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Eritrea - Female Labor Participation 1999

Name: Eritrea Female Labor Participation 1999
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

74.15% −0.06pp from 1998 Global rank: 13th

Eritrea's female labor participation was 74.15% in 1999, decreased +0.06pp from 74.21% in 1998. This was the 13th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.30%	0.2%
2nd	Tanzania	84.33%	0.0%
3rd	Burundi	84.18%	-0.9%
4th	Madagascar	83.90%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	81.60%	0.3%
6th	Cambodia	78.60%	-0.4%
7th	Malawi	78.09%	0.0%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.91%	-0.2%
9th	Cameroon	77.82%	0.1%
10th	Nigeria	77.63%	0.1%
11th	Burkina Faso	77.56%	-0.3%
12th	Angola	75.47%	0.0%
13th	Eritrea	74.15%	-0.1%
14th	Vanuatu	73.89%	0.1%
15th	Azerbaijan	73.43%	-0.8%
16th	Liberia	71.77%	0.0%
17th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.37%	0.0%
18th	Uganda	71.25%	0.0%
19th	Iceland	71.22%	2.6%
20th	Viet Nam	71.18%	-0.9%
21st	South Sudan	71.16%	0.1%
22nd	Kenya	70.42%	0.1%
23rd	Niger	69.06%	-0.1%
24th	Ghana	69.03%	-0.2%
25th	Georgia	68.75%	-1.0%
26th	China	68.45%	-0.8%
27th	Bahamas, The	67.85%	0.4%
28th	Timor-Leste	67.54%	2.7%
29th	Lesotho	67.39%	0.2%
30th	Kazakhstan	66.34%	-0.3%
31st	Congo, Republic of	66.12%	0.1%
32nd	Central African Republic	65.74%	0.0%
33rd	Thailand	65.19%	-1.8%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.74%	-0.1%
35th	Barbados	63.42%	0.3%
36th	Guinea	62.98%	-0.1%
37th	Benin	62.59%	1.4%
38th	Chad	60.82%	-1.0%
39th	Zimbabwe	60.71%	0.4%
40th	Norway	60.58%	1.7%
41st	Mali	60.49%	0.0%
42nd	Denmark	60.16%	1.3%
43rd	Guam	60.03%	0.1%
44th	New Caledonia	59.31%	-0.2%
45th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	59.14%	-0.3%
46th	Jamaica	58.98%	-1.6%
47th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.82%	-0.8%
48th	Lao PDR	58.82%	-0.4%
49th	Bhutan	58.58%	1.1%
50th	United States	58.55%	0.3%
51st	Sweden	58.37%	1.8%
52nd	Netherlands	58.29%	1.1%
53rd	Canada	58.20%	0.9%
54th	Switzerland	58.12%	0.2%
55th	Peru	57.65%	4.8%
56th	Haiti	56.87%	-0.1%
57th	Myanmar	56.86%	-0.9%
58th	New Zealand	56.62%	0.6%
59th	Moldova	56.56%	0.3%
60th	Finland	56.32%	2.3%
61st	Macao SAR, China	55.47%	2.1%
62nd	Guinea-Bissau	55.47%	0.1%
63rd	Lithuania	55.16%	3.3%
64th	Togo	55.09%	0.2%
65th	Virgin Islands (US)	54.68%	-2.2%
66th	Russian Federation	54.49%	6.8%
67th	Armenia	54.48%	-0.2%
68th	Brunei Darussalam	53.99%	1.7%
69th	Australia	53.73%	0.0%
70th	Mongolia	53.65%	0.3%
71st	United Kingdom	53.26%	1.0%
72nd	Colombia	53.21%	-1.5%
73rd	Ukraine	52.98%	-0.1%
74th	Rwanda	52.74%	0.7%
75th	Belarus	52.72%	0.5%
76th	Equatorial Guinea	52.68%	0.0%
77th	Israel	52.47%	2.2%
78th	St. Lucia	52.39%	1.0%
79th	Portugal	52.28%	0.8%
80th	Czechia	52.15%	0.4%
81st	Paraguay	51.99%	-0.5%
82nd	Slovenia	51.97%	-2.2%
83rd	Estonia	51.92%	-1.5%
84th	Slovak Republic	51.85%	0.9%
85th	Albania	51.82%	-3.5%
86th	Singapore	51.66%	1.6%
87th	Indonesia	51.17%	0.2%
88th	Zambia	51.11%	0.0%
89th	Ireland	50.81%	2.1%
90th	Brazil	50.80%	2.7%
91st	Argentina	50.75%	-1.0%
92nd	Turkmenistan	50.43%	-4.6%
93rd	Latvia	49.84%	-3.4%
94th	Japan	49.52%	-1.1%
95th	Côte d'Ivoire	49.36%	2.1%
96th	Botswana	49.26%	0.3%
97th	Poland	49.18%	-0.7%
98th	Germany	49.05%	1.1%
99th	Austria	49.00%	0.4%
100th	Qatar	48.92%	0.6%
101st	Ecuador	48.80%	-5.6%
102nd	Channel Islands	48.75%	2.0%
103rd	Cyprus	48.71%	1.2%
