| 100th | Indonesia | 51.94% | 2.0% |
| 101st | Lesotho | 51.75% | -2.6% |
| 102nd | Chile | 51.74% | 1.9% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.62% | -0.6% |
| 104th | Channel Islands | 51.41% | -0.2% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 51.29% | 0.6% |
| 106th | Hungary | 51.06% | 0.4% |
| 107th | Japan | 51.03% | 1.6% |
| 108th | United Arab Emirates | 50.93% | 3.4% |
| 109th | European Union | 50.71% | 0.5% |
| 110th | France | 50.63% | -0.4% |
| 111th | Kuwait | 49.87% | 0.7% |
| 112th | Ukraine | 49.79% | -0.6% |
| 113th | Poland | 49.76% | 0.2% |
| 114th | Albania | 49.74% | -0.3% |
| 115th | Bulgaria | 49.60% | 4.6% |
| 116th | French Polynesia | 49.33% | 0.5% |
| 117th | Papua New Guinea | 49.30% | 0.6% |
| 118th | Chad | 49.16% | -1.3% |
| 119th | Nicaragua | 49.12% | 0.8% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | 49.01% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Belize | 48.68% | -0.9% |
| 122nd | South Africa | 48.63% | 1.9% |
| 123rd | Belgium | 47.97% | 0.3% |
| 124th | Argentina | 47.67% | 0.2% |
| 125th | Myanmar | 47.66% | -3.2% |
| 126th | Eswatini | 47.02% | 0.1% |
| 127th | Malta | 46.16% | 3.4% |
| 128th | Serbia | 46.07% | 1.8% |
| 129th | Costa Rica | 45.91% | -0.2% |
| 130th | Honduras | 45.76% | -0.3% |
| 131st | Mauritius | 45.72% | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Suriname | 45.33% | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Montenegro | 45.30% | -0.9% |
| 134th | Croatia | 45.24% | 0.2% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 45.15% | -1.4% |
| 136th | Philippines | 45.05% | -6.5% |
| 137th | Guinea | 44.73% | -2.7% |
| 138th | Cuba | 44.64% | 0.4% |
| 139th | Gambia, The | 44.50% | 0.3% |
| 140th | Greece | 43.83% | -0.6% |
| 141st | Mexico | 43.63% | -0.8% |
| 142nd | Bahrain | 43.58% | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Guyana | 43.54% | 1.5% |
| 144th | Romania | 43.18% | 2.5% |
| 145th | Tonga | 42.77% | -0.4% |
| 146th | Kyrgyz Republic | 42.44% | -8.1% |
| 147th | Gabon | 41.80% | 0.4% |
| 148th | Samoa | 41.38% | 0.0% |
| 149th | North Macedonia | 41.24% | 0.3% |
| 150th | Italy | 40.58% | 1.3% |
| 151st | Maldives | 39.78% | 2.0% |
| 152nd | Uzbekistan | 39.65% | 0.2% |
| 153rd | Turkmenistan | 39.09% | -0.5% |
| 154th | Comoros | 38.97% | 5.8% |
| 155th | Guatemala | 38.66% | -2.2% |
| 156th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.56% | -0.2% |
| 157th | Fiji | 38.50% | 0.0% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | 36.68% | 9.5% |
| 159th | Sri Lanka | 36.09% | 2.4% |
| 160th | Senegal | 35.42% | -8.5% |
| 161st | Libya | 34.08% | -0.1% |
| 162nd | Türkiye | 33.53% | 3.6% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 32.50% | 0.8% |
| 164th | Oman | 30.48% | 0.7% |
| 165th | Lebanon | 27.67% | 2.9% |
| 166th | Nepal | 27.53% | 0.7% |
| 167th | India | 26.58% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Tunisia | 26.48% | -0.6% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 26.22% | -0.9% |
| 170th | São Tomé and Principe | 22.96% | 0.5% |
| 171st | Morocco | 22.45% | -3.5% |
| 172nd | Pakistan | 22.36% | -3.5% |
| 173rd | Tajikistan | 22.25% | -3.4% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 22.18% | -3.8% |
| 175th | Afghanistan | 21.24% | 5.4% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 21.01% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Sudan | 20.90% | -5.4% |
| 178th | Saudi Arabia | 19.86% | -13.2% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 18.15% | 1.0% |
| 180th | West Bank and Gaza | 17.67% | 1.3% |
| 181st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 17.36% | 7.3% |
| 182nd | Jordan | 16.61% | 10.4% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 14.92% | -0.7% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 12.94% | 1.1% |
| 185th | Iraq | 11.33% | -22.6% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.04% | -1.5% |
FAQ
What was Benin's female labor participation in 2017?▾
Benin's female labor participation in 2017 was 73.18%. This ranked 10th globally.
How did Benin's female labor participation change in 2017?▾
Benin's female labor participation increased by 0.8% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2017?▾
Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2017 at 83.04%.
What is the female labor participation of Benin in 2017?▾
The female labor participation of Benin in 2017 was 73.18%. This ranked 10th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Benin's female labor participation?▾
Benin's female labor participation went from 72.60% in 2016 to 73.18% in 2017, a 0.8% increase.
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