Finland - Female Labor Participation 2011
55.74%
−0.13pp from 2010
Finland's female labor participation was 55.74% in 2011, decreased +0.13pp from 55.87% in 2010. This was the 68th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2011▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 83.81% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Tanzania | 83.00% | -1.1% |
| 3rd | Solomon Islands | 82.43% | -0.1% |
| 4th | Cambodia | 81.84% | 0.7% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 81.82% | -1.0% |
| 6th | Burundi | 79.63% | 0.5% |
| 7th | Uganda | 77.93% | 10.2% |
| 8th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.65% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Nigeria | 75.94% | -0.6% |
| 10th | Angola | 74.87% | -1.0% |
| 11th | Burkina Faso | 74.57% | -0.3% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 73.72% | -0.1% |
| 13th | South Sudan | 72.10% | 0.3% |
| 14th | Liberia | 71.87% | 0.1% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | 71.72% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Peru | 71.21% | -1.1% |
| 17th | Kenya | 71.11% | 0.1% |
| 18th | Iceland | 70.05% | -0.6% |
| 19th | Bahamas, The | 69.63% | 0.2% |
| 20th | Cameroon | 69.62% | -1.2% |
| 21st | Benin | 69.59% | 0.7% |
| 22nd | Malawi | 68.77% | -2.4% |
| 23rd | Niger | 68.53% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Ghana | 67.40% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Congo, Republic of | 67.01% | -0.1% |
| 26th | Kazakhstan | 66.21% | -0.2% |
| 27th | Central African Republic | 65.83% | -0.1% |
| 28th | Thailand | 65.81% | 3.3% |
| 29th | Macao SAR, China | 65.77% | 2.1% |
| 30th | Moldova | 64.37% | 2.7% |
| 31st | Barbados | 64.30% | -0.2% |
| 32nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 63.79% | -2.0% |
| 33rd | Norway | 63.76% | 0.0% |
| 34th | China | 63.66% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 62.33% | -1.6% |
| 36th | New Zealand | 61.87% | 0.8% |
| 37th | Timor-Leste | 61.70% | -0.4% |
| 38th | St. Lucia | 61.67% | 1.4% |
| 39th | Canada | 61.64% | -0.4% |
| 40th | Côte d'Ivoire | 61.42% | 1.7% |
| 41st | Haiti | 61.03% | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Switzerland | 60.61% | 1.0% |
| 43rd | Netherlands | 60.53% | 0.4% |
| 44th | Zimbabwe | 60.50% | -0.1% |
| 45th | Mali | 60.30% | -0.1% |
| 46th | Georgia | 59.77% | -1.0% |
| 47th | Sweden | 59.53% | 0.9% |
| 48th | Azerbaijan | 59.43% | -0.6% |
| 49th | Sierra Leone | 59.28% | -1.6% |
| 50th | New Caledonia | 59.24% | 0.1% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | 59.05% | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Australia | 58.93% | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Lesotho | 58.79% | -1.3% |
| 54th | Denmark | 58.71% | -0.4% |
| 55th | Belarus | 57.83% | 0.7% |
| 56th | Singapore | 57.79% | 1.2% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 57.55% | -0.2% |
| 58th | Cyprus | 57.52% | -0.6% |
| 59th | Vanuatu | 57.50% | -0.8% |
| 60th | Israel | 57.13% | -0.6% |
| 61st | Brunei Darussalam | 57.07% | 0.4% |
| 62nd | United States | 57.00% | -0.9% |
| 63rd | Uruguay | 56.84% | 3.5% |
| 64th | Lao PDR | 56.73% | -0.3% |
| 65th | Russian Federation | 56.34% | 0.6% |
| 66th | Guam | 56.11% | -0.6% |
| 67th | Guinea-Bissau | 55.90% | 0.1% |
| 68th | Finland | 55.74% | -0.2% |
| 69th | United Kingdom | 55.67% | 0.3% |
| 70th | Estonia | 55.62% | 1.0% |
| 71st | Togo | 55.58% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Colombia | 54.95% | 1.0% |
| 73rd | Ireland | 54.93% | -0.6% |
| 74th | Portugal | 54.62% | -2.2% |
| 75th | Paraguay | 54.45% | 2.7% |
| 76th | Armenia | 54.22% | -0.3% |
| 77th | Rwanda | 54.21% | 0.1% |
| 78th | Botswana | 54.16% | 1.5% |
| 79th | Austria | 53.94% | 0.5% |
| 80th | Mongolia | 53.90% | 1.3% |
| 81st | Germany | 53.71% | 2.3% |
| 82nd | Brazil | 53.52% | -2.8% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 53.13% | 0.6% |
| 84th | Chad | 53.12% | -1.2% |
| 85th | Latvia | 52.91% | -1.5% |
| 86th | Lithuania | 52.70% | 0.7% |
| 87th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.70% | 0.4% |
| 88th | Jamaica | 52.65% | 0.6% |
| 89th | Namibia | 52.61% | 0.9% |
| 90th | Albania | 52.56% | 12.2% |
| 91st | Qatar | 52.43% | 3.2% |
| 92nd | Slovenia | 52.35% | -1.5% |
| 93rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 52.33% | 2.1% |
| 94th | Spain | 52.29% | 1.1% |
| 95th | Kyrgyz Republic | 52.12% | 1.3% |
| 96th | Guinea | 52.08% | -2.3% |
| 97th | Channel Islands | 51.72% | -2.0% |
| 98th | Myanmar | 51.53% | -0.3% |
| 99th | Ukraine | 51.52% | -0.6% |
| 100th | Zambia | 51.50% | 0.1% |