104th	Hong Kong SAR, China	48.71%	0.6%
105th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.52%	-0.2%
106th	France	48.45%	0.8%
107th	Uruguay	48.43%	-1.7%
108th	French Polynesia	47.99%	-0.2%
109th	Papua New Guinea	47.72%	0.1%
110th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.70%	0.7%
111th	Korea	47.68%	1.2%
112th	Philippines	47.23%	-0.1%
113th	Namibia	47.13%	0.3%
114th	Serbia	47.07%	1.6%
115th	South Africa	46.34%	0.5%
116th	European Union	46.15%	1.0%
117th	Guatemala	45.91%	0.4%
118th	El Salvador	45.69%	0.3%
119th	Hungary	45.28%	0.2%
120th	Gambia, The	45.27%	0.6%
121st	Honduras	45.11%	-0.4%
122nd	Tonga	44.65%	-0.3%
123rd	Bulgaria	44.55%	0.7%
124th	Croatia	44.51%	-0.3%
125th	Tajikistan	44.39%	0.0%
126th	Eswatini	44.15%	0.6%
127th	Panama	44.07%	-0.3%
128th	Kuwait	43.94%	0.3%
129th	Cabo Verde	43.75%	0.9%
130th	Belgium	43.15%	3.9%
131st	Samoa	42.63%	0.0%
132nd	Montenegro	42.49%	0.4%
133rd	Romania	42.31%	0.4%
134th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.33%	0.0%
135th	North Macedonia	40.28%	-1.5%
136th	Malaysia	40.06%	1.4%
137th	Costa Rica	39.94%	1.2%
138th	Luxembourg	39.87%	5.3%
139th	Uzbekistan	39.80%	0.3%
140th	Greece	39.52%	1.3%
141st	Dominican Republic	39.36%	1.2%
142nd	Belize	39.30%	0.1%
143rd	Spain	39.12%	1.8%
144th	Mauritius	38.71%	-0.1%
145th	Mexico	38.53%	-2.0%
146th	Fiji	38.25%	-1.1%
147th	Chile	38.10%	0.6%
148th	Gabon	37.75%	0.2%
149th	Sri Lanka	37.65%	-8.9%
150th	Puerto Rico (US)	36.37%	4.7%
151st	Guyana	35.98%	-1.6%
152nd	Cuba	35.64%	1.9%
153rd	Italy	35.16%	2.0%
154th	Maldives	35.09%	5.7%
155th	Nicaragua	35.06%	2.4%
156th	India	33.78%	1.9%
157th	Bahrain	33.60%	1.9%
158th	United Arab Emirates	33.37%	1.7%
159th	Senegal	32.94%	0.3%
160th	Suriname	32.73%	0.3%
161st	Comoros	32.13%	0.3%
162nd	Malta	30.07%	1.1%
163rd	Libya	30.05%	1.5%
164th	Türkiye	29.92%	2.6%
165th	Bangladesh	28.35%	1.4%
166th	Sudan	28.11%	-1.0%
167th	Mauritania	28.00%	1.2%
168th	Morocco	24.75%	0.5%
169th	Oman	23.90%	0.9%
170th	Tunisia	23.72%	-0.2%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.32%	0.8%
172nd	Yemen, Republic of	21.59%	5.2%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.12%	-0.2%
174th	Nepal	21.11%	0.7%
175th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.51%	4.1%
176th	Lebanon	19.61%	0.3%
177th	Syrian Arab Republic	18.59%	12.6%
178th	Saudi Arabia	16.87%	1.6%
179th	Djibouti	16.19%	0.9%
180th	Pakistan	15.69%	2.9%
181st	Afghanistan	14.44%	-1.2%
182nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.85%	6.6%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	12.78%	2.0%
184th	Algeria	11.91%	0.8%
185th	Jordan	11.74%	0.7%
186th	Iraq	9.45%	3.3%

FAQ

What was Eritrea's female labor participation in 1999?▾

Eritrea's female labor participation in 1999 was 74.15%. This ranked 13th globally.

How did Eritrea's female labor participation change in 1999?▾

Eritrea's female labor participation decreased by 0.1% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1999?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 1999 at 87.30%.

What is the female labor participation of Eritrea in 1999?▾

The female labor participation of Eritrea in 1999 was 74.15%. This ranked 13th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Eritrea's female labor participation?▾

Eritrea's female labor participation went from 74.21% in 1998 to 74.15% in 1999, a 0.1% decrease.

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