Ireland - Female Labor Participation 2002
53.12%
+0.70pp from 2001
Ireland's female labor participation was 53.12% in 2002, increased +0.70pp from 52.43% in 2001. This was the 77th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mozambique | 87.69% | 0.2% |
| 2nd | Tanzania | 84.94% | 0.7% |
| 3rd | Madagascar | 84.03% | 0.1% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 83.22% | 0.3% |
| 5th | Burundi | 81.56% | -1.1% |
| 6th | Malawi | 78.13% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Cameroon | 77.95% | 0.1% |
| 8th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.78% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Nigeria | 77.38% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 76.82% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Cambodia | 76.32% | -1.0% |
| 12th | Angola | 75.55% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Vanuatu | 74.39% | 0.5% |
| 14th | Eritrea | 74.06% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Liberia | 71.81% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Iceland | 71.74% | -1.1% |
| 17th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 71.32% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Uganda | 71.19% | -0.1% |
| 19th | South Sudan | 71.09% | -0.1% |
| 20th | Viet Nam | 70.83% | -0.9% |
| 21st | Kenya | 70.59% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Niger | 68.91% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Azerbaijan | 68.82% | -2.1% |
| 24th | Ghana | 68.63% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Bahamas, The | 68.50% | 0.3% |
| 26th | China | 67.09% | -0.6% |
| 27th | Congo, Republic of | 66.55% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Georgia | 66.46% | -1.3% |
| 29th | Central African Republic | 65.82% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Lesotho | 65.33% | -1.1% |
| 31st | Benin | 65.32% | 1.5% |
| 32nd | Thailand | 65.11% | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Kazakhstan | 64.99% | -0.5% |
| 34th | Sierra Leone | 64.67% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Timor-Leste | 64.12% | 0.7% |
| 36th | Barbados | 63.93% | 0.2% |
| 37th | Guinea | 62.71% | -0.1% |
| 38th | Norway | 62.26% | 0.9% |
| 39th | Zimbabwe | 61.04% | 0.1% |
| 40th | Bhutan | 61.03% | 1.5% |
| 41st | Mali | 60.55% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Denmark | 60.31% | 0.7% |
| 43rd | Canada | 60.16% | 2.0% |
| 44th | Peru | 60.05% | 2.5% |
| 45th | Netherlands | 59.84% | 0.5% |
| 46th | Switzerland | 59.36% | 1.0% |
| 47th | New Caledonia | 59.08% | -0.1% |
| 48th | Chad | 58.94% | -1.1% |
| 49th | Sweden | 58.72% | 0.2% |
| 50th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 58.69% | -0.2% |
| 51st | United States | 58.35% | -0.3% |
| 52nd | Lao PDR | 58.34% | -0.3% |
| 53rd | New Zealand | 58.31% | 1.2% |
| 54th | Finland | 57.75% | 0.8% |
| 55th | Virgin Islands (US) | 57.46% | -1.4% |
| 56th | Haiti | 57.46% | 0.5% |
| 57th | Kyrgyz Republic | 57.11% | 0.3% |
| 58th | Jamaica | 56.93% | -0.7% |
| 59th | Macao SAR, China | 56.30% | -0.2% |
| 60th | Brunei Darussalam | 55.83% | 0.3% |
| 61st | Guinea-Bissau | 55.59% | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Australia | 55.36% | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Togo | 55.31% | 0.1% |
| 64th | Myanmar | 55.15% | -1.0% |
| 65th | Moldova | 54.83% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Belarus | 54.58% | 0.8% |
| 67th | Brazil | 54.57% | 3.0% |
| 68th | Guam | 54.40% | -6.4% |
| 69th | Russian Federation | 54.31% | 1.5% |
| 70th | St. Lucia | 54.25% | 1.6% |
| 71st | United Kingdom | 54.15% | 1.1% |
| 72nd | Portugal | 54.08% | 1.1% |
| 73rd | Armenia | 54.03% | -0.5% |
| 74th | Mongolia | 53.97% | 0.1% |
| 75th | Rwanda | 53.67% | 0.5% |
| 76th | Israel | 53.29% | -0.8% |
| 77th | Ireland | 53.12% | 1.3% |
| 78th | Ukraine | 52.81% | -0.1% |
| 79th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.56% | -0.1% |
| 80th | Slovak Republic | 52.53% | -0.8% |
| 81st | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.37% | 2.0% |
| 82nd | Colombia | 52.36% | -1.9% |
| 83rd | Cyprus | 52.34% | 0.9% |
| 84th | Lithuania | 52.17% | -2.2% |
| 85th | Slovenia | 51.93% | 1.6% |
| 86th | Paraguay | 51.72% | 0.2% |
| 87th | Singapore | 51.50% | -2.0% |
| 88th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 51.45% | 2.3% |
| 89th | Zambia | 51.20% | 0.1% |
| 90th | Latvia | 51.07% | 2.3% |
| 91st | Estonia | 51.03% | -1.8% |
| 92nd | Czechia | 50.95% | -0.6% |
| 93rd | Botswana | 50.66% | 1.1% |
| 94th | Korea | 50.37% | 0.7% |
| 95th | Channel Islands | 50.24% | 1.2% |
| 96th | Austria | 50.13% | 2.6% |
| 97th | Turkmenistan | 49.78% | 0.6% |
| 98th | Uruguay | 49.60% | -3.2% |
