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Gabon - Female Labor Participation 2019

Name: Gabon Female Labor Participation 2019
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

41.99% +0.09pp from 2018 Global rank: 148th

Gabon's female labor participation was 41.99% in 2019, increased +0.09pp from 41.91% in 2018. This was the 148th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	82.92%	-0.1%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.37%	0.0%
3rd	Burundi	80.89%	-0.2%
4th	Tanzania	80.27%	0.0%
5th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.79%	0.0%
6th	Mozambique	77.74%	-0.1%
7th	Cambodia	77.29%	0.6%
8th	Nigeria	76.60%	0.3%
9th	Benin	74.33%	0.8%
10th	Uganda	73.85%	3.0%
11th	Angola	72.99%	-0.3%
12th	Eritrea	72.93%	-0.2%
13th	Burkina Faso	72.47%	-0.4%
14th	Liberia	72.08%	0.1%
15th	South Sudan	71.68%	0.6%
16th	Viet Nam	71.51%	-1.9%
17th	Iceland	71.46%	-0.2%
18th	Bahamas, The	71.25%	0.3%
19th	Peru	70.04%	0.3%
20th	Moldova	68.34%	2.9%
21st	Congo, Republic of	66.51%	0.1%
22nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	66.24%	4.2%
23rd	Central African Republic	65.36%	0.1%
24th	New Zealand	65.31%	0.1%
25th	Macao SAR, China	64.71%	-0.4%
26th	Kazakhstan	64.66%	-0.2%
27th	St. Lucia	64.31%	0.7%
28th	Switzerland	63.08%	0.1%
29th	Kenya	62.82%	-4.6%
30th	Norway	62.64%	0.0%
31st	Azerbaijan	62.44%	-0.3%
32nd	Haiti	61.95%	-0.3%
33rd	Singapore	61.82%	1.5%
34th	Netherlands	61.66%	0.8%
35th	Barbados	61.59%	-0.1%
36th	Sweden	61.32%	0.1%
37th	China	61.31%	-0.5%
38th	Canada	61.25%	0.5%
39th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.04%	-0.4%
40th	Timor-Leste	61.03%	-1.0%
41st	Australia	61.03%	0.7%
42nd	Zimbabwe	60.72%	0.2%
43rd	Bhutan	60.63%	10.8%
44th	Israel	60.62%	-0.4%
45th	Paraguay	60.26%	1.4%
46th	Niger	60.21%	-0.6%
47th	Cyprus	60.10%	0.8%
48th	Ghana	60.06%	-2.4%
49th	Cameroon	60.04%	-2.3%
50th	Jamaica	59.84%	2.6%
51st	Qatar	59.08%	1.2%
52nd	Malawi	59.03%	0.2%
53rd	Thailand	58.90%	-1.1%
54th	Belarus	58.28%	0.3%
55th	Lao PDR	58.13%	1.9%
56th	Denmark	58.06%	0.7%
57th	Botswana	58.04%	0.8%
58th	United Kingdom	58.04%	0.9%
59th	Mongolia	57.90%	12.0%
60th	Estonia	57.34%	0.1%
61st	Lithuania	57.23%	1.3%
62nd	Belize	57.10%	5.5%
63rd	United States	56.87%	0.7%
64th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	56.84%	0.9%
65th	Guam	56.50%	0.2%
66th	Panama	56.35%	3.4%
67th	Ireland	56.21%	0.4%
68th	Côte d'Ivoire	56.18%	-1.2%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	56.06%	-0.6%
70th	Uruguay	56.00%	0.1%
71st	Togo	55.87%	0.1%
72nd	Germany	55.71%	0.9%
73rd	Finland	55.68%	0.0%
74th	Austria	55.51%	0.2%
75th	Latvia	55.47%	-0.3%
76th	Namibia	55.32%	-0.1%
77th	Brazil	55.31%	1.3%
78th	Brunei Darussalam	55.06%	-4.6%
79th	Luxembourg	54.93%	0.2%
80th	Russian Federation	54.79%	-1.1%
81st	Georgia	54.72%	-1.8%
82nd	Portugal	54.51%	0.3%
83rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	54.51%	-0.4%
84th	Ecuador	54.40%	-0.1%
85th	United Arab Emirates	54.38%	6.0%
86th	Vanuatu	53.95%	-0.8%
87th	Indonesia	53.95%	1.5%
88th	Equatorial Guinea	53.93%	0.0%
89th	Korea	53.77%	1.0%
90th	Mali	53.39%	-4.0%
91st	Slovenia	53.38%	-0.6%
92nd	New Caledonia	53.25%	-2.0%
93rd	Japan	53.24%	1.7%
94th	Albania	52.93%	3.0%
95th	Costa Rica	52.73%	8.4%
96th	Chile	52.65%	0.4%
97th	Dominican Republic	52.54%	4.5%
98th	Colombia	52.40%	-1.6%
99th	Czechia	52.30%	-0.5%
100th	Zambia	52.17%	0.1%
101st	Slovak Republic	52.17%	-0.1%
102nd	Spain	52.04%	0.3%
