European Union - Female Labor Participation 2009
49.03%
+0.08pp from 2008
European Union's female labor participation was 49.03% in 2009, increased +0.08pp from 48.95% in 2008. This was the 108th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 84.75% | -1.0% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 83.98% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Mozambique | 83.48% | -0.9% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 82.72% | 0.1% |
| 5th | Burundi | 78.77% | 0.7% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.64% | 0.1% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 77.38% | 7.5% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 76.45% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Angola | 75.63% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 75.07% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 73.85% | -0.1% |
| 12th | Cameroon | 73.19% | -3.4% |
| 13th | Malawi | 72.15% | -2.2% |
| 14th | Viet Nam | 71.91% | 0.5% |
| 15th | Liberia | 71.77% | 0.0% |
| 16th | South Sudan | 71.72% | 0.2% |
| 17th | Kenya | 71.00% | 0.1% |
| 18th | Uganda | 70.77% | -0.1% |
| 19th | Peru | 70.56% | 0.4% |
| 20th | Iceland | 70.22% | -0.6% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 69.43% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Benin | 68.62% | 0.7% |
| 23rd | Niger | 68.58% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Ghana | 67.68% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Congo, Republic of | 67.06% | 0.1% |
| 26th | Kazakhstan | 66.47% | -0.4% |
| 27th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 66.38% | -1.9% |
| 28th | Central African Republic | 65.87% | 0.1% |
| 29th | Bhutan | 65.62% | 0.6% |
| 30th | Macao SAR, China | 64.74% | 1.3% |
| 31st | Thailand | 64.66% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Barbados | 64.55% | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Norway | 64.32% | -0.4% |
| 34th | China | 64.11% | -0.7% |
| 35th | Timor-Leste | 62.39% | -0.9% |
| 36th | Vanuatu | 62.27% | -6.2% |
| 37th | Canada | 61.89% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Switzerland | 61.65% | 0.5% |
| 39th | New Zealand | 61.52% | 0.1% |
| 40th | Sierra Leone | 61.22% | -1.5% |
| 41st | Georgia | 60.94% | 0.4% |
| 42nd | Zimbabwe | 60.69% | -0.1% |
| 43rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 60.48% | -0.5% |
| 44th | Mali | 60.40% | -0.1% |
| 45th | Lesotho | 60.28% | -1.2% |
| 46th | Haiti | 60.16% | 0.7% |
| 47th | Netherlands | 60.14% | -0.2% |
| 48th | St. Lucia | 60.03% | 1.4% |
| 49th | Moldova | 59.93% | 1.2% |
| 50th | Denmark | 59.77% | -0.5% |
| 51st | Côte d'Ivoire | 59.41% | 1.7% |
| 52nd | Sweden | 59.38% | -0.8% |
| 53rd | New Caledonia | 58.93% | -0.2% |
| 54th | Australia | 58.79% | 0.3% |
| 55th | Azerbaijan | 58.09% | 2.9% |
| 56th | United States | 58.05% | -0.4% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 57.80% | -0.2% |
| 58th | Israel | 57.13% | 1.7% |
| 59th | Lao PDR | 57.08% | -0.3% |
| 60th | Belarus | 56.96% | 0.8% |
| 61st | Finland | 56.86% | -0.9% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | 56.69% | 1.0% |
| 63rd | Brunei Darussalam | 56.59% | 0.3% |
| 64th | Brazil | 56.57% | 0.9% |
| 65th | Russian Federation | 56.35% | 0.3% |
| 66th | Ireland | 56.10% | -1.3% |
| 67th | Botswana | 55.99% | 1.7% |
| 68th | Guinea-Bissau | 55.81% | 0.1% |
| 69th | Singapore | 55.63% | -0.8% |
| 70th | Togo | 55.62% | 0.0% |
| 71st | United Kingdom | 55.60% | 0.3% |
| 72nd | Portugal | 55.59% | -0.4% |
| 73rd | Uruguay | 55.16% | 1.3% |
| 74th | Paraguay | 55.13% | 2.6% |
| 75th | Estonia | 54.71% | -0.1% |
| 76th | Guinea | 54.50% | -2.2% |
| 77th | Chad | 54.43% | -1.2% |
| 78th | Armenia | 54.37% | 2.7% |
| 79th | Latvia | 54.36% | -0.9% |
| 80th | Rwanda | 54.09% | 0.1% |
| 81st | Colombia | 53.92% | 7.1% |
| 82nd | Jamaica | 53.75% | -3.5% |
| 83rd | Mongolia | 53.54% | 0.3% |
| 84th | Austria | 53.54% | 1.3% |
| 85th | Slovenia | 53.51% | -0.2% |
| 86th | Guam | 53.32% | 4.9% |
| 87th | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.00% | -2.9% |
| 88th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 52.78% | 0.5% |
| 89th | Germany | 52.62% | 1.2% |
| 90th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 52.56% | 0.2% |
| 91st | Equatorial Guinea | 52.32% | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Ukraine | 52.11% | -0.6% |
| 93rd | Lithuania | 52.02% | 3.1% |
| 94th | Myanmar | 51.95% | -0.6% |
| 95th | Channel Islands | 51.84% | 0.2% |
| 96th | Namibia | 51.64% | 1.0% |
| 97th | Zambia | 51.41% | 0.1% |
| 98th | Kyrgyz Republic | 51.10% | -0.6% |
| 99th | France | 51.07% | 0.6% |
| 100th | Spain | 51.01% | 2.2% |
