Canada - Female Labor Participation 2003
61.17%
+1.02pp from 2002
Canada's female labor participation was 61.17% in 2003, increased +1.02pp from 60.16% in 2002. This was the 41st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mozambique | 87.83% | 0.2% |
| 2nd | Tanzania | 85.51% | 0.7% |
| 3rd | Madagascar | 84.06% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 83.09% | -0.2% |
| 5th | Burundi | 80.58% | -1.2% |
| 6th | Malawi | 78.15% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Cameroon | 78.00% | 0.1% |
| 8th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.74% | -0.1% |
| 9th | Nigeria | 77.13% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 76.57% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Angola | 75.57% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Cambodia | 75.56% | -1.0% |
| 13th | Vanuatu | 74.32% | -0.1% |
| 14th | Eritrea | 74.07% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Iceland | 72.06% | 0.4% |
| 16th | Liberia | 71.82% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 71.30% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Uganda | 71.14% | -0.1% |
| 19th | South Sudan | 71.03% | -0.1% |
| 20th | Kenya | 70.65% | 0.1% |
| 21st | Viet Nam | 70.35% | -0.7% |
| 22nd | Niger | 68.85% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Bahamas, The | 68.67% | 0.3% |
| 24th | Ghana | 68.49% | -0.2% |
| 25th | China | 66.67% | -0.6% |
| 26th | Azerbaijan | 66.63% | -3.2% |
| 27th | Congo, Republic of | 66.60% | 0.1% |
| 28th | Central African Republic | 65.86% | 0.1% |
| 29th | Benin | 65.78% | 0.7% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 65.09% | 0.1% |
| 31st | Georgia | 65.00% | -2.2% |
| 32nd | Thailand | 64.99% | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Sierra Leone | 64.66% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Lesotho | 64.62% | -1.1% |
| 35th | Timor-Leste | 64.22% | 0.1% |
| 36th | Barbados | 64.05% | 0.2% |
| 37th | Norway | 62.57% | 0.5% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 61.96% | 1.5% |
| 39th | Guinea | 61.57% | -1.8% |
| 40th | Peru | 61.49% | 2.4% |
| 41st | Canada | 61.17% | 1.7% |
| 42nd | Zimbabwe | 61.01% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Mali | 60.56% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Denmark | 59.95% | -0.6% |
| 45th | Netherlands | 59.92% | 0.1% |
| 46th | Switzerland | 59.50% | 0.2% |
| 47th | New Caledonia | 59.06% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Sweden | 58.79% | 0.1% |
| 49th | New Zealand | 58.61% | 0.5% |
| 50th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 58.56% | -0.2% |
| 51st | Chad | 58.30% | -1.1% |
| 52nd | United States | 58.22% | -0.2% |
| 53rd | Lao PDR | 58.18% | -0.3% |
| 54th | Haiti | 57.78% | 0.5% |
| 55th | Finland | 57.63% | -0.2% |
| 56th | Jamaica | 56.53% | -0.7% |
| 57th | Virgin Islands (US) | 56.19% | -2.2% |
| 58th | Moldova | 56.09% | 2.3% |
| 59th | Australia | 56.01% | 1.2% |
| 60th | Brunei Darussalam | 55.96% | 0.2% |
| 61st | Kyrgyz Republic | 55.84% | -2.2% |
| 62nd | Guinea-Bissau | 55.62% | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Togo | 55.36% | 0.1% |
| 64th | St. Lucia | 55.08% | 1.5% |
| 65th | Belarus | 54.93% | 0.6% |
| 66th | Lithuania | 54.79% | 5.0% |
| 67th | Portugal | 54.78% | 1.3% |
| 68th | Brazil | 54.78% | 0.4% |
| 69th | Myanmar | 54.57% | -1.1% |
| 70th | Israel | 54.17% | 1.7% |
| 71st | Russian Federation | 54.12% | -0.3% |
| 72nd | United Kingdom | 54.11% | -0.1% |
| 73rd | Mongolia | 53.95% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Rwanda | 53.84% | 0.3% |
| 75th | Armenia | 53.75% | -0.5% |
| 76th | Cyprus | 53.75% | 2.7% |
| 77th | Colombia | 53.71% | 2.6% |
| 78th | Macao SAR, China | 53.53% | -4.9% |
| 79th | Guam | 53.50% | -1.6% |
| 80th | Côte d'Ivoire | 53.38% | 1.9% |
| 81st | Ireland | 53.23% | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Slovak Republic | 52.91% | 0.7% |
| 83rd | Ukraine | 52.75% | -0.1% |
| 84th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.50% | -0.1% |
| 85th | Estonia | 52.27% | 2.4% |
| 86th | Singapore | 52.27% | 1.5% |
| 87th | Paraguay | 51.51% | -0.4% |
| 88th | Botswana | 51.26% | 1.2% |
| 89th | Zambia | 51.23% | 0.1% |
| 90th | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.20% | 3.9% |
| 91st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 51.02% | -0.8% |
| 92nd | Czechia | 50.83% | -0.2% |
| 93rd | Channel Islands | 50.56% | 0.6% |
| 94th | Latvia | 50.52% | -1.1% |
| 95th | Slovenia | 50.44% | -2.9% |
| 96th | Austria | 50.23% | 0.2% |
| 97th | Germany | 49.99% | 0.8% |
| 98th | France | 49.74% | 2.5% |
