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Brazil - Female Labor Participation 2010

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

55.05% −1.52pp from 2009 Global rank: 73rd

Brazil's female labor participation was 55.05% in 2010, decreased +1.52pp from 56.57% in 2009. This was the 73rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2010▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 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 Brazil's female labor participation in 2010?▾

Brazil's female labor participation in 2010 was 55.05%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How did Brazil's female labor participation change in 2010?▾

Brazil's female labor participation decreased by 2.7% 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 Brazil in 2010?▾

The female labor participation of Brazil in 2010 was 55.05%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Brazil's female labor participation?▾

Brazil's female labor participation went from 56.57% in 2009 to 55.05% in 2010, a 2.7% decrease.

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