| 101st | Cabo Verde | 51.43% | 0.2% |
| 102nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.11% | -2.1% |
| 103rd | France | 51.00% | -0.2% |
| 104th | Indonesia | 50.99% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Slovak Republic | 50.16% | -0.8% |
| 106th | Korea | 49.99% | 0.5% |
| 107th | European Union | 49.57% | 0.5% |
| 108th | Luxembourg | 49.50% | 1.3% |
| 109th | Czechia | 49.47% | 0.5% |
| 110th | Poland | 48.97% | 0.2% |
| 111th | Philippines | 48.94% | 1.7% |
| 112th | Chile | 48.91% | 4.4% |
| 113th | French Polynesia | 48.75% | 0.8% |
| 114th | Kuwait | 48.15% | 1.8% |
| 115th | Japan | 48.09% | -0.5% |
| 116th | Papua New Guinea | 48.07% | 0.8% |
| 117th | Argentina | 47.95% | 0.5% |
| 118th | Bulgaria | 47.20% | -1.3% |
| 119th | Belgium | 47.10% | -1.4% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 47.07% | -2.0% |
| 121st | Hungary | 46.84% | 0.4% |
| 122nd | Costa Rica | 46.48% | 5.4% |
| 123rd | Eswatini | 46.29% | 0.3% |
| 124th | Panama | 46.16% | -4.5% |
| 125th | Fiji | 45.74% | 4.2% |
| 126th | El Salvador | 45.53% | -0.9% |
| 127th | Belize | 45.50% | 1.1% |
| 128th | Nicaragua | 45.32% | 2.0% |
| 129th | Malaysia | 45.30% | 1.1% |
| 130th | South Africa | 45.15% | 0.9% |
| 131st | Gambia, The | 44.65% | -2.0% |
| 132nd | Croatia | 44.48% | -3.4% |
| 133rd | United Arab Emirates | 43.94% | 2.5% |
| 134th | Dominican Republic | 43.66% | 4.8% |
| 135th | Tonga | 43.52% | -0.3% |
| 136th | Mexico | 43.41% | 1.1% |
| 137th | Greece | 43.08% | -0.4% |
| 138th | North Macedonia | 42.82% | 5.2% |
| 139th | Mauritius | 42.61% | -2.0% |
| 140th | Bahrain | 42.58% | -2.3% |
| 141st | Cuba | 42.40% | 1.1% |
| 142nd | Romania | 41.87% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Serbia | 41.67% | -0.3% |
| 144th | Montenegro | 41.59% | 0.0% |
| 145th | Samoa | 41.41% | -0.2% |
| 146th | Turkmenistan | 41.36% | -2.6% |
| 147th | Suriname | 41.35% | 1.9% |
| 148th | Gabon | 40.32% | 0.7% |
| 149th | Guatemala | 40.10% | -3.6% |
| 150th | Guyana | 39.85% | 1.5% |
| 151st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.77% | -1.1% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 39.68% | -7.0% |
| 153rd | Uzbekistan | 38.88% | -0.2% |
| 154th | Italy | 38.07% | 0.5% |
| 155th | Maldives | 36.98% | 1.0% |
| 156th | Malta | 35.56% | 3.5% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | 35.02% | -2.0% |
| 158th | Libya | 34.06% | -0.1% |
| 159th | Sri Lanka | 33.95% | -0.1% |
| 160th | Senegal | 33.71% | 0.2% |
| 161st | Puerto Rico (US) | 33.03% | -2.4% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 32.68% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Türkiye | 28.64% | 4.4% |
| 164th | Sudan | 28.33% | 3.4% |
| 165th | India | 27.58% | -3.0% |
| 166th | Tajikistan | 27.51% | -3.1% |
| 167th | Mauritania | 27.43% | -0.3% |
| 168th | Oman | 27.05% | 1.9% |
| 169th | Nepal | 25.22% | 2.3% |
| 170th | Morocco | 25.12% | -1.7% |
| 171st | Tunisia | 24.77% | -0.1% |
| 172nd | Lebanon | 23.45% | 2.8% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | 22.75% | 0.1% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 22.54% | -2.8% |
| 175th | Pakistan | 22.23% | 0.9% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.73% | 0.6% |
| 177th | Saudi Arabia | 18.95% | 7.5% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 17.24% | 0.7% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | 15.89% | 2.1% |
| 180th | West Bank and Gaza | 15.63% | 11.3% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.93% | 15.1% |
| 182nd | Algeria | 14.61% | 1.4% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 14.42% | -0.3% |
| 184th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.60% | -10.2% |
| 185th | Iraq | 11.97% | -0.7% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.79% | -12.0% |
FAQ
What was Finland's female labor participation in 2011?▾
Finland's female labor participation in 2011 was 55.74%. This ranked 68th globally.
How did Finland's female labor participation change in 2011?▾
Finland's female labor participation decreased by 0.2% in 2011 compared to 2010.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2011?▾
Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2011 at 83.81%.
What is the female labor participation of Finland in 2011?▾
The female labor participation of Finland in 2011 was 55.74%. This ranked 68th globally.
How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Finland's female labor participation?▾
Finland's female labor participation went from 55.87% in 2010 to 55.74% in 2011, a 0.2% decrease.
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