| 99th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.65% | 1.5% |
| 100th | Qatar | 49.62% | 0.7% |
| 101st | Turkmenistan | 49.57% | -0.4% |
| 102nd | Korea | 49.48% | -1.8% |
| 103rd | Uruguay | 49.31% | -0.6% |
| 104th | Ecuador | 49.17% | 2.3% |
| 105th | Argentina | 48.94% | 2.1% |
| 106th | Namibia | 48.72% | 1.0% |
| 107th | Albania | 48.46% | -1.3% |
| 108th | Papua New Guinea | 48.27% | 0.1% |
| 109th | Poland | 48.25% | -0.9% |
| 110th | Japan | 48.16% | -0.6% |
| 111th | Guatemala | 47.98% | 3.5% |
| 112th | Indonesia | 47.85% | -0.4% |
| 113th | French Polynesia | 47.52% | -0.2% |
| 114th | South Africa | 47.33% | 0.5% |
| 115th | European Union | 47.28% | 1.0% |
| 116th | Philippines | 47.03% | -0.2% |
| 117th | Panama | 46.93% | 1.1% |
| 118th | Hungary | 46.40% | 0.5% |
| 119th | El Salvador | 46.28% | 3.0% |
| 120th | Serbia | 45.67% | -0.7% |
| 121st | Kuwait | 45.62% | 1.3% |
| 122nd | Gambia, The | 45.45% | 0.6% |
| 123rd | Cabo Verde | 45.35% | 0.9% |
| 124th | Eswatini | 45.08% | 0.4% |
| 125th | Bulgaria | 44.87% | -2.9% |
| 126th | Tajikistan | 44.40% | 0.0% |
| 127th | Tonga | 44.24% | -0.2% |
| 128th | Croatia | 44.09% | -0.1% |
| 129th | Spain | 43.38% | 3.5% |
| 130th | Belgium | 42.88% | 0.9% |
| 131st | Luxembourg | 42.88% | 0.2% |
| 132nd | North Macedonia | 42.44% | 2.4% |
| 133rd | Honduras | 42.18% | -0.9% |
| 134th | Romania | 42.15% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Montenegro | 42.08% | -0.5% |
| 136th | Samoa | 42.04% | -0.3% |
| 137th | Malaysia | 41.87% | 1.0% |
| 138th | Costa Rica | 41.45% | 0.8% |
| 139th | Belize | 41.35% | 1.3% |
| 140th | Mauritius | 41.13% | 8.7% |
| 141st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.93% | -0.5% |
| 142nd | Greece | 39.86% | 1.5% |
| 143rd | Uzbekistan | 39.19% | -0.6% |
| 144th | Dominican Republic | 39.18% | -2.1% |
| 145th | Mexico | 38.98% | 1.7% |
| 146th | Nicaragua | 38.41% | 2.3% |
| 147th | Gabon | 38.31% | 0.4% |
| 148th | Chile | 37.80% | 3.7% |
| 149th | Cuba | 37.51% | 1.2% |
| 150th | Maldives | 37.06% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Italy | 36.80% | 1.3% |
| 152nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 36.73% | 2.1% |
| 153rd | Fiji | 36.61% | -1.1% |
| 154th | Bahrain | 36.07% | 1.6% |
| 155th | United Arab Emirates | 35.83% | 1.9% |
| 156th | Sri Lanka | 35.59% | -0.7% |
| 157th | Suriname | 35.44% | 2.0% |
| 158th | Guyana | 34.89% | 1.9% |
| 159th | India | 34.66% | 0.3% |
| 160th | Senegal | 33.26% | 0.2% |
| 161st | Comoros | 32.46% | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Libya | 31.47% | 1.2% |
| 163rd | Malta | 30.11% | -1.5% |
| 164th | Bangladesh | 29.06% | 0.3% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 28.09% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Sudan | 26.96% | -1.0% |
| 167th | Türkiye | 26.55% | -4.7% |
| 168th | Morocco | 25.04% | 1.0% |
| 169th | Oman | 24.60% | 1.4% |
| 170th | Tunisia | 23.66% | 0.0% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 22.69% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Nepal | 21.95% | 1.1% |
| 173rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.95% | -0.2% |
| 174th | Lebanon | 20.09% | 0.7% |
| 175th | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.01% | -3.1% |
| 176th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 18.93% | 4.0% |
| 177th | Pakistan | 17.00% | 4.8% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 16.54% | 0.2% |
| 179th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.49% | 6.4% |
| 180th | Yemen, Republic of | 16.48% | -6.7% |
| 181st | Saudi Arabia | 16.17% | 2.4% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | 14.15% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | West Bank and Gaza | 12.50% | 24.2% |
| 184th | Algeria | 12.50% | 1.5% |
| 185th | Jordan | 10.85% | -8.7% |
| 186th | Iraq | 10.77% | 3.3% |
FAQ
What was Canada's female labor participation in 2003?▾
Canada's female labor participation in 2003 was 61.17%. This ranked 41st globally.
How did Canada's female labor participation change in 2003?▾
Canada's female labor participation increased by 1.7% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2003?▾
Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 2003 at 87.83%.
What is the female labor participation of Canada in 2003?▾
The female labor participation of Canada in 2003 was 61.17%. This ranked 41st globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Canada's female labor participation?▾
Canada's female labor participation went from 60.16% in 2002 to 61.17% in 2003, a 1.7% increase.
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