Cameroon - Female Labor Participation 1997
77.73%
+0.05pp from 1996
Cameroon's female labor participation was 77.73% in 1997, increased +0.05pp from 77.68% in 1996. This was the 10th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mozambique | 87.04% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Burundi | 85.85% | -1.0% |
| 3rd | Tanzania | 84.30% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Madagascar | 83.83% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 81.26% | 0.3% |
| 6th | Cambodia | 78.94% | 0.1% |
| 7th | Malawi | 78.10% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 78.04% | 0.4% |
| 9th | Burkina Faso | 78.04% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Cameroon | 77.73% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Nigeria | 77.62% | 0.1% |
| 12th | Angola | 75.43% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Azerbaijan | 74.90% | -0.5% |
| 14th | Eritrea | 74.27% | -0.1% |
| 15th | Vanuatu | 73.76% | -0.1% |
| 16th | Viet Nam | 72.53% | -1.4% |
| 17th | Liberia | 71.72% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 71.45% | -0.4% |
| 19th | Uganda | 71.20% | 0.1% |
| 20th | South Sudan | 71.03% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Georgia | 70.33% | -2.9% |
| 22nd | Kenya | 70.25% | 0.1% |
| 23rd | China | 69.52% | -0.8% |
| 24th | Ghana | 69.29% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Niger | 69.14% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Thailand | 67.74% | 0.3% |
| 27th | Iceland | 67.63% | -1.6% |
| 28th | Bahamas, The | 67.24% | 0.5% |
| 29th | Lesotho | 67.10% | 0.2% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 66.59% | -0.4% |
| 31st | Congo, Republic of | 66.05% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Central African Republic | 65.69% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Timor-Leste | 65.60% | -0.1% |
| 34th | Sierra Leone | 64.82% | -0.1% |
| 35th | Guinea | 63.15% | -0.2% |
| 36th | Barbados | 63.03% | -0.9% |
| 37th | Chad | 62.06% | -1.0% |
| 38th | Benin | 60.91% | 1.3% |
| 39th | Jamaica | 60.54% | -1.0% |
| 40th | Mali | 60.44% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 60.23% | 0.5% |
| 42nd | Guam | 59.91% | 0.1% |
| 43rd | New Caledonia | 59.82% | 0.1% |
| 44th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 59.45% | 1.1% |
| 45th | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.44% | -3.0% |
| 46th | Lao PDR | 59.13% | -0.3% |
| 47th | Denmark | 58.60% | 0.5% |
| 48th | Sweden | 58.59% | -0.8% |
| 49th | Norway | 58.54% | 1.9% |
| 50th | United States | 58.40% | 0.9% |
| 51st | Myanmar | 57.66% | -0.4% |
| 52nd | Bhutan | 57.31% | 1.0% |
| 53rd | Netherlands | 57.21% | 0.8% |
| 54th | Canada | 57.09% | 0.6% |
| 55th | Haiti | 56.95% | -0.1% |
| 56th | Switzerland | 56.92% | 0.1% |
| 57th | New Zealand | 56.40% | -0.2% |
| 58th | Virgin Islands (US) | 56.35% | -0.7% |
| 59th | Moldova | 56.00% | -0.2% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 55.39% | 0.1% |
| 61st | Albania | 55.15% | 3.4% |
| 62nd | Finland | 54.86% | 0.6% |
| 63rd | Togo | 54.85% | 0.2% |
| 64th | Armenia | 54.82% | -0.8% |
| 65th | Macao SAR, China | 54.52% | 2.9% |
| 66th | Estonia | 54.27% | 1.4% |
| 67th | Lithuania | 54.21% | -1.5% |
| 68th | Peru | 54.19% | 4.9% |
| 69th | Colombia | 54.14% | 0.4% |
| 70th | Turkmenistan | 53.86% | 5.0% |
| 71st | Australia | 53.66% | -0.4% |
| 72nd | Mongolia | 53.34% | 0.3% |
| 73rd | Ukraine | 53.11% | -0.1% |
| 74th | United Kingdom | 52.68% | 0.8% |
| 75th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.66% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Slovenia | 52.54% | 2.6% |
| 77th | Belarus | 52.50% | -0.7% |
| 78th | Paraguay | 52.41% | 0.6% |
| 79th | Brunei Darussalam | 52.22% | 1.7% |
| 80th | Rwanda | 52.12% | 0.4% |
| 81st | Latvia | 51.89% | -1.0% |
| 82nd | Czechia | 51.86% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Slovak Republic | 51.82% | -0.9% |
| 84th | Russian Federation | 51.71% | -1.9% |
| 85th | Israel | 51.40% | -0.1% |
| 86th | St. Lucia | 51.38% | 1.0% |
| 87th | Zambia | 51.10% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Argentina | 50.70% | 2.5% |
| 89th | Singapore | 50.61% | 1.5% |
| 90th | Portugal | 50.47% | 1.9% |
| 91st | Japan | 50.32% | 0.7% |
| 92nd | Indonesia | 49.83% | -1.7% |
| 93rd | Korea | 49.83% | 1.8% |
| 94th | Poland | 49.81% | -2.1% |
| 95th | Qatar | 49.18% | -4.4% |
| 96th | Botswana | 49.06% | 0.1% |
| 97th | Brazil | 48.68% | 2.1% |
| 98th | Ecuador | 48.54% | 0.9% |
| 99th | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.49% | 0.2% |
| 100th | Germany | 48.36% | 1.1% |