103rd	Rwanda	51.87%	-4.2%
104th	Malaysia	51.78%	0.3%
105th	Sierra Leone	51.58%	0.3%
106th	Hungary	51.34%	-0.4%
107th	Channel Islands	51.31%	0.0%
108th	Trinidad and Tobago	51.03%	-0.6%
109th	European Union	50.96%	0.3%
110th	Armenia	50.80%	-5.3%
111th	France	50.62%	-0.4%
112th	Virgin Islands (US)	50.56%	-4.4%
113th	Cabo Verde	50.41%	3.7%
114th	Bulgaria	50.39%	2.5%
115th	Argentina	50.00%	1.7%
116th	Papua New Guinea	49.96%	0.5%
117th	Poland	49.60%	-0.5%
118th	Malta	49.33%	2.3%
119th	Kuwait	49.32%	-0.6%
120th	French Polynesia	49.22%	-0.1%
121st	Ukraine	49.21%	-0.6%
122nd	Belgium	49.10%	0.7%
123rd	Lesotho	48.96%	-2.8%
124th	Nicaragua	48.63%	-0.4%
125th	South Africa	48.58%	0.1%
126th	Chad	48.53%	0.1%
127th	Eswatini	47.16%	0.2%
128th	Montenegro	46.89%	3.0%
129th	Serbia	46.75%	0.8%
130th	Philippines	46.57%	2.3%
131st	Mauritius	46.42%	1.8%
132nd	Myanmar	46.29%	-4.4%
133rd	Suriname	46.01%	0.3%
134th	El Salvador	45.98%	2.3%
135th	Mexico	45.57%	3.3%
136th	Gambia, The	45.02%	0.5%
137th	Croatia	44.78%	-0.5%
138th	Cuba	44.69%	-0.2%
139th	Honduras	44.53%	-11.0%
140th	Kyrgyz Republic	44.04%	0.1%
141st	Greece	43.51%	0.3%
142nd	Comoros	43.32%	5.3%
143rd	Romania	42.96%	0.1%
144th	North Macedonia	42.86%	3.8%
145th	Tonga	42.65%	0.1%
146th	Bahrain	42.52%	-1.6%
147th	Guinea	42.27%	-2.8%
148th	Gabon	41.99%	0.2%
149th	Guyana	41.35%	-6.6%
150th	Italy	40.91%	0.3%
151st	Maldives	40.76%	0.9%
152nd	Uzbekistan	39.89%	0.4%
153rd	Bangladesh	39.33%	3.3%
154th	Turkmenistan	38.79%	-0.4%
155th	Fiji	38.53%	0.1%
156th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.21%	-0.5%
157th	Samoa	37.47%	-4.9%
158th	Senegal	37.31%	2.6%
159th	Guatemala	37.11%	-3.4%
160th	Türkiye	34.29%	0.5%
161st	Sri Lanka	34.05%	2.9%
162nd	Libya	33.99%	-0.1%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	33.29%	0.9%
164th	Oman	30.19%	-0.6%
165th	Lebanon	29.29%	2.9%
166th	Tunisia	28.27%	3.2%
167th	Nepal	27.54%	-0.3%
168th	India	26.54%	-0.1%
169th	Mauritania	26.26%	0.1%
170th	Saudi Arabia	24.37%	11.6%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	23.25%	0.7%
172nd	Pakistan	23.24%	7.7%
173rd	Morocco	22.00%	-1.0%
174th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.09%	0.2%
175th	Tajikistan	20.68%	-3.5%
176th	Djibouti	18.53%	1.0%
177th	Sudan	18.47%	-6.3%
178th	West Bank and Gaza	18.38%	4.1%
179th	Afghanistan	18.30%	-7.6%
180th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.81%	-3.1%
181st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	15.86%	-13.9%
182nd	Algeria	14.68%	-0.8%
183rd	Jordan	13.69%	-6.6%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.39%	1.9%
185th	Iraq	11.58%	1.2%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	4.94%	-1.0%

FAQ

What was Gabon's female labor participation in 2019?▾

Gabon's female labor participation in 2019 was 41.99%. This ranked 148th globally.

How did Gabon's female labor participation change in 2019?▾

Gabon's female labor participation increased by 0.2% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2019?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2019 at 82.92%.

What is the female labor participation of Gabon in 2019?▾

The female labor participation of Gabon in 2019 was 41.99%. This ranked 148th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Gabon's female labor participation?▾

Gabon's female labor participation went from 41.91% in 2018 to 41.99% in 2019, a 0.2% increase.

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