Canada - Female Labor Participation 1996
56.77%
−0.04pp from 1995
Canada's female labor participation was 56.77% in 1996, decreased +0.04pp from 56.81% in 1995. This was the 55th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1996▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mozambique | 87.02% | 0.1% |
| 2nd | Burundi | 86.71% | -0.9% |
| 3rd | Tanzania | 84.31% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Madagascar | 83.80% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 81.04% | 0.1% |
| 6th | Cambodia | 78.84% | 0.1% |
| 7th | Burkina Faso | 78.26% | -0.3% |
| 8th | Malawi | 78.11% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.77% | 0.2% |
| 10th | Cameroon | 77.68% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Nigeria | 77.55% | -0.2% |
| 12th | Angola | 75.43% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Azerbaijan | 75.29% | 0.2% |
| 14th | Eritrea | 74.31% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Vanuatu | 73.86% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Viet Nam | 73.59% | -0.3% |
| 17th | Georgia | 72.44% | -3.2% |
| 18th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 71.71% | -0.4% |
| 19th | Liberia | 71.68% | 0.1% |
| 20th | Uganda | 71.15% | 0.1% |
| 21st | South Sudan | 71.04% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Kenya | 70.17% | 0.1% |
| 23rd | China | 70.04% | -0.7% |
| 24th | Ghana | 69.42% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Niger | 69.17% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Iceland | 68.71% | -2.0% |
| 27th | Thailand | 67.57% | 1.5% |
| 28th | Lesotho | 66.99% | 0.1% |
| 29th | Bahamas, The | 66.88% | 0.6% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 66.84% | -0.2% |
| 31st | Congo, Republic of | 66.08% | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Central African Republic | 65.69% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Timor-Leste | 65.69% | -0.3% |
| 34th | Sierra Leone | 64.86% | -0.1% |
| 35th | Barbados | 63.61% | 0.4% |
| 36th | Guinea | 63.26% | -0.1% |
| 37th | Chad | 62.67% | -1.0% |
| 38th | Kyrgyz Republic | 61.31% | -2.0% |
| 39th | Jamaica | 61.13% | -0.9% |
| 40th | Mali | 60.42% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Benin | 60.11% | 1.3% |
| 42nd | Zimbabwe | 59.95% | 0.5% |
| 43rd | Guam | 59.84% | 0.1% |
| 44th | New Caledonia | 59.76% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Lao PDR | 59.32% | -0.3% |
| 46th | Sweden | 59.07% | 0.1% |
| 47th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 58.81% | 1.0% |
| 48th | Denmark | 58.32% | 0.7% |
| 49th | Myanmar | 57.91% | -0.5% |
| 50th | United States | 57.86% | 0.5% |
| 51st | Norway | 57.43% | 2.2% |
| 52nd | Haiti | 57.01% | -0.1% |
| 53rd | Switzerland | 56.87% | 9.3% |
| 54th | Netherlands | 56.79% | 0.6% |
| 55th | Canada | 56.77% | -0.1% |
| 56th | Bhutan | 56.77% | 0.9% |
| 57th | Virgin Islands (US) | 56.75% | -6.1% |
| 58th | New Zealand | 56.51% | 2.4% |
| 59th | Moldova | 56.11% | 0.5% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 55.35% | 0.0% |
| 61st | Armenia | 55.24% | -0.9% |
| 62nd | Lithuania | 55.01% | -1.3% |
| 63rd | Togo | 54.74% | 0.2% |
| 64th | Finland | 54.56% | -0.1% |
| 65th | Colombia | 53.92% | -0.1% |
| 66th | Australia | 53.86% | 0.3% |
| 67th | Estonia | 53.51% | -0.4% |
| 68th | Albania | 53.35% | -2.7% |
| 69th | Mongolia | 53.20% | 0.3% |
| 70th | Ukraine | 53.17% | -0.1% |
| 71st | Macao SAR, China | 52.98% | 3.1% |
| 72nd | Belarus | 52.87% | -0.4% |
| 73rd | Russian Federation | 52.74% | -1.6% |
| 74th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.64% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Latvia | 52.42% | -0.6% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | 52.29% | 1.5% |
| 77th | United Kingdom | 52.28% | 0.8% |
| 78th | Paraguay | 52.07% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Rwanda | 51.93% | 0.3% |
| 80th | Czechia | 51.87% | -1.0% |
| 81st | Peru | 51.66% | 5.2% |
| 82nd | Israel | 51.46% | -0.4% |
| 83rd | Qatar | 51.45% | -0.1% |
| 84th | Brunei Darussalam | 51.34% | 1.8% |
| 85th | Turkmenistan | 51.28% | -1.7% |
| 86th | Slovenia | 51.23% | -0.3% |
| 87th | Zambia | 51.09% | 0.0% |
| 88th | St. Lucia | 50.87% | 1.0% |
| 89th | Poland | 50.86% | -1.2% |
| 90th | Indonesia | 50.67% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Japan | 49.97% | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Singapore | 49.86% | 1.8% |
| 93rd | Portugal | 49.54% | 0.9% |
| 94th | Argentina | 49.45% | 2.0% |
| 95th | Botswana | 49.01% | 0.1% |
| 96th | Korea | 48.95% | 1.0% |
| 97th | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.39% | 4.7% |
| 98th | Austria | 48.27% | -0.9% |