| 101st | Ireland | 48.34% | 0.4% |
| 102nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.31% | 0.1% |
| 103rd | Austria | 48.25% | 0.0% |
| 104th | Uruguay | 48.17% | 2.3% |
| 105th | French Polynesia | 48.16% | -0.1% |
| 106th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 47.86% | 0.5% |
| 107th | France | 47.74% | -0.9% |
| 108th | Cyprus | 47.49% | 1.4% |
| 109th | Papua New Guinea | 47.39% | 0.5% |
| 110th | Channel Islands | 47.37% | 1.1% |
| 111th | Philippines | 47.20% | -0.2% |
| 112th | Namibia | 46.88% | -1.0% |
| 113th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.86% | 0.9% |
| 114th | Serbia | 46.71% | -1.5% |
| 115th | South Africa | 45.93% | 0.7% |
| 116th | Guatemala | 45.48% | 0.4% |
| 117th | European Union | 45.43% | 0.3% |
| 118th | Hungary | 45.18% | -0.1% |
| 119th | Honduras | 45.13% | 0.5% |
| 120th | Gambia, The | 44.96% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Tonga | 44.89% | -0.4% |
| 122nd | Croatia | 44.87% | -0.5% |
| 123rd | Bulgaria | 44.45% | 0.9% |
| 124th | Tajikistan | 44.36% | 0.0% |
| 125th | Kuwait | 43.69% | 0.2% |
| 126th | Eswatini | 43.61% | 0.5% |
| 127th | Cabo Verde | 43.02% | 0.8% |
| 128th | Samoa | 42.63% | 0.2% |
| 129th | Montenegro | 42.49% | -0.4% |
| 130th | Panama | 42.38% | 1.1% |
| 131st | Romania | 41.87% | 0.7% |
| 132nd | El Salvador | 41.85% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | North Macedonia | 41.53% | -1.5% |
| 134th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.48% | 0.1% |
| 135th | Belgium | 40.97% | 1.1% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | 39.73% | 0.1% |
| 137th | Mexico | 39.64% | 5.2% |
| 138th | Fiji | 39.08% | -1.0% |
| 139th | Malaysia | 38.97% | 1.4% |
| 140th | Mauritius | 38.75% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Dominican Republic | 38.36% | 1.8% |
| 142nd | Belize | 38.34% | 3.7% |
| 143rd | Spain | 38.07% | 2.1% |
| 144th | Gabon | 37.57% | 0.2% |
| 145th | Luxembourg | 37.57% | 3.0% |
| 146th | Chile | 37.49% | 2.0% |
| 147th | Greece | 37.21% | 0.0% |
| 148th | Costa Rica | 37.12% | 9.0% |
| 149th | Guyana | 37.10% | -1.5% |
| 150th | Sri Lanka | 35.26% | -0.6% |
| 151st | Puerto Rico (US) | 34.87% | 2.6% |
| 152nd | Cuba | 34.74% | 1.2% |
| 153rd | Italy | 33.98% | 0.6% |
| 154th | Nicaragua | 33.96% | 0.8% |
| 155th | Senegal | 32.75% | 0.3% |
| 156th | Suriname | 32.56% | 0.3% |
| 157th | India | 32.54% | 1.9% |
| 158th | Bahrain | 32.34% | 1.8% |
| 159th | United Arab Emirates | 32.32% | 1.5% |
| 160th | Comoros | 31.97% | 0.1% |
| 161st | Maldives | 31.32% | 6.2% |
| 162nd | Malta | 29.54% | 2.1% |
| 163rd | Libya | 29.15% | 1.6% |
| 164th | Türkiye | 28.72% | -5.7% |
| 165th | Sudan | 28.67% | -1.0% |
| 166th | Bangladesh | 27.53% | 1.9% |
| 167th | Mauritania | 27.36% | 1.2% |
| 168th | Morocco | 24.20% | -0.1% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 23.81% | 1.1% |
| 170th | Oman | 23.45% | 0.1% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 22.00% | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 21.21% | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Nepal | 20.84% | 0.2% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 20.37% | -3.2% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | 19.50% | 5.3% |
| 176th | Lebanon | 19.43% | 0.4% |
| 177th | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.72% | -6.9% |
| 178th | Saudi Arabia | 16.33% | 1.7% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 15.87% | 1.0% |
| 180th | Pakistan | 14.94% | 9.0% |
| 181st | Afghanistan | 14.82% | -1.3% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 12.08% | 3.3% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 11.76% | 0.2% |
| 184th | Jordan | 11.61% | 0.4% |
| 185th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.30% | 6.7% |
| 186th | Iraq | 8.85% | 0.8% |
FAQ
What was Cameroon's female labor participation in 1997?▾
Cameroon's female labor participation in 1997 was 77.73%. This ranked 10th globally.
How did Cameroon's female labor participation change in 1997?▾
Cameroon's female labor participation increased by 0.1% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1997?▾
Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 1997 at 87.04%.
What is the female labor participation of Cameroon in 1997?▾
The female labor participation of Cameroon in 1997 was 77.73%. This ranked 10th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Cameroon's female labor participation?▾
Cameroon's female labor participation went from 77.68% in 1996 to 77.73% in 1997, a 0.1% increase.
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