| 101st | Indonesia | 50.30% | -0.2% |
| 102nd | Slovak Republic | 50.05% | -1.4% |
| 103rd | Ecuador | 49.66% | -4.5% |
| 104th | Korea | 49.58% | -1.5% |
| 105th | Czechia | 49.44% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Qatar | 49.08% | -0.2% |
| 107th | Luxembourg | 49.05% | 4.0% |
| 108th | European Union | 49.03% | 0.2% |
| 109th | Argentina | 48.79% | 1.5% |
| 110th | Japan | 48.44% | 0.2% |
| 111th | Cabo Verde | 48.40% | 1.2% |
| 112th | Bulgaria | 48.06% | -1.8% |
| 113th | French Polynesia | 47.97% | 0.8% |
| 114th | Papua New Guinea | 47.92% | -0.3% |
| 115th | Philippines | 47.87% | 1.7% |
| 116th | Poland | 47.81% | 1.5% |
| 117th | Panama | 47.01% | -3.2% |
| 118th | Belgium | 46.98% | 0.1% |
| 119th | Kuwait | 46.69% | 0.9% |
| 120th | Croatia | 46.58% | 2.0% |
| 121st | South Africa | 46.38% | -3.5% |
| 122nd | El Salvador | 46.03% | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Eswatini | 45.98% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Albania | 45.96% | 1.0% |
| 125th | Hungary | 45.85% | -1.7% |
| 126th | Gambia, The | 45.38% | 0.5% |
| 127th | Costa Rica | 44.83% | 0.9% |
| 128th | Chile | 44.62% | 1.0% |
| 129th | Belize | 44.49% | 1.2% |
| 130th | Malaysia | 44.31% | 1.0% |
| 131st | Tonga | 43.73% | -0.1% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | 43.58% | 2.0% |
| 133rd | Turkmenistan | 43.16% | -1.0% |
| 134th | Serbia | 43.14% | -3.6% |
| 135th | Mexico | 43.08% | 1.2% |
| 136th | Greece | 42.58% | 2.5% |
| 137th | Cuba | 42.46% | 2.9% |
| 138th | Bahrain | 42.27% | 3.3% |
| 139th | North Macedonia | 42.21% | -0.3% |
| 140th | Fiji | 42.09% | 4.5% |
| 141st | Mauritius | 41.91% | 1.1% |
| 142nd | United Arab Emirates | 41.79% | 2.7% |
| 143rd | Guatemala | 41.65% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Montenegro | 41.62% | -0.5% |
| 145th | Samoa | 41.61% | -0.1% |
| 146th | Honduras | 40.92% | 3.7% |
| 147th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.33% | -0.3% |
| 148th | Suriname | 39.84% | 1.9% |
| 149th | Gabon | 39.73% | 0.7% |
| 150th | Dominican Republic | 38.95% | -6.9% |
| 151st | Romania | 38.90% | -9.3% |
| 152nd | Uzbekistan | 38.90% | 1.2% |
| 153rd | Guyana | 38.68% | 1.6% |
| 154th | Italy | 37.95% | -1.2% |
| 155th | Maldives | 36.29% | -0.6% |
| 156th | Puerto Rico (US) | 34.88% | -3.5% |
| 157th | Sri Lanka | 34.19% | -0.7% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | 34.04% | 5.1% |
| 159th | Libya | 33.74% | 1.1% |
| 160th | Malta | 33.58% | 1.4% |
| 161st | Senegal | 33.55% | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 32.65% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | India | 29.64% | -4.0% |
| 164th | Tajikistan | 29.31% | -7.4% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 27.59% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Sudan | 26.50% | 3.5% |
| 167th | Oman | 26.08% | 1.5% |
| 168th | Morocco | 25.91% | -1.4% |
| 169th | Türkiye | 25.87% | 6.3% |
| 170th | Tunisia | 24.77% | -0.2% |
| 171st | Nepal | 24.11% | 2.1% |
| 172nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 22.92% | 4.7% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | 22.72% | 0.0% |
| 174th | Lebanon | 22.20% | 2.8% |
| 175th | Pakistan | 20.98% | 5.7% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.57% | 0.1% |
| 177th | Djibouti | 17.01% | 0.7% |
| 178th | Saudi Arabia | 16.42% | -1.9% |
| 179th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.69% | 6.3% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | 15.25% | 2.0% |
| 181st | Jordan | 14.59% | 4.7% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 14.58% | -0.8% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 14.23% | 2.7% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.21% | -3.6% |
| 185th | Iraq | 12.13% | -0.7% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 10.75% | -7.0% |
FAQ
What was European Union's female labor participation in 2009?▾
European Union's female labor participation in 2009 was 49.03%. This ranked 108th globally.
How did European Union's female labor participation change in 2009?▾
European Union's female labor participation increased by 0.2% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2009?▾
Tanzania had the highest female labor participation in 2009 at 84.75%.
What is the female labor participation of European Union in 2009?▾
The female labor participation of European Union in 2009 was 49.03%. This ranked 108th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for European Union's female labor participation?▾
European Union's female labor participation went from 48.95% in 2008 to 49.03% in 2009, a 0.2% increase.
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