| 99th | Germany | 49.58% | 0.5% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.28% | 0.9% |
| 101st | Qatar | 49.25% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Albania | 49.09% | -1.2% |
| 103rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.90% | 1.3% |
| 104th | Poland | 48.69% | -1.7% |
| 105th | France | 48.54% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Japan | 48.46% | -1.2% |
| 107th | Namibia | 48.23% | 1.0% |
| 108th | Papua New Guinea | 48.22% | 0.3% |
| 109th | Ecuador | 48.07% | 2.3% |
| 110th | Indonesia | 48.05% | -3.9% |
| 111th | Argentina | 47.94% | -3.7% |
| 112th | French Polynesia | 47.60% | -0.3% |
| 113th | Philippines | 47.11% | -0.1% |
| 114th | South Africa | 47.09% | 0.5% |
| 115th | European Union | 46.82% | 0.8% |
| 116th | Panama | 46.41% | 1.7% |
| 117th | Guatemala | 46.35% | 0.4% |
| 118th | Bulgaria | 46.20% | -1.0% |
| 119th | Hungary | 46.19% | 0.7% |
| 120th | Serbia | 45.98% | -0.8% |
| 121st | Gambia, The | 45.18% | -1.0% |
| 122nd | Kuwait | 45.02% | 1.1% |
| 123rd | El Salvador | 44.94% | -0.5% |
| 124th | Cabo Verde | 44.93% | 0.9% |
| 125th | Eswatini | 44.89% | 0.5% |
| 126th | Tajikistan | 44.40% | 0.0% |
| 127th | Tonga | 44.32% | -0.2% |
| 128th | Croatia | 44.14% | -0.4% |
| 129th | Luxembourg | 42.78% | 2.9% |
| 130th | Honduras | 42.58% | -1.0% |
| 131st | Belgium | 42.51% | 1.7% |
| 132nd | Montenegro | 42.28% | -0.3% |
| 133rd | Samoa | 42.15% | -0.3% |
| 134th | Romania | 42.14% | -0.3% |
| 135th | Spain | 41.89% | 6.2% |
| 136th | Malaysia | 41.47% | 1.0% |
| 137th | North Macedonia | 41.44% | 0.7% |
| 138th | Costa Rica | 41.14% | -1.0% |
| 139th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.14% | 0.0% |
| 140th | Belize | 40.83% | 1.3% |
| 141st | Dominican Republic | 40.04% | 4.4% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 39.43% | -0.2% |
| 143rd | Greece | 39.27% | 1.4% |
| 144th | Mexico | 38.31% | 0.2% |
| 145th | Gabon | 38.14% | 0.4% |
| 146th | Mauritius | 37.84% | 4.5% |
| 147th | Nicaragua | 37.56% | 2.3% |
| 148th | Cuba | 37.06% | 0.9% |
| 149th | Maldives | 37.05% | 0.0% |
| 150th | Fiji | 37.02% | -1.1% |
| 151st | Chile | 36.45% | -0.8% |
| 152nd | Italy | 36.33% | 1.3% |
| 153rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 35.99% | 1.8% |
| 154th | Sri Lanka | 35.83% | -0.7% |
| 155th | Bahrain | 35.49% | 1.7% |
| 156th | United Arab Emirates | 35.17% | 1.9% |
| 157th | Suriname | 34.75% | 2.0% |
| 158th | India | 34.57% | 0.3% |
| 159th | Guyana | 34.23% | -1.7% |
| 160th | Senegal | 33.19% | 0.3% |
| 161st | Comoros | 32.37% | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Libya | 31.11% | 1.1% |
| 163rd | Malta | 30.57% | 4.1% |
| 164th | Bangladesh | 28.98% | 0.4% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 28.16% | -0.2% |
| 166th | Türkiye | 27.86% | 2.9% |
| 167th | Sudan | 27.25% | -1.0% |
| 168th | Morocco | 24.79% | -2.3% |
| 169th | Oman | 24.26% | 1.1% |
| 170th | Tunisia | 23.65% | 0.0% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 22.65% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Nepal | 21.72% | 1.1% |
| 173rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 21.00% | -0.2% |
| 174th | Lebanon | 19.96% | 0.7% |
| 175th | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.62% | -3.1% |
| 176th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 18.19% | -10.6% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | 17.65% | -6.6% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 16.50% | 0.6% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 16.22% | 0.3% |
| 180th | Saudi Arabia | 15.79% | -0.9% |
| 181st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.50% | 6.3% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | 14.15% | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Algeria | 12.32% | 1.3% |
| 184th | Jordan | 11.89% | 5.3% |
| 185th | Iraq | 10.42% | 3.3% |
| 186th | West Bank and Gaza | 10.06% | 0.2% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's female labor participation in 2002?▾
Ireland's female labor participation in 2002 was 53.12%. This ranked 77th globally.
How did Ireland's female labor participation change in 2002?▾
Ireland's female labor participation increased by 1.3% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2002?▾
Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 2002 at 87.69%.
What is the female labor participation of Ireland in 2002?▾
The female labor participation of Ireland in 2002 was 53.12%. This ranked 77th globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Ireland's female labor participation?▾
Ireland's female labor participation went from 52.43% in 2001 to 53.12% in 2002, a 1.3% increase.
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