| 99th | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.24% | 0.2% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 48.20% | -0.3% |
| 101st | Ireland | 48.15% | 4.0% |
| 102nd | France | 48.15% | 0.8% |
| 103rd | Ecuador | 48.08% | 0.2% |
| 104th | Germany | 47.85% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Brazil | 47.68% | -2.5% |
| 106th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 47.64% | 0.5% |
| 107th | Serbia | 47.42% | -1.3% |
| 108th | Namibia | 47.33% | -1.0% |
| 109th | Philippines | 47.28% | -0.2% |
| 110th | Papua New Guinea | 47.14% | -0.3% |
| 111th | Uruguay | 47.07% | 1.7% |
| 112th | Channel Islands | 46.86% | 1.7% |
| 113th | Cyprus | 46.83% | 1.5% |
| 114th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.43% | 0.5% |
| 115th | South Africa | 45.63% | 0.7% |
| 116th | European Union | 45.31% | 0.4% |
| 117th | Guatemala | 45.28% | 0.2% |
| 118th | Hungary | 45.20% | -0.2% |
| 119th | Croatia | 45.12% | -0.6% |
| 120th | Tonga | 45.08% | -0.5% |
| 121st | Honduras | 44.91% | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Gambia, The | 44.80% | 0.0% |
| 123rd | Tajikistan | 44.36% | 0.0% |
| 124th | Bulgaria | 44.03% | -0.4% |
| 125th | Kuwait | 43.60% | 1.1% |
| 126th | Eswatini | 43.40% | 0.3% |
| 127th | Cabo Verde | 42.67% | 0.8% |
| 128th | Montenegro | 42.66% | -0.6% |
| 129th | Samoa | 42.56% | -0.5% |
| 130th | North Macedonia | 42.15% | -1.4% |
| 131st | Panama | 41.90% | 1.1% |
| 132nd | El Salvador | 41.88% | -2.9% |
| 133rd | Romania | 41.57% | -0.2% |
| 134th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.45% | -0.5% |
| 135th | Belgium | 40.53% | 0.3% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | 39.70% | -0.6% |
| 137th | Fiji | 39.49% | -0.1% |
| 138th | Mauritius | 38.74% | 0.0% |
| 139th | Malaysia | 38.44% | 1.4% |
| 140th | Dominican Republic | 37.70% | 1.2% |
| 141st | Mexico | 37.68% | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Guyana | 37.65% | -1.4% |
| 143rd | Gabon | 37.48% | 0.2% |
| 144th | Spain | 37.28% | 1.4% |
| 145th | Greece | 37.22% | 3.4% |
| 146th | Belize | 36.97% | 3.8% |
| 147th | Chile | 36.76% | 2.4% |
| 148th | Luxembourg | 36.49% | 3.2% |
| 149th | Sri Lanka | 35.49% | -0.3% |
| 150th | Cuba | 34.33% | 2.0% |
| 151st | Costa Rica | 34.07% | -4.2% |
| 152nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 33.97% | 1.4% |
| 153rd | Italy | 33.79% | 2.0% |
| 154th | Nicaragua | 33.69% | 0.9% |
| 155th | Senegal | 32.65% | 0.3% |
| 156th | Suriname | 32.47% | 0.3% |
| 157th | Comoros | 31.95% | 0.0% |
| 158th | India | 31.93% | 1.9% |
| 159th | United Arab Emirates | 31.85% | 1.9% |
| 160th | Bahrain | 31.77% | 1.7% |
| 161st | Türkiye | 30.46% | -1.1% |
| 162nd | Maldives | 29.50% | 6.4% |
| 163rd | Sudan | 28.96% | 3.5% |
| 164th | Malta | 28.93% | 1.9% |
| 165th | Libya | 28.71% | 1.5% |
| 166th | Mauritania | 27.05% | 1.2% |
| 167th | Bangladesh | 27.02% | 2.1% |
| 168th | Morocco | 24.24% | 2.9% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 23.54% | 1.1% |
| 170th | Oman | 23.43% | 0.4% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 21.88% | 0.4% |
| 172nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 21.26% | -0.3% |
| 173rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 21.05% | -3.2% |
| 174th | Nepal | 20.79% | -0.1% |
| 175th | Lebanon | 19.35% | 1.4% |
| 176th | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.04% | -7.0% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | 18.51% | 5.4% |
| 178th | Saudi Arabia | 16.06% | 1.7% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 15.72% | 0.5% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | 15.02% | -1.2% |
| 181st | Pakistan | 13.71% | 9.2% |
| 182nd | Algeria | 11.74% | 1.0% |
| 183rd | West Bank and Gaza | 11.69% | -0.9% |
| 184th | Jordan | 11.57% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 10.59% | 1.9% |
| 186th | Iraq | 8.78% | 0.3% |
FAQ
What was Canada's female labor participation in 1996?▾
Canada's female labor participation in 1996 was 56.77%. This ranked 55th globally.
How did Canada's female labor participation change in 1996?▾
Canada's female labor participation decreased by 0.1% in 1996 compared to 1995.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1996?▾
Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 1996 at 87.02%.
What is the female labor participation of Canada in 1996?▾
The female labor participation of Canada in 1996 was 56.77%. This ranked 55th globally.
How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Canada's female labor participation?▾
Canada's female labor participation went from 56.81% in 1995 to 56.77% in 1996, a 0.1% decrease.
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