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Brazil - Female Labor Participation 2002

Name: Brazil Female Labor Participation 2002
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

54.57% +1.61pp from 2001 Global rank: 67th

Brazil's female labor participation was 54.57% in 2002, increased +1.61pp from 52.96% in 2001. This was the 67th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.69%	0.2%
2nd	Tanzania	84.94%	0.7%
3rd	Madagascar	84.03%	0.1%
4th	Solomon Islands	83.22%	0.3%
5th	Burundi	81.56%	-1.1%
6th	Malawi	78.13%	0.0%
7th	Cameroon	77.95%	0.1%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.78%	0.0%
9th	Nigeria	77.38%	0.0%
10th	Burkina Faso	76.82%	-0.3%
11th	Cambodia	76.32%	-1.0%
12th	Angola	75.55%	0.0%
13th	Vanuatu	74.39%	0.5%
14th	Eritrea	74.06%	0.0%
15th	Liberia	71.81%	0.0%
16th	Iceland	71.74%	-1.1%
17th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.32%	0.0%
18th	Uganda	71.19%	-0.1%
19th	South Sudan	71.09%	-0.1%
20th	Viet Nam	70.83%	-0.9%
21st	Kenya	70.59%	0.1%
22nd	Niger	68.91%	-0.1%
23rd	Azerbaijan	68.82%	-2.1%
24th	Ghana	68.63%	-0.2%
25th	Bahamas, The	68.50%	0.3%
26th	China	67.09%	-0.6%
27th	Congo, Republic of	66.55%	0.0%
28th	Georgia	66.46%	-1.3%
29th	Central African Republic	65.82%	0.0%
30th	Lesotho	65.33%	-1.1%
31st	Benin	65.32%	1.5%
32nd	Thailand	65.11%	-0.2%
33rd	Kazakhstan	64.99%	-0.5%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.67%	0.0%
35th	Timor-Leste	64.12%	0.7%
36th	Barbados	63.93%	0.2%
37th	Guinea	62.71%	-0.1%
38th	Norway	62.26%	0.9%
39th	Zimbabwe	61.04%	0.1%
40th	Bhutan	61.03%	1.5%
41st	Mali	60.55%	0.0%
42nd	Denmark	60.31%	0.7%
43rd	Canada	60.16%	2.0%
44th	Peru	60.05%	2.5%
45th	Netherlands	59.84%	0.5%
46th	Switzerland	59.36%	1.0%
47th	New Caledonia	59.08%	-0.1%
48th	Chad	58.94%	-1.1%
49th	Sweden	58.72%	0.2%
50th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.69%	-0.2%
51st	United States	58.35%	-0.3%
52nd	Lao PDR	58.34%	-0.3%
53rd	New Zealand	58.31%	1.2%
54th	Finland	57.75%	0.8%
55th	Virgin Islands (US)	57.46%	-1.4%
56th	Haiti	57.46%	0.5%
57th	Kyrgyz Republic	57.11%	0.3%
58th	Jamaica	56.93%	-0.7%
59th	Macao SAR, China	56.30%	-0.2%
60th	Brunei Darussalam	55.83%	0.3%
61st	Guinea-Bissau	55.59%	0.1%
62nd	Australia	55.36%	0.4%
63rd	Togo	55.31%	0.1%
64th	Myanmar	55.15%	-1.0%
65th	Moldova	54.83%	0.0%
66th	Belarus	54.58%	0.8%
67th	Brazil	54.57%	3.0%
68th	Guam	54.40%	-6.4%
69th	Russian Federation	54.31%	1.5%
70th	St. Lucia	54.25%	1.6%
71st	United Kingdom	54.15%	1.1%
72nd	Portugal	54.08%	1.1%
73rd	Armenia	54.03%	-0.5%
74th	Mongolia	53.97%	0.1%
75th	Rwanda	53.67%	0.5%
76th	Israel	53.29%	-0.8%
77th	Ireland	53.12%	1.3%
78th	Ukraine	52.81%	-0.1%
79th	Equatorial Guinea	52.56%	-0.1%
80th	Slovak Republic	52.53%	-0.8%
81st	Côte d'Ivoire	52.37%	2.0%
82nd	Colombia	52.36%	-1.9%
83rd	Cyprus	52.34%	0.9%
84th	Lithuania	52.17%	-2.2%
85th	Slovenia	51.93%	1.6%
86th	Paraguay	51.72%	0.2%
87th	Singapore	51.50%	-2.0%
88th	Hong Kong SAR, China	51.45%	2.3%
89th	Zambia	51.20%	0.1%
90th	Latvia	51.07%	2.3%
91st	Estonia	51.03%	-1.8%
92nd	Czechia	50.95%	-0.6%
93rd	Botswana	50.66%	1.1%
94th	Korea	50.37%	0.7%
95th	Channel Islands	50.24%	1.2%
96th	Austria	50.13%	2.6%
97th	Turkmenistan	49.78%	0.6%
98th	Uruguay	49.60%	-3.2%
99th	Germany	49.58%	0.5%
100th	Trinidad and Tobago	49.28%	0.9%
101st	Qatar	49.25%	0.0%
102nd	Albania	49.09%	-1.2%
103rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	48.90%	1.3%
