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China - Female Labor Participation 2025

Name: China Female Labor Participation 2025
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

59.15% −0.30pp from 2024 Global rank: 53rd

China's female labor participation was 59.15% in 2025, decreased +0.30pp from 59.45% in 2024. This was the 53rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	82.91%	0.0%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.34%	0.0%
3rd	Nigeria	80.70%	0.0%
4th	Tanzania	80.28%	0.0%
5th	Burundi	79.50%	-0.3%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.71%	0.0%
7th	Cambodia	77.35%	0.1%
8th	Mozambique	77.09%	-0.2%
9th	Uganda	75.60%	0.1%
10th	Benin	75.16%	0.2%
11th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	72.87%	0.7%
12th	Eritrea	72.84%	0.0%
13th	Niger	72.78%	0.0%
14th	Moldova	72.33%	0.2%
15th	Angola	72.22%	-0.2%
16th	Liberia	72.03%	0.0%
17th	Bahamas, The	70.73%	-0.3%
18th	Iceland	70.01%	-0.3%
19th	Viet Nam	68.55%	-0.5%
20th	New Zealand	66.08%	-0.3%
21st	Congo, Republic of	65.58%	0.0%
22nd	Central African Republic	65.46%	-0.1%
23rd	Peru	65.04%	0.2%
24th	Burkina Faso	64.07%	-0.1%
25th	Botswana	63.71%	0.4%
26th	Singapore	63.57%	0.7%
27th	Macao SAR, China	63.10%	-0.7%
28th	Kenya	63.04%	0.0%
29th	Jamaica	63.03%	0.2%
30th	Netherlands	62.71%	-0.3%
31st	Kazakhstan	62.65%	-4.0%
32nd	Australia	62.51%	-0.2%
33rd	Israel	62.28%	0.1%
34th	Switzerland	62.22%	-0.5%
35th	Zimbabwe	62.16%	0.1%
36th	Norway	62.09%	-0.3%
37th	St. Lucia	62.00%	0.2%
38th	Qatar	61.85%	0.1%
39th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.85%	-0.1%
40th	Timor-Leste	61.68%	0.4%
41st	Lao PDR	61.56%	0.2%
42nd	Sweden	61.54%	-0.2%
43rd	Cyprus	61.21%	-0.3%
44th	Barbados	61.03%	-0.6%
45th	Estonia	60.98%	-0.4%
46th	Denmark	60.79%	-0.2%
47th	Azerbaijan	60.76%	-1.0%
48th	Guinea-Bissau	60.29%	0.2%
49th	Canada	60.20%	-0.3%
50th	Ireland	59.76%	-0.1%
51st	Côte d'Ivoire	59.45%	0.0%
52nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	59.22%	-0.1%
53rd	China	59.15%	-0.5%
54th	Paraguay	59.01%	0.1%
55th	Thailand	58.96%	-0.9%
56th	Albania	58.57%	0.7%
57th	Haiti	58.34%	0.0%
58th	Malawi	58.18%	-0.6%
59th	Lithuania	57.67%	-0.3%
60th	Luxembourg	57.47%	-0.3%
61st	United Kingdom	57.33%	-0.3%
62nd	Rwanda	57.30%	0.4%
63rd	Uruguay	57.26%	0.0%
64th	Korea	56.78%	-0.1%
65th	Belarus	56.77%	-0.8%
66th	Bhutan	56.70%	0.1%
67th	Georgia	56.70%	0.0%
68th	Togo	56.64%	0.1%
69th	Cameroon	56.60%	-0.9%
70th	Guam	56.52%	0.1%
71st	Finland	56.49%	-0.3%
72nd	Zambia	56.43%	0.1%
73rd	United States	56.34%	-0.4%
74th	Japan	55.91%	0.6%
75th	Malta	55.80%	-0.2%
76th	Germany	55.29%	-0.6%
77th	Ghana	55.27%	-0.8%
78th	Latvia	55.25%	-0.5%
79th	Slovak Republic	55.13%	-0.6%
80th	Austria	55.06%	-0.6%
81st	Panama	54.94%	0.2%
82nd	Namibia	54.92%	0.0%
83rd	Portugal	54.63%	-0.5%
84th	Russian Federation	54.55%	-1.2%
85th	Brunei Darussalam	54.44%	-0.5%
86th	Hungary	54.31%	-0.2%
87th	Indonesia	53.72%	0.2%
88th	Dominican Republic	53.66%	0.7%
89th	Czechia	53.46%	-0.4%
90th	Brazil	53.41%	-0.3%
91st	Vanuatu	53.31%	-0.4%
92nd	United Arab Emirates	53.03%	1.0%
93rd	Chile	52.89%	0.2%
94th	Mali	52.84%	-0.5%
95th	Spain	52.83%	-0.7%
96th	Virgin Islands (US)	52.77%	-0.1%
97th	Serbia	52.63%	0.0%
98th	Equatorial Guinea	52.62%	-0.8%
99th	Argentina	52.47%	0.4%
100th	Ecuador	52.39%	0.0%
101st	Slovenia	52.30%	-0.7%
102nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	51.81%	-0.9%
103rd	Malaysia	51.64%	0.1%
104th	Colombia	51.62%	-0.2%
105th	Poland	51.61%	-0.6%
106th	European Union	51.61%	-0.5%
107th	Sierra Leone	51.60%	-0.4%
108th	France	51.48%	-0.6%
109th	Mongolia	51.46%	-1.2%
110th	Nicaragua	51.25%	0.3%
111th	Montenegro	51.25%	-0.4%
112th	New Caledonia	51.07%	-1.0%
113th	Armenia	51.06%	-1.0%
114th	Papua New Guinea	50.82%	0.2%
115th	Philippines	50.49%	0.0%
116th	Cabo Verde	50.47%	0.1%
117th	Bulgaria	50.38%	-0.2%
118th	South Africa	49.88%	0.2%
119th	Belgium	49.78%	-0.4%
120th	Channel Islands	49.25%	-0.8%
121st	El Salvador	49.05%	0.2%
122nd	Eswatini	48.52%	0.2%
123rd	Lesotho	48.09%	-0.8%
124th	Trinidad and Tobago	47.77%	-0.8%
125th	Comoros	47.65%	1.1%
126th	Mauritius	47.46%	0.0%
127th	Mexico	47.45%	0.1%
128th	Croatia	47.38%	-0.3%
129th	Guyana	47.35%	-0.1%
130th	Chad	47.30%	-0.5%
131st	Kuwait	47.20%	-0.3%
132nd	French Polynesia	46.63%	-0.8%
133rd	Belize	46.47%	6.0%
134th	Costa Rica	46.02%	0.1%
135th	Gambia, The	45.46%	0.1%
136th	Suriname	44.92%	0.1%
137th	Greece	44.67%	-0.8%
138th	Kyrgyz Republic	44.14%	-0.3%
139th	North Macedonia	42.74%	-0.3%
140th	Guinea	42.65%	-0.6%
141st	Tonga	42.35%	-0.4%
142nd	Bahrain	42.29%	-0.3%
143rd	Romania	41.81%	-0.2%
144th	Gabon	41.63%	-0.4%
145th	Uzbekistan	41.18%	-0.2%
146th	Myanmar	40.94%	0.0%
147th	Italy	40.81%	-0.5%
148th	Maldives	40.73%	0.7%
149th	Cuba	39.97%	-1.0%
150th	Honduras	39.59%	-0.1%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.24%	-0.4%
152nd	Bangladesh	38.65%	-0.2%
153rd	Fiji	38.45%	-0.1%
154th	Guatemala	38.32%	-0.2%
155th	Turkmenistan	38.24%	-0.3%
156th	Senegal	38.22%	0.6%
157th	Türkiye	37.15%	1.0%
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	36.85%	0.5%
159th	Saudi Arabia	33.57%	0.8%
160th	Libya	33.00%	-0.9%
161st	India	32.43%	0.0%
162nd	Sri Lanka	30.99%	0.0%
163rd	Samoa	30.74%	-1.3%
164th	Oman	29.96%	-0.3%
165th	Nepal	27.47%	0.3%
166th	Tunisia	26.50%	-0.5%
167th	Mauritania	26.18%	-0.2%
168th	Pakistan	24.05%	0.2%
169th	São Tomé and Principe	22.75%	-0.1%
170th	Tajikistan	21.90%	-0.2%
171st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.70%	-0.1%
172nd	Morocco	19.70%	-0.7%
173rd	Djibouti	19.37%	0.7%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	18.46%	-0.1%
175th	Jordan	16.03%	0.1%
176th	Algeria	14.14%	-1.1%
177th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.01%	-0.9%
178th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.73%	-0.4%
179th	Iraq	10.94%	-0.6%
180th	Afghanistan	5.09%	-0.7%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	4.66%	-0.9%

FAQ

What was China's female labor participation in 2025?▾

China's female labor participation in 2025 was 59.15%. This ranked 53rd globally.

How did China's female labor participation change in 2025?▾

China's female labor participation decreased by 0.5% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2025?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2025 at 82.91%.

What is the female labor participation of China in 2025?▾

The female labor participation of China in 2025 was 59.15%. This ranked 53rd globally.

How does 2025 compare to 2024 for China's female labor participation?▾

China's female labor participation went from 59.45% in 2024 to 59.15% in 2025, a 0.5% decrease.

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