104th	Poland	48.69%	-1.7%
105th	France	48.54%	0.4%
106th	Japan	48.46%	-1.2%
107th	Namibia	48.23%	1.0%
108th	Papua New Guinea	48.22%	0.3%
109th	Ecuador	48.07%	2.3%
110th	Indonesia	48.05%	-3.9%
111th	Argentina	47.94%	-3.7%
112th	French Polynesia	47.60%	-0.3%
113th	Philippines	47.11%	-0.1%
114th	South Africa	47.09%	0.5%
115th	European Union	46.82%	0.8%
116th	Panama	46.41%	1.7%
117th	Guatemala	46.35%	0.4%
118th	Bulgaria	46.20%	-1.0%
119th	Hungary	46.19%	0.7%
120th	Serbia	45.98%	-0.8%
121st	Gambia, The	45.18%	-1.0%
122nd	Kuwait	45.02%	1.1%
123rd	El Salvador	44.94%	-0.5%
124th	Cabo Verde	44.93%	0.9%
125th	Eswatini	44.89%	0.5%
126th	Tajikistan	44.40%	0.0%
127th	Tonga	44.32%	-0.2%
128th	Croatia	44.14%	-0.4%
129th	Luxembourg	42.78%	2.9%
130th	Honduras	42.58%	-1.0%
131st	Belgium	42.51%	1.7%
132nd	Montenegro	42.28%	-0.3%
133rd	Samoa	42.15%	-0.3%
134th	Romania	42.14%	-0.3%
135th	Spain	41.89%	6.2%
136th	Malaysia	41.47%	1.0%
137th	North Macedonia	41.44%	0.7%
138th	Costa Rica	41.14%	-1.0%
139th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.14%	0.0%
140th	Belize	40.83%	1.3%
141st	Dominican Republic	40.04%	4.4%
142nd	Uzbekistan	39.43%	-0.2%
143rd	Greece	39.27%	1.4%
144th	Mexico	38.31%	0.2%
145th	Gabon	38.14%	0.4%
146th	Mauritius	37.84%	4.5%
147th	Nicaragua	37.56%	2.3%
148th	Cuba	37.06%	0.9%
149th	Maldives	37.05%	0.0%
150th	Fiji	37.02%	-1.1%
151st	Chile	36.45%	-0.8%
152nd	Italy	36.33%	1.3%
153rd	Puerto Rico (US)	35.99%	1.8%
154th	Sri Lanka	35.83%	-0.7%
155th	Bahrain	35.49%	1.7%
156th	United Arab Emirates	35.17%	1.9%
157th	Suriname	34.75%	2.0%
158th	India	34.57%	0.3%
159th	Guyana	34.23%	-1.7%
160th	Senegal	33.19%	0.3%
161st	Comoros	32.37%	0.2%
162nd	Libya	31.11%	1.1%
163rd	Malta	30.57%	4.1%
164th	Bangladesh	28.98%	0.4%
165th	Mauritania	28.16%	-0.2%
166th	Türkiye	27.86%	2.9%
167th	Sudan	27.25%	-1.0%
168th	Morocco	24.79%	-2.3%
169th	Oman	24.26%	1.1%
170th	Tunisia	23.65%	0.0%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.65%	0.2%
172nd	Nepal	21.72%	1.1%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.00%	-0.2%
174th	Lebanon	19.96%	0.7%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.62%	-3.1%
176th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	18.19%	-10.6%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	17.65%	-6.6%
178th	Djibouti	16.50%	0.6%
179th	Pakistan	16.22%	0.3%
180th	Saudi Arabia	15.79%	-0.9%
181st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	15.50%	6.3%
182nd	Afghanistan	14.15%	-0.3%
183rd	Algeria	12.32%	1.3%
184th	Jordan	11.89%	5.3%
185th	Iraq	10.42%	3.3%
186th	West Bank and Gaza	10.06%	0.2%

FAQ

What was Brazil's female labor participation in 2002?▾

Brazil's female labor participation in 2002 was 54.57%. This ranked 67th globally.

How did Brazil's female labor participation change in 2002?▾

Brazil's female labor participation increased by 3.0% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2002?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 2002 at 87.69%.

What is the female labor participation of Brazil in 2002?▾

The female labor participation of Brazil in 2002 was 54.57%. This ranked 67th globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Brazil's female labor participation?▾

Brazil's female labor participation went from 52.96% in 2001 to 54.57% in 2002, a 3.0